Collections
![Charles Rand Penney Trail](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/NYNCH002.jpeg?itok=bw0q-YIE)
Charles Rand Penney was a prominent collector. The Charles Rand Penney Trail unites his collections of Pan-American Exposition souvenirs, Papua New Guinea artifacts, Niagara County historical items, Larkin Company ephemera, and Niagara Falls artwork.
Photographs, objects, ephemera and printed materials from the 1860s through 1971 relating to the Hudson River Day Line.
![Jamestown and Olean, NY, City Directories from 1875-1916](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/oleandirectory.png?itok=OiMNsLDr)
City directories for Jamestown and Olean, New York dating from the late 19th to early 20th century.
![Mining Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/NNYLN02-002.jpeg?itok=uxNJiOut)
A collection of mineral samples, artifacts, and photographs relating to the history of mining in Essex County
![Cathedral radio](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/NYSMU0026-03.jpg?itok=dmpC8V8k)
Selected objects from miSci’s collection of 15,000 science and technology artifacts.
![Nickell Collection of Dr. R.V. Pierce Medical Artifacts](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZCQ001.jpeg?itok=C4XjmZmc)
Samples of advertisements and packaging used by Dr. R.V. Pierce to market his products in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
![Nickell Snake Oil Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZCQ003.jpeg?itok=JoaIWdF6)
A collection of advertisements, packaging, and other materials relating to the snake oil and patent medicine trade in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
![Rushton Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Screenshot%25202017-12-15%2520at%25206.43.58%2520PM.png?itok=rXoaG_Ot)
This collection contains photographs, postcards, advertisements, and artifacts pertaining to Adirondack boatbuilder John Henry Rushton.