Collections
The Sherwood Collection is mainly comprised of letters to and from Samuel Sherwood (1779-1862), his second wife Laura Bostwick Sherwood (1790-1863), and members of their family.
Photographic postcards documenting the town of DeRuyter and surrounding areas in the early to mid-20th century.
This collection contains documents relating to prescription drugs and Dr. Best.
The Early Canastota Business Collection contains documents and newspaper clippings about the first businesses in Canastota, NY.
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 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.
Scrapbooks containing photographs, letters, documents, ephemera, and newspaper clippings relating to radio broadcasting and events in Rochester, New York during the 1920s and 1930s.
Frank E. Estabrook (1860 - 1918) was a regionally renowned architect from Newburgh, NY whose specialty was designing public buildings and schools.This collection consists of pages from Estabrook's 1895 "souvenir" book called "Sketches".
This collection features photographs taken by Ernest Blue in the Fulton Chain Lakes region around 1900.
Furniture from the collections of Preservation Long Island at Collections Storage
Furniture from the collections of Preservation Long Island on display at Headquarters
Furniture from the collections of Preservation Long Island on display at Joseph Lloyd Manor
Furniture from the collections of Preservation Long Island on display at Sherwood-Jayne House
Furniture from the collections of Preservation Long Island on display at the Custom House
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.