This collection of images documents Rochester’s 1964 race riots, offering a vivid and revealing glimpse into Rochester’s, and the nation’s, past.
The collection explores the role of African Americans in the General Electric workforce.
Albion W. Tourgee (1838 - 1905) was a Civil War veteran, politician, and lawyer. He played a pivotal role in the Plessy v. Ferguson case and was a pioneering civil rights activist. This collection includes his correspondence, as well as legal documents, articles, and photographs.
Photographs of an African American community in Syracuse, New York that were collected as part of a photo-documentation project.
Archival materials from the life of Charles Stoll with emphasis on the Stoll-McCracken Expedition to Alaska in 1928.
Materials about the Finnish community of Spencer, including clippings about the Van Etten Communist Camp.
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.
Photographs and documents from the mid-1800s to early-1900s, relating to African American life and history in Central New York.
The collection documents General Electric's Americanization program, which existed from 1919 to 1931.
Images reflecting the Francophone culture and history of New York State.
A collection of photographs documenting the Jewish community in Buffalo and the Greater Niagara region from the early 20th century to present day.
Photographs displaying the people and community activities of the Syracuse Polish Home in the 20th century.
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.
"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.
Over the past four years, Dr. Kathryn Stam, Faculty at SUNY Poly, has been gathering media and multimedia chronicling the lives of Refugees who have settled in Utica NY.
Photographs and documents relating to the Jewish refugees at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter or "Safe Haven" during World War II.
Images and documentation about the lives of Ukrainian Americans living in Hudson, N.Y.
