Collections

Watervliet Businesses
This collection consists of images of businesses and industries located in and around Watervliet, N.Y. in the early 1900's.
Postcard for Watkins Salt Company, 1960

Images from the Watkins Salt Company of Schuyler County.

Watson Family Photographs
This collection contains photographs and diaries of the Watson family, who are known for their involvement with the Memorial Art Gallery.
Watson Film Scrapbook
A scrapbook compiled by Emily Sibley Watson containing newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to her son, James Sibley Watson, Jr.’s filmmaking career in the early 20th century.
The Way We Were Town of Saratoga
The Way We Were Town of Saratoga collection includes vintage postcards and photographs with descriptive captions from the first half of the 20th Century in the Villages of Victory and Schuylerville along with the Town of Saratoga.
Wayne County Murals
Images of a mural depicting the history of Wayne County, New York. This mural celebrates the first Holstein cattle, a breed known for their milk production, to the region.
Wayne Tucker Postcard Collection
This collection is comprised of postcards, trade cards, and other ephemera relating to Schenectady County and other nearby areas.
Weedsport CSD logo

Issues of Sparks, the annual yearbook for Weedsport Central School District. 

Scrapbook of Jessie Emeline Cogswell, page 19

Scrapbooks created by Wells College students around the turn of the 20th century.

West Genesee Yearbooks

This collection includes yearbooks from the West Genesee Central School District in Camillus, New York.

West Hempstead Local History
The West Hempstead Local History collection contains photographs pertaining to the history of the West Hempstead area.
West Monroe, N.Y 1839-1989 Book Cover

Historical essays and photographs of West Monroe, NY. Includes bibliography and index.

Margarita Phipps, her son Michael and his wife Molly, posing at Westbury House

Images chronicling the Phipps family and their lives at Westbury House.

Westbury Local History
The Westbury Local History collection consists of still image photographs which tell the history of the Westbury area.
Westchester Defense Volunteer Cards

Enrollment cards of men who joined the Westchester Defense Volunteers during World War II.

Soldier seated with rifle

The Western New York and the Civil War collection represents a cooperative initiative between the State University of New York  at Buffalo and numerous historical societies from the Western New York counties of Erie and Niagara to share local history collections with

Western New York County Atlases
A collection of maps detailing the Western New York region in the mid-to-late 19th century.
The Western New York Index
A collection of indexes listing articles published in Western New York regional publications in the late 20th century.
Westhill Yearbooks

This collection includes yearbooks from Westhill High School, dating from 1962 - 2018.

Westinghouse Family Papers
This collection includes correspondence, an autograph book, legal documents and photographs from the Westinghouse Family from 1833-1913.
Trilobite fossil

The ground beneath our feet in western New York is ancient, some layers having formed over 440 million years ago.

Whitesboro School Yearbooks

This collection contains yearbooks and alumni publications from the Whitesboro Central School District, including the "Che-Ga-Quat-Ka" high school yearbooks and "Wariors" junior high school yearbooks.

Whitestown Seminary Postcard

This collection contains an early history of the Whitestown Seminary, an assignment on the architecture of the Whitestown Seminary, Anniversary Exercises for 1862 to 1864, programs on an exhibition and on a reunion and banquet, and photographs.