Collections

Art and Artifacts

This collection contains paintings, sculptures and other three dimensional objects in the Library's special collections.

Actors in "The Avalon" play

This series contains photographs that document various arts programs in Tupper Lake ranging from community drama, local music groups and school bands, arts and crafts, and theater.

Charles F. Binns Collection

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

Fay Scrapbooks

Scrapbooks containing photographs, letters, documents, ephemera, and newspaper clippings relating to radio broadcasting and events in Rochester, New York during the 1920s and 1930s.

Fiske Boyd Collection

This collection contains fourteen works of art by Fisk Boyd.

General Electric Audio Recordings

Wide-ranging collection of General Electric-related audio recordings.

Homelands Exhibition

The Rochester Homelands Exhibition displayed traditional arts and crafts of many immigrant cultures in the region. This collection includes photographs of the Homelands Exhibition in 1920.

Jessie Bonnie Monroe Fashion Illustration Collection

The Jessie Bonnie Monroe Fashion Illustration Collection includes sketches and newspaper clippings of fashion in the early twentieth century.

MAG Images

Selected images from the Memorial Art Gallery’s history, including construction views and portraits of prominent people associated with the Gallery.

Maverick Sunday Concerts Programs

Programs from the long-running Maverick Sunday Concert Series.

Max Reinhardt Collection

The Max Reinhardt collection covers major aspects of the life and career of Austrian-born theatrical director and producer Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) .

photo of basket

Handmade baskets by indigenous peoples living in present day United
States of America and Canada.

Quilt Patterns of Onondaga County, 1919-1923

Hand-drawn representations of quilts and quilt patterns completed by Virginia Beauchamp in the early 20th century.

Rochester Artists

A collection of documents, including letters and exhibition announcements, and a photograph relating to Rochester artists in the late 19th century.

Rudolf Steiner Library of the Anthroposophical Society

This collection contains images relating to the life of Rudolf Steiner.

SUNY Brockport Stylus Collection

An early 20th century collection of the SUNY Brockport student publication, The Stylus.