Collections

Barns of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains: An Introduction

This collection details barns and other rural structures of years past in several counties in NY.

Brockport Village Glass Plate Negatives

A collection of early 20th century photographs depicting the Brockport region.

Men Stack Racks of Drying Tobacco Leaves

Photographs of tobacco farmers living in Cayuga County.

Southold Historical Society and Museum

Historic photograph collection, Long Island’s East End

Chester Historical Society Collection

Historical documents, images, and artifacts relating to the Chester, New York community.

Christopher Collection

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.

Color portrait photograph of couple in dressy clothing

Photographs related to the Danforth family of Jefferson, New York. 

Donnan Farm Galway NY

This collection contains photographs relating to the Donnan Farm area in Galway, New York.

Fair Advertisement from 1898

Photographs, newspaper articles, postcards, and ephemera from and pertaining to the Agricultural Fair held in Dryden, New York.

 

A mother and daughter in portrait

Photographs, postcards, and ephemera relating to the farm women of Dryden, New York.

 

Farmer at work

Photographs of farms and farmers working in the Town of Caroline.

index card annotation

Photographs of local farms taken and annotated by students.

Fort Plain Street Fair

This collection contains images and documents related to the Fort Plain Street Fair.

Fred R. Wolcott Photographic Collection

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.

Lewis Boys

This collection includes photographs from Gary Lyon and LeRoy Clapp and depict buildings, people and landscapes in the rural community of Pompey, New York.

Hardy Family Photographs

Photographs of a Western New York farming family and their farm in the early 20th century.

Seated man in overalls holding rake

Photographs related to the George W. Harris Family of Jefferson, New York. 

Historic Postcards from Sardinia, NY

A collection of photographic postcards depicting the rural town of Sardinia, New York in the early 20th century.

Barber Mike Salerno in his shop cutting hair (1952)

Historic photographs of West Babylon

a man throws potatoes onto a conveyor belt

Photographs of migrant workers from the 1940s and 1980s, some of which were taken by other workers for a photography exhibit.

Nassau Fair

This collection contains material from 1896 - 1910 related to the Rensselaer County Fair.

Richard H. Handley Collection

The Richard H. Handley collection contains photographs and still images that share the history of Long Island, New York.

Unidentified couple on Cold Spring Harbor porch

Historic photographs of Cold Spring Harbor and surrounding communities from a photo album donated by Robert Bassardet.

Schuelke Collection

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.