Collections
![1964 Rochester Riot Photographs](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YQR001.jpeg?itok=O2USW-4e)
![Archacki Cartoons](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/BUF008.jpeg?itok=4DDxsrJV)
Cartoons drawn by Polish immigrant, Henryk Archacki, representing current events at the time with a sense of Polish pride.
![Dr. Daniel Roberts Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SRR015.jpeg?itok=bNouEZIM)
![an older Finnish woman sits in a sauna](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SPENCE005.jpg?itok=H-RVTXTZ)
Materials about the Finnish community of Spencer, including clippings about the Van Etten Communist Camp.
![Fred R. Wolcott Photographic Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SRR003.jpeg?itok=TTvEA7Do)
![Huntington Deeds](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR164.jpg?itok=9bYoOLu4)
![Blank Immigration form](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/immigration%20doc1024_1.jpg?itok=rUkvb0eA)
These case files are all of persons of Polish descent who arrived in Niagara Falls, NY and required assistance regarding citizenship. The International Institute provided translation and other services to these people.
![Polish Community of Syracuse, NY](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ABC_Bowling_Tournament_Syracuse_1958_Team_from_Syracuse_Polish_Home_team_1_0.jpg?itok=MsvoORYJ)
![Patricia Vidoni with sons David & Michael pose for Photo with Neighbors](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SRR190.jpg?itok=kyWC3H2S)
The Polish Heritage Collection contains several documents, photographs, scrapbooks, a “Golden Book,” and memorabilia from Utica’s Polish Community.
![Portraits of Hope Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/17Fatuma-1124-72.jpg?itok=8qecoxbk)
The exhibition Portraits of Hope: Faces of Refugee Resettlement in Central New York depicted survivors of war, genocide, and political strife who came to the U.S. and settled in the Utica region after living in refugee camps in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
![Young Eh Ka Paw and Young Nyi Nyi Aung](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Eh%20Ka%20Paw_0011_a.jpg?itok=VMjX0rVc)
"Refugee Family Photos Before Resettlement to CNY," stemmed from community interest in archiving old photos and photo albums that refugees brought with them to the United States from their former homes in Burma, Thailand, Kenya, and refugee camps along the borders of those countries.
![Refugees Starting Over Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/RBDB_C339.jpg?itok=J4KhfJ0z)