Collections

Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth Collection
This collection contains items related to the life of Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth.
Children Out of School for the Holiday

This collection covers various moments of daily life in the city and Onondaga County from the 1920s to 1950s.

Don Schultz (1933-2013)

Scrapbooks assembled by Don Schultz depicting boyhood during WWII (World War, 1939-1945)

Ernie Simon Collection
The Ernie Simon Collection includes his personal collection of “Port Remembered” photographs.
Fayetteville Free Library Postcard Collection

The Fayetteville Free Library Postcard Collection is a representative sample of postcards, featuring historic images of the Fayetteville village streetscape dating back to the early 19th century.

Geneva Public Library Digital Collection
Photographs relating to the history and development of Geneva, New York in the 19th and 20th centuries.
George W. Fenner World War I Photographs, Syracuse, NY, 1918

Photographs taken by George W. Fenner during World War I, documenting the people and activities supporting the war efforts in Syracuse, New York.

Keitha Kellogg Petersen
A book outlining the history of the Jefferson County village of Sterlingville, a small community that ceased to exist upon the government’s expansion of Pine Camp (now Fort Drum) prior to the United States’ entry into World War II.
Leo Bock’s wife, Lillian Bock and their two children, Walter and Marie in a field of daisies in Lynbrook, NY. Circa 1912.

Images of Lynbrook captured by Leo H. Bock, a long time Lynbrook resident.

September 11 Project Collection
Photographs documenting all of the permanent September 11 memorials and monuments on Long Island.
Siciliano Restaurant World War II Veterans Collection
This collection contains photographs of World War II veterans who were from the Mechanicville area.
Town of Ballston Digital Collection
This collection contains photographs, documents, and a book sharing the history of the Town of Ballston.
Veterans Vocational School, 1946 - 1952
This is a collection of photographs of important people, places, and events; as well as documents that were used by the students and faculty in the beginning years of the college when it was a vocational school for educating returning veterans in automotive technology, machine operation and many are
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.