Collections

Almquist Green Lakes Collection

The Green Lakes Collection is mostly comprised of photographs that belonged to Arvin Almquist, who was Superintendent of Green Lakes State Park from 1928 to 1948.

Boy Scouts of America, Troop 73, Voorheesville, New York Collection

The Scoutmaster of Troop 73, Howard C. Coughtry, created this collection about the troop's civic and recreational activities.

Camp Russell Boy Scouts Collection

This collection contains items from Camp Russell, a Boy Scout camp located in the Southwestern Adirondacks, dating from the early 1900s through the camp's closure in 2014.

Clarkson Ice Carnival Photographs
Three photographs of the King and Queen of the Clarkson-Normal Ice Carnival
Clarkson Ice Carnival Programs
A collection of programs from the Clarkson-Normal Ice Carnival
Clarkstown Country Club

Historical photographs of the Clarkstown Country Club, located in Nyack, NY.

"Freeport As It Was" by Clinton E. Metz

Research by Freeport Village historian Clinton E. Metz

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.

Dave Edwardes Collection

Photographs, including aerial views, of Montauk and the buildings that define it, along with group shots of people, and their organizations and activities, including a large number of photographs documenting the heyday of Montauk sportfishing.

Bookplate poem from Album #1

Postcards written by David Eugene Smith, an internationally acclaimed mathematician, to his niece and sister in Cortland.

Frankfort Boy Scouts Collection
This collection contains photos and documents related to Troop 1, Frankfort, New York, which was established in 1910.
Genesee Valley Hunt
A collection of photographs depicting the Genesee Valley Hunt at the turn-of-the-century.
Group shot from the Kniskern Family photo album

Family photos and photo albums donated to the Germantown History Department over the years

Henry Uihlein Scrapbook
Henry Uihlein II was a strong supporter of Lake Placid’s winter sporting events. This scrapbook he compiled contains articles and photographs relating to speed skating at Lake Placid.
Lake Placid Public Library Photograph Archive
This collection consists of historical photos, newspaper articles, postcards, and some personal notes of people, places, sports, and businesses pertaining to the Town of North Elba and Village of Lake Placid as created by Town and Village Historians Mary MacKenzie (1964-2001) and Beverley Reid (2001
Manhasset Press

Issues of "Manhasset Press", a local newspaper for Manhasset, NY.

Oneida Yearbook Collection
Yearbooks from Oneida City High School, from 1936 - 2018. Several "Senior Annual" publications are also included.
Scrapbooks and Albums at HSERL

Scrapbooks and Albums created by residents of Lynbrook, NY and the surrounding villages.

Polish Community of Syracuse, NY
Photographs displaying the people and community activities of the Syracuse Polish Home in the 20th century.
Postcard from Interlaken

Postcards collected by the Backbone Ridge History Group showing the communities between Seneca and Cayuga Lake.

 Collage of photos showing people at the New Skateland Arena roller skating rink in Buffalo, N.Y. Includes primarily children and teenagers alone and in groups. Date ranges from late 1970s to early 2000s. Collage displayed in the Main Rink and Locker area

In the summer of 2018, Daemen College gratefully accepted a large collection of photo collages from Kiddy Skateland, a roller rink owned and operated on Buffalo’s East Side.

Three Village Film Reels

Digitized Films from the Three Village area