Collections

18th- and 19th- Century Cooking in the Hudson Valley

Documents and images related to cooking and food preparation in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Cover of the 1936-1947 Old Water Mill Guest Book.

Mid-20th century Hamptons tea room guest log.

Adirondack Scenic Photograph Collection

Collection of photographs showing various Adirondack scenes that includes people, towns, landscapes, camps etc. Images were taken in the 1890s.

Welcome to Montauk

Photographs collected by Holden for his publications.

Sam and Bea Cox, c. 1950. Alice Houseknecht Collection, Montauk Library Archives.

Photographs of local business owners, motels, and hurricane damage in Montauk New York. 

Exterior of the Andrew J. Thomas estate, 1929.

Photographs of Andrew J. Thomas's estate in Montauk, NY 1929.

Image of Anna Reinstein

Personal, and professional photographs and documents related to Anna Mogilova Reinstein

Archives Films

This collection contains digitized versions of the College's 16mm Film Collection which includes films of early College activities and a variety of other subjects such as a family vacation, product demonstrations, and maple syrup operations as well as footage of the 1910 fires at Paul Smith&

Asharoken News

Historical newsletters from the Village of Asharoken community.

Augustin Family Collection, 1890 - 1957

Small collection of photographs from the Frederick Julius Augustin family.

Bayle's Pamphlets

Historical pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and fliers detailing the early history of Long Island.

Beede Family Album

This collection contains numerous photographic portraits of various members of the Beede family, as well as images of home and business occupied by the family.

Bellmore Public School Commencement Exercises, 1921

Historical records from Bellmore and North Bellmore, NY.

Residents ice skating on Scudder’s Pond, January 2, 1961.

Images of Sea Cliff and New York in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.

NYPL Librarian Robert W. Henderson's (1888-1985) Bookplate

Historic bookplates at St. Joseph's University - Callahan Library.

Image of Boris Reinstein

Personal, professional and political items related to Boris Isaevich Reinstein

Funeral program for Gladys Chase, Buffalo, NY

The purpose of the collection is to preserve the biographical and historical information that is found in printed funeral programs from the African-American community.

Scene in Buffalo's Little Italy

The City of Buffalo, N.Y. rapidly grew from a small village along Lake Erie to a bourgeoning industrial hub with the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825. The city later became a center for the Steel Industry and other manufacturing.

First Barber Shop in Tupper Lake

The photographs in this series document a variety of businesses over Tupper Lake’s history from approximately 1880 to 2005.

Memorial Day kickoff summer beach party at Lee Ct., Hither Hills, Montauk, 1944.

Pictorial family records documenting the Cahill, Stayton, and Eurell families of Montauk.

Black and white photograph

Images of Albany, Clinton, Rensselaer, and Schenectady Counties digitized from glass plate negatives. c.1893 - c. 1915

Southold Historical Society and Museum

Historic photograph collection, Long Island’s East End