Collections
The Early Canastota Business Collection contains documents and newspaper clippings about the first businesses in Canastota, NY.
Directories for Elmira, New York and surrounding areas in Chemung County, including Elmira Heights.
The Emporium Lumber Company was originally formed in 1892 in Pennsylvania and was dissolved in 1950. The success of the company led to expansion in New York State.
The Emporium Lumber Company was a logging company located in Conifer, New York in the early 20th century. This collection of photographs relates to their logging and railroad business.
This collection includes many papers that enjoyed short runs, some originating in the old village of Union that merged with Endicott in 1906.
This collection contains photographs and postcards that share the history of the Village of Endicott.
The Ernie Simon Collection includes his personal collection of “Port Remembered” photographs.
Historic photographs and advertisements of Farmingdale, Long Island.
The photographs include a number of street views and houses in Delhi, New York. Also included are a number of images of the Frank Farrington home on Elm Street, with pictures of his family. A series of images of a military camp appear to date from 1919 in Camp Lee, Virginia.
This collection consists of pages from the 1895 "souvenir" book called "Sketches" that Estabrook created.
This collection features photographs taken by Ernest Blue in the Fulton Chain Lakes region around 1900.
Gar Wood was a successful speedboat racer and business owner. This collection relates to his racing career and his business,GarWood Industries, which specialized in building motorboats.
Items of local historic Interest from the collections of residents and other sources
Historic glass and film negatives, prints, and postcards documenting life along New York State’s canals, including the Erie Canal, Black River Canal, and Champlain Canal from the collection of Albert Gayer.
This collection contains images documenting the inventors and inventions of the GE Research Laboratory from 1900 - 1990.
The collection features text documents highlighting the history of General Electric and its founders.
This collection contains General Electric publicity photographs taken between 1880 - 1970.
A collection of postcards depicting Geneva, New York during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Photographs relating to the history and development of Geneva, New York in the 19th and 20th centuries.
A collection of oral histories and recordings done and collected by Dr. George Hucker.
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Photographs of Buffalo and Western New York during the 19th and early 20th centuries collected by George Nathan Newman.
Store ledgers, account books, and other business records from Germantown, NY.
This collection of oral histories focuses on the impact of glass in Corning, NY, and around the world.
Photographs and descriptions of buildings in Glen Cove, Long Island.
Newspaper clippings and other material about the glove industry of Spencer, NY.