Collections
![A portion of the 1740 Cadwallader Colden Map of Germantown](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ghd-coldenmap.jpg?itok=Z_GbOXkK)
This collection contains the 1740 Cadwallader Colden map - and related indentures - of the 6,000 acres sold to New York's Provincial Governor, Robert Hunter, by Robert Livingston the Elder in 1710 on which to settle the incoming Palatine Germans.
![Cover of the 1936-1947 Old Water Mill Guest Book.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR302.jpg?itok=C8bTuWCx)
Mid-20th century Hamptons tea room guest log.
![Surgeon Dentist Invoice](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR289.jpeg?itok=O33OQKGu)
Invoices from the 19th century in and around Greenport, NY
![African American Presence in the Hudson Valley](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/AA%2520experience%2520square.jpg?itok=ESiBHlf2)
Documents and photographs relating to African-American history in the early United States.
![Ashokan Reservoir Lost Profit Testimonies](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VGN002.jpg?itok=s9B4LL-v)
Journals recording testimonies from business owners who lost income due to the construction of the Ashokan Reservoir.
![Bellmore Public School Commencement Exercises, 1921](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR311.jpg?itok=DSGQ8V-p)
Historical records from Bellmore and North Bellmore, NY.
![256 Delaware Ave, Bethlehem, NY, ca. 1955. Hilchie's Terminal Hardware, Inc. and L.J. Mullen Pharmacy are seen in photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/delawareavenue01edited.jpg?itok=TRFbiRoa)
This collection contains items related to the history of Bethlehem, New York.
![Photo of Romance Wyatt, "last of the Brothertown Indians"](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/7.6a_Wyatt.jpg?itok=kL3PAykB)
This collection includes historical narratives, deeds, a map, and a photograph documenting the Brothertown tribe's presence in Oneida County and their subsequent migration to Wisconsin.
![Bill from A. O. Norcott](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VYG006.jpg?itok=KNTkxHCJ)
Materials about the Cayuga and Seneca Canal from the 1840s and 1850s.
![Central New York Canal Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SRR121.png?itok=XZVyQyf2)
Historical documents, images, and artifacts relating to the Chester, New York community.
![Clarke Family Business Papers](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YSC001_Page_1.jpg?itok=soPiiICJ)
![Cold Spring Whaling Company Assorted Papers (1842-1855)](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR223.jpg?itok=b7C5Q7tu)
The Anonymous Collection consists of various papers related to voyages made by the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Company vessels Alice, Edgar, Huntsville, Monmouth, Richmond, and Splendid between 1842-1855, as well as letters and financial documents related to the Abraham Bell & Son shipping fir
![Colonial Manuscripts](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/colonial%2520manuscripts%2520square.jpg?itok=gMy9txui)
Archival documents relating to the early development of the town of New Paltz, NY.
![Deed of manumission](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Screenshot%202024-05-28%20115032.png?itok=GmJHF6tu)
Excerpts from a deed book at the Columbia County Clerk's office. These documents, dating between 1806 - 1825, record the emancipation of enslaved persons in the county from their enslavers.
![Delhi Equal Suffrage Club Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/DCHA001.jpg?itok=O9dNhsOr)
![Drug Company Statements Dr. Best House & Medical Exhibit](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/XHT005-Middleburgh-drugs.jpeg?itok=ofou8h4d)
![Eleanor Disston Papers](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR220.jpg?itok=EknvFkor)
![Canal Packet Boat Ticket](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/OCHC008.jpg?itok=_X55to05)
This collection contains documents and photographs relating to the Erie Canal in Oneida county.
![Freeport Memorial Library Board Minutes](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR021.jpg?itok=7ichHZVb)
![Photograph of two men behind a counter in a store.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Hover-page53-001-sm.jpg?itok=5dyEgenI)
Store ledgers, account books, and other business records from Germantown, NY.
![Hewlett Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR110.jpg?itok=4NlfOkhK)
![Hewlett-Jones Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR117.jpg?itok=OgGHVVNt)