Collections

Camp Awosting

This collection documents life at Camp Awosting, a summer camp for boys, originally located in Kerhonkson, NY.

volunteer cleaning gravestones, 2013

Gravestone transcriptions and other information about the cemeteries of Backbone Ridge, most of which were abandoned by the 20th century.

1876 - 1986. Maple Grove Cemetery Minutes Book, Front Cover

Documents and texts relating to the cemeteries and burial grounds located within the Town of Elbridge.

HistoryForge logo and sample records

Datasets of fully transcribed United State Census records as completed by volunteers for the HistoryForge project.  

Cephas Breed MD Papers

This collection contains the diary and correspondence of Cephas Breed, who graduated from Geneva Medical College in 1850.

Champlain Canal Collection

The Champlain Canal Collection contains images of the construction of Lock # 2 on the Champlain Canal near Mechanicville, New York.

Charles W. Lanning MD Papers

This collection contains photographs from Charles W. Lanning, who graduated from the Syracuse University College of Medicine in 1898.

A 1913 suffrage parade

Records, photos, advertisements, and writing about the Women's Suffrage movement in Chemung County.

Chester Historical Society Collection

Historical documents, images, and artifacts relating to the Chester, New York community.

The Columbian Crew employee magazine, March-April, 1957

Photographs and ephemera from the Columbian Rope Company of Auburn.

Crystal Beach

Photographs and ephemera relating to Crystal Beach during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.