Collections
![Albert Leffingwell Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YSW004.jpg?itok=1jr7JK8u)
Papers of Dr. Albert Leffingwell, including diaries, letters, and manuscripts from the 19th and 20th centuries.
![Bard - Tivoli History Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/tivoli-bard%2520collection%2520square.jpg?itok=-6S1SvRz)
Materials relating to John and Margaret Bard and Reverend James Starr Clark, which illustrate the beginnings of St. Stephen's College, Trinity Church and School, and Trinity Academy.
![Bard Family Papers](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/bard%2520square.jpg?itok=eyNNsT-O)
Letters, deeds, and other materials related to the Bard family.
![Brentwood Historical Documents](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR008.jpg?itok=0TV5Xj_e)
![Historical marker commemorating Modern Times](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR283.png?itok=8VpnlxAT)
Student essays detailing Brentwood’s History.
![Civil War Letters and Journal of Charles F. Weller](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SRR103.jpeg?itok=2ImcY4Ul)
This collection consists of letters and a journal written by Charles F. Weller during his time as a soldier in the United States Civil War.
![Colonie New York Cemetery Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/XFR001.jpeg?itok=GMcNYc8s)
![Daredevils of Niagara - Photos & writing from the Orrin E. Dunlap collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZNM006.jpeg?itok=8ht-nw9w)
![Helen Alexander Diary, 1868](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/alexander1868.jpg?itok=hCk5IqCA)
Diaries of Helen Alexander, who lived in rural Cayuga County from 1838 to 1923.
![Diary Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/PearsonNYHImage_Cover_Vol-AB_1828.jpg?itok=--YuKVGp)
The diaries of Jonathan Pearson, a notable Union College graduate who served as a professor, librarian, and treasurer at the college after graduating top of his class in 1835. It includes reflections on his time as both a student and faculty member, along with accounts of his travels.
![Page from Margaret Jones Diary 1945](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/EDMES002.jpg?itok=f1syl_w8)
Daily diaries written by Margaret Jones, a lifelong Edmeston resident. She worked in the rural schools of Edmeston for 51 years, despite having a physical condition that made speech difficult.
![Documents About Enslaved People in Schenectady](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SCHS_Enslaved.jpg?itok=0g5nqpj2)
![Edith Flack Ackley](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR297.jpg?itok=FeZRH3Bf)
Materials relating to Ackley, a Greeport, NY artist.
![Florence Service Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/XGY001.jpeg?itok=6WHae75F)
![Reminiscences of Early Settlers of Homer, Part 1](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YSCCFL002.png?itok=cSBMSIpM)
Historical materials about the village of Homer in Cortland County.
![Huntington Documents](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR052.jpg?itok=m0VtCio_)
![Julia Lawrence Hasbrouck Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Capture.jpg?itok=3IY8_ukN)
Julia Lawrence Hasbrouck's diaries (1838-1841), and portraits of the Hasbrouck and Lawrence families.
![Lake View Cemetery Records](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/PrendergastLibLakeviewCem.png?itok=TncgVa0m)
![Mary Anne Thorne Chadeayne Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VE5006.jpg?itok=oI-TqhrZ)
Photographs, correspondence, textiles, and other items pertaining to the family of Mary Ann Thorne Chadeayne.
![Naples Library Manuscripts and Documents](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/XEI002.png?itok=tHxK9YEy)
![Patrick Casey Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Casey%2520Collection2.jpg?itok=AIViXy5R)
The Patrick Casey Collection consists of an autobiographical narrative and two diaries.
![Pierson War Journal](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR077.jpg?itok=Ltsm-uPg)
![Reminiscent History of North Collins](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/download%2520%25284%2529.jpg?itok=uap21ngu)
![Assigned seating for graduate students for graduation exercises circa 1979.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR284.jpg?itok=dknG-c6F)
Oral histories and papers from student projects.
![Débarquement et maltraitement de prisonniers à Alger](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Debarquement_et_maltraitement_de_prisonniers_a_alger.jpg?itok=QLwdyMAd)
This collection documents the 1677 Barbary Corsairs capture of Jacob Leisler and his crew in the English Channel, their captivity in Algiers, their subsequent redemption, and Leisler's efforts to recoup his losses.