Collections
Photographs and ephemera showing the many cultural backgrounds of the greater Binghamton area.
Materials about the Finnish community of Spencer, including clippings about the Van Etten Communist Camp.
The collection documents General Electric's Americanization program, which existed from 1919 to 1931.
Images collected and copied by the Seneca Falls Historical Society for a 1999 exhibit about the local Italian community.
Images reflecting the Francophone culture and history of New York State.
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.
Records, photographs and documents of Rose Spadaccino Muccigrosso (1873-1950), an Italian immigrant and midwife serving Elmira's Italian community.
Images and documentation about the lives of Ukrainian Americans living in Hudson, N.Y.