Collections

Front page of January 21, 1973 edition of the Fifth Freedom

A collection featuring the Fifth Freedom, Buffalo and Western New York's first and largest gay-interest and gay-rights publication

First Hundred Years

This collection contains photographs sharing the history of Russell Sage College.

Fiske Boyd Collection

This collection contains fourteen works of art by Fisk Boyd.

Folk Art and Artist Collection

This collection contains folk art collected from Upstate New York and other regions.

Fort Plain Street Fair

This collection contains images and documents related to the Fort Plain Street Fair.

Freeport Music Scores, Playbills & Programs

Historic sheet music, playbills, theater programs, and advertisements from Long Island.

General Electric Audio Recordings

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

Glass Workers Oral Histories

This collection of oral histories focuses on the impact of glass in Corning, NY, and around the world.

Glens Falls Hometown USA

This collection contains photographs taken during the World War II era of Glens Falls.

Gordon Muck Collection

Collection of works by Central New York artist Gordon Muck.

Grove Sheldon Gilbert Portraits

A collection of portraits painted by renowned Rochester artist, Grove Sheldon Gilbert during the mid-to-late 19th century.

The Growing Place Collection

Comprised of paintings, etchings, drawings, and other works of art, this collection documents the local community of artists in New Woodstock, NY.

Harvey Fite Collection

Historic photographs of sculptor Harvey Fite and his works.

Historic Paintings Unwrapped

A choice painting collection that dates to the early 19th century. It includes works by such notables as Henry Walton, whose lithographs depict mid-19th century life, and Alison Mason Kingsbury Bishop, an exemplar of a mid-twentieth century modernist style.

History of Crandall Public Library

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

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.

a boy near a lake with plants

Photographs relating to a family farm in New Kingston, New York, showing family, neighbors, and the surrounding Catskill landscape. Of special interest are the everyday objects which Fay's eye and camera transform into unique images.

JC Perry Collection

This collection contains drawings and paintings by John Calvin Perry, an artist from Central New York, who lived from 1837-1894.

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.

Greater Oneonta Historical Society Papers of Jessie Elvira Jenks

The Jenks family papers include letters written to Willard S. Jenks and his wife, Rhoda, from their daughter, Jessie Elvira Jenks. Jessie lived from 1873-1964.

Blue Mountain

This collection contains sculptures created throughout his career.

Jim Ridlon Art Collection

A collection of assemblages and acrylic paintings by Jim Ridlon, a former NFL player and professor emeritus at Syracuse University.

John Burroughs Memorabilia at Hartwick College

This is a collection of personal memorabilia and published works related to John Burroughs, donated in 1955 by Miss Ethelwynn Doolittle.

Diptych 3

This collection contains pieces from three of his projects: Drawings, Oil Paintings, and Assemblages.