Collections
Historical documents, images, and artifacts relating to the Chester, New York community.
![Christopher Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SRR079.jpeg?itok=vqILoEml)
The Christopher Collection includes images representing a historical snapshot of the people and places around the towns of Van Buren and Lysander, and the Village of Baldwinsville, New York, collected by Anthony J. Christopher Sr., a Baldwinsville, native.
![Children Out of School for the Holiday](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/1988.175_1950s_SchoolHolidaythumbnail.jpg?itok=5eF644tw)
This collection covers various moments of daily life in the city and Onondaga County from the 1920s to 1950s.
Photographs related to the Danforth family of Jefferson, New York.
![Fair Advertisement from 1898](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/fair.jpg?itok=elIlbmdC)
Photographs, newspaper articles, postcards, and ephemera from and pertaining to the Agricultural Fair held in Dryden, New York.
![Fort Plain Street Fair](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/XHQ003-FPL-Fair.jpeg?itok=Iw_hWPdx)
This collection contains images and documents related to the Fort Plain Street Fair.
![Fred R. Wolcott Photographic Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SRR003.jpeg?itok=TTvEA7Do)
The Wolcott Collection contains photographs taken by Fred Wolcott, who photographed and documented daily life on the Onondaga Nation Territory in the early 1900’s.
![Historic Postcards from Sardinia, NY](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/BUF005.jpeg?itok=aes6m0S7)
A collection of photographic postcards depicting the rural town of Sardinia, New York in the early 20th century.
![Nassau Fair](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/XHE001.jpeg?itok=L_ELsJN6)
This collection contains material from 1896 - 1910 related to the Rensselaer County Fair.
![Back cover of The Millers Meal (second ed., 1983)](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR320.jpg?itok=yS_elSId)
Historical publications of the Water Mill Museum & Ladies Auxiliary of Water Mill
![Richard H. Handley Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR090.jpg?itok=bLL569fH)
The Richard H. Handley collection contains photographs and still images that share the history of Long Island, New York.
![Schuelke Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SRR002.jpeg?itok=Qwf36xNy)
Ted Schuelke was a Liverpool, New York resident and his photograph collection is comprised of pictures taken in the immediate Liverpool area and in the Adirondacks.
![Tides of Time: Memories and Voices of Quogue](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR296.png?itok=XLv5SiV0)
Audio interviews with residents of the Village of Quogue
![Wayne County Murals](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/WLWHS001.jpeg?itok=m8i7J5l4)
Images of a mural depicting the history of Wayne County, New York. This mural celebrates the first Holstein cattle, a breed known for their milk production, to the region.