Collections

Carl Schmidt Collection of Two-Dimensional Drawings
Architect Carl F. Schmidt had a deep interest in historic architecture. This collection includes his drawings depicting architectural features, particularly doorways.
Carleton Kelsey Collection
A collection of postcards and photographs shedding light on pivotal periods of Montauk’s history.
Carrie Jones Family Collection
A collection of materials on Jones family of Utica, New York providing detailed glimpse of family life and the community in Central New York during the mid-twentieth-century.
Studio Camera

Collection of photographs related to the Case Research Laboratory in Auburn, NY, where the first commercially successful sound-on-film system was developed by Theodore Case.

Cover

A collection of course catalogs for Albany College of Pharmacy from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Catskill Public Library Digital Collection

Historical photographs and documents related to Catskill, NY.

Bill from A. O. Norcott

Materials about the Cayuga and Seneca Canal from the 1840s and 1850s.

Logo for Craft Beverage Memory Project

The Cayuga and Seneca Lakes Agriculture and Craft Beverage Memory Project is a two-year oral history project. The interviews document and preserve the personal stories of wine, cider, beer and other beverage producers between Cayuga and Seneca Lakes.

priest within a church apse

Photographs of various religious institutions in Cayuga County.

A painter working at his easel

Photographs from the general file in Cayuga County.

Court Street, South, Cayuga

Postcards showing the towns and villages of Cayuga County.

Men Stack Racks of Drying Tobacco Leaves

Photographs of tobacco farmers living in Cayuga County.

Celina McDonald Seitz (1930-2017) Collection

A collection of photographs and documents relating to the McDonalds of Montauk.

volunteer cleaning gravestones, 2013

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

HistoryForge logo and sample records

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

Center for Photography at Woodstock Collection

Photographic works from notable contemporary and historic photographers, many of whom participated in programs at The Center for Photography.

Central New York Canal Collection
The Erie Canal Collection comprises a set of financial documents and cultural materials relevant to the Erie Canal digitized by the American Museum of Finance.
CCC Camp S-122. Co 1241, Boonville NY

This collection contains pictures, newspaper articles, and reports from 1944 to 1945 regarding Central New York prisoner of war camps in Oneida and Jefferson counties.  These include Pine Camp and Hawkinsville Camp in Jefferson county, a camp in Boonville, NY (Oneida county) as well as articles o

Central Square Oral History Collection
This collection includes one oral history video conducted by students at Central Square High School.
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.
Glens Falls Feeder Canal

This collection contains photographs, postcards, art work, and images pertaining to the Champlain Canal that runs from the Hudson River at Waterford, NY to Lake Champlain.

Chapter Activities of Central New York Chapter, NRHS
This collection documents the activities of the CNY Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, including views of the station museum restorations at Martisco and Central Square; the restoration and operation of locomotives and rolling stock; and Chapter-sponsored "Great New York State Model
Charles F. Binns Collection

Letters and photographs of Charles F. Binns, the "Father of American Ceramics."

Southold Historical Society and Museum

Historic photograph collection, Long Island’s East End