Collections

175th Anniversary of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

Photographs relating to the history of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library over the past century.

Bard Class Photos

Class pictures from St. Stephen's and Bard College.

256 Delaware Ave, Bethlehem, NY, ca. 1955. Hilchie's Terminal Hardware, Inc. and L.J. Mullen Pharmacy are seen in photo.

This collection contains items related to the history of Bethlehem, New York.

Brockway Motor Trucks Collection

This collection contains a sampling from the thousands of Brockway Motor Truck Co. slides, photographs and negatives.

Memorial Day kickoff summer beach party at Lee Ct., Hither Hills, Montauk, 1944.

Pictorial family records documenting the Cahill, Stayton, and Eurell families of Montauk.

Canisius College Student Activities

Student organizations and clubs enrich campus life. Here are examples of student events from several generations.

Family Photo 1

This series includes a great number of photographs of various citizens from approximately 1860 to 2010 including candid pictures of individuals, group shots at various events.

College of Medicine Class Photographs

SUNY Upstate College of Medicine class photographs spanning almost a century and covering the College’s name changes.

The College of Saint Rose Archives - Photograph Collection

This collection contains photographs sharing the history of the College of Saint Rose, including its students and faculty.

Crain Family Papers

This collection consists of documents relating to politics, business, foreign affairs, and the family’s personal affairs, which not only offer a glimpse into nineteenth century rural life in New York State, but detail machine politics on a regional, state, and national level into the early twenti

D'Youville College Architecture, Buildings, & Grounds

Photographs and architectural drawings of the D’Youville College campus throughout its history.

Syracuse Nationals Win the 1955 NBA Championship

The collection showcases photographs from the Danny Biasone Collection of the early history of the NBA through the lens of the Syracuse Nationals or Nats, housed in the Tatyana Popović Archives and Special Collections at Le Moyne College.

Jonathan 'Theorious' Dinkle and his mother, Irene Bennet

The Dinkle family lived for multiple generations in the Third Ward, possibly best known for their deep involvement with the Boy Scouts.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection

These photographs and letters detail Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s visit to Keuka College in June 1963.

Ed Wool Collection

This collection documents the career of North Country musician Ed Wool through photos, audio interviews, memorabilia, and text.

Group of firemen in uniform posing with fire truck out front of firehall at 21 High St.

The photographs in this series document the various emergency services in Tupper Lake from approximately 1921 to 2010.

General Electric Photographs

This collection contains General Electric publicity photographs taken between 1880 - 1970.

Hanmer Boatshop Photograph Collection

A collection of photographs showing the construction of various boats being built in Willard Hanmer's boat shop in Saranac Lake, NY.

History of Crandall Public Library

This collection contains images illustrating the rich history of Crandall Public Library (founded in 1892).

Black and white photograph

A collection of photographs and documents related to the building and operation of the Hotel Van Curler.

Huntington Historical Photographs

Historic photographs of Huntington, NY.

Temple Israel Graduation Group

Photographs from the Jewish community of Broome County.

Joan and Alma Coles on Joan's wedding day

Joan Coles-Howard, daughter of pioneering newspaper editor Howard Coles, is an author, marketing expert, and was the owner of iconic Rochester retailers Uhuru and All Day Sunday.

Lectures - Special Guests

Canisius College has hosted numerous noted dignitaries, politicians, and other public leaders from the early twentieth century to the present.

Leonard Cooke

Photos and documents related to Nyack history, from the collection of Leonard Cooke, Nyack resident and activist.