Collections

Abram Lincoln Letter Collection
Abram Lincoln Letter Collection
Henrietta Public Library
A collection of correspondence and documents relating to Henrietta, New York native, Abram Lincoln.
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Anna Reinstein
Anna M Reinstein Memorial Library - Cheektowaga

Personal, and professional photographs and documents related to Anna Mogilova Reinstein

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Boris Reinstein
Anna M Reinstein Memorial Library - Cheektowaga

Personal, professional and political items related to Boris Isaevich Reinstein

Civil War Letters of Albert and Edward Bayles
Civil War Letters of Albert and Edward Bayles
Longwood Public Library

Civil War era letters from two Middle Island, NY brothers.

Colonial Manuscripts
Colonial Manuscripts
Historic Huguenot Street

Archival documents relating to the early development of the town of New Paltz, NY.

Delaware County Historical Association Sherwood Collection
Delaware County Historical Association Sherwood Collection
Delaware County Historical Association
The Sherwood Collection is mainly comprised of letters to and from Samuel Sherwood (1779-1862), his second wife Laura Bostwick Sherwood (1790-1863), and members of their family.
Elmira College Women’s Rights and Suffrage Collection
Elmira College Women’s Rights and Suffrage Collection
Elmira College - Gannett-Tripp Library
The Elmira College women’s rights and suffrage collection is an aggregate of records from the Elmira College Archives.
Francis M. and Henry H. Stone Collection
Francis M. and Henry H. Stone Collection
Binghamton University - Binghamton University Libraries
The Francis M. and Henry H. Stone Collection contain twenty-one letters written by the two brothers while they were in the 27th Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry and the 1st Regiment New York Veteran Cavalry
The Hasbroucks of Locust Lawn
The Hasbroucks of Locust Lawn
Locust Grove Estate

Photographs, letters, artwork, textiles and other possessions belonging to the Hasbrouck family.

Ingraham P. Smith Collection
Ingraham P. Smith Collection
Binghamton University - Binghamton University Libraries
The Ingraham P. Smith Collection consists of forty-five letters and two medical documents, written during the Civil War.
Island Trees Public Library
Island Trees Public Library Collection
Island Trees Public Library

Documents and photographs from the library’s history.

Lewis H. Brown Collection
Lewis H. Brown Collection
Binghamton University - Binghamton University Libraries
The Lewis H. Brown Collection consists of sixty-four letters written by Lewis Henry Brown, Lewis’ brother Burritt Brown, and Albert Ransom, Burritt Brown’s friend and tent-mate.
Melville Family Papers
Melville Family Papers
Three Village Historical Society

Six audio recordings of Ward Melville, his family, and associates.

Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore Papers
State University of New York at Oswego - Penfield Library

A collection of correspondence and documents relating to Buffalo, New York native, and 13th President of the United States, Millard Fillmore.

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Peter Erwin Papers
Albany County Historical Association

Correspondence, photographs, and artifacts related to Peter Erwin (1910-1944) of the Arbor Hill neighborhood of Albany, New York, his wife Marjorie L. Walker (1915-1995), and daughter Effie Marie Erwin (1940-2021). 

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Samuel Jones Family Letters
Schenectady County Historical Society

Letters received or collected by Samuel Jones from his family, friends, and associates, and Samuel Jones’ diary which he kept from 1821 to 1855.

School Letters of Rachel Eltinge
School Letters of Rachel Eltinge
Historic Huguenot Street

The school letters of Rachel Eltinge, written during her stay at the New Paltz Female Academy.

Senate House Collection
Senate House Collection
Senate House Historic Site

A sampling of documents from the Colonial period and Revolutionary War.

Suffrage Documents of the New York State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Suffrage Documents of the New York State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Elmira College - Gannett-Tripp Library
The suffrage documents are a hidden collection within the New York State Federation of Women’s Clubs records.
Ten Eyck Fonda Collection
Ten Eyck Fonda Collection
Binghamton University - Binghamton University Libraries
The Ten Eyck Fonda Collection consists of twenty-six letters written by Fonda while serving as a telegrapher for the United States Military Telegraph Service during the Civil War, and one political campaign card.
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Victor Reinstein
Anna M Reinstein Memorial Library - Cheektowaga

Photographs, documents and pamphlets related to the life of Victor Reinstein, a pillar of the Cheektowaga NY Community

Village of Voorheesville Historical Records
Village of Voorheesville Historical Records
Voorheesville Public Library

The collection includes records documenting the people, places, and events of the Village of Voorheesville and to a lesser extent the Town of New Scotland.