Collections

This collection contains photographs of the outside and inside of buildings on the Albany Law School campus.

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.

The Green Lakes Collection is mostly comprised of photographs that belonged to Arvin Almquist, who was Superintendent of Green Lakes State Park from 1928 to 1948.

Photographs of the city of Auburn NY, featuring downtown businesses, residences, city buildings, banking institutions, and hotels. 

Glass plate negatives of Hyde Park scenes, people, and architecture, taken by Charles Sylvester Piersaull.

Photographs and family bibles documenting the Crounse and MacHarg (also known as McHarg) families of Albany County, New York, 1780s-1890s.

Personal friend and secretary to NYS Governor Grover Cleveland. After Cleveland was elected President of the United States, Lamont was appointed his Secretary of War and close confidant.

The Dunham Family History collection contains portraits, photographs, and various documents saved by the Dunham family.

Items from the papers of historian Elsie Gutchess, including primary and secondary materials relating to the history of women in the United States.

Photographs of the Erie Canal in and around Schenectady, New York. Includes images of the construction of the canal and architectural features of the canal, such as aqueducts, bridges and locks.

Collection of portraits, articles, memorabilia, and papers of Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston, with emphasis on her time at Wells College, in the White House, and her time in Aurora, NY as a Wells College trustee and wife of Thomas Preston.

Images of Elmira used for the HistoryForge project.

The  Jackson Health Resort was a renowned health treatment facility in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This collection contains photographs and documents relating to the facility and its treatments.

This collection contains materials from the papers of sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward, 1800-1933.

This collection consists of letters and marginalia of Samuel Clemens, artifacts associated with him and photos having to do with Clemens' time in Elmira and the family and friends that comprised his circle.

This collection contains photographs from Mary D.

This collection contains photographs taken by the Northern Survey Company of Albany, NY of family houses, farms, businesses and public buildings in New York State and New England, 1878 to 1900.

Images taken by Osmond D. Putnam in Warren and Essex Counties, New York, in the Adirondacks.

This online collection contains stereoscopic images (one side of the stereoview card) from The Robert Joki Collection. These images highlight important landmarks in the Spa City.

Photographs, documents, and other materials relating to a prominent Mohawk Valley family during the the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

This album dates from 1889-1890 and is a collection of photographs of soldiers with the 23rd Separate Company, recruited for the Spanish-American War and serving at Camp Wetherill near Greenville, South Carolina.

This collection documents the history of higher education in New Paltz, NY.

Images taken by William Seward (Will) Teator (1860-1930), between 1890 and 1910, of Upper Red Hook (N.Y.) scenes, people, family groups, buildings, etc.

This collection consists of images of businesses and industries located in and around Watervliet, N.Y. in the early 1900's.