Collections

Nanuet, NY History Collection

This collection includes documents, images, and postcards relating to the history of Nanuet, New York.

New City Library Image Collection

Images and postcards depicting Rockland County buildings, businesses, and landmarks.

New City Library Oral History Collection

Oral interviews documenting the changing landscape of Rockland County.

Jean (Jacob) Hasbrouck House, New Paltz, NY

This collection includes personal papers created or kept by individuals and families chiefly of southern Ulster County, NY. The majority of the papers date from the mid-1600s through 1830.

Blank Immigration form

These case files are all of persons of Polish descent who arrived in Niagara Falls, NY and required assistance regarding citizenship. The International Institute provided translation and other services to these people.

Nyack Library Local History Collection

Historic items relating to the local history of Nyack and surrounding areas.

Nyack Library Oral History Collection

Diverse oral histories from Nyack community members.

Matchbook cover for Roadside Rest, Oceanside, L.I.

A collection of matchbook covers used to advertise restaurants and businesses in Oceanside, NY.

Image of tapes

Oral histories collected from 20th century Lockport, NY, residents

An assortment of tapes from the collection.

Audio recordings of Suffolk County residents.

Osmond D. Putnam Photographs

Images taken by Osmond D. Putnam in Warren and Essex Counties, New York, in the Adirondacks.

Mr Packard in his eponymous automobile

This collection explores the contributions to the world made by James Ward Packard and his close family from the 1860’s to 1960. The Packard family was made up of inventors, business men, trail blazers, and philanthropists.

Patterson Historical Society Digital Collection

This collection contains images, postcards, maps, and documents related to Patterson NY history.

Pauline Nuzzolezze Staiano Photo Album

Photos from New Paltz State Teachers College in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

James B. Schafer speaking to a crowd at Peace Haven, 1939

Photographs of the Idle Hour estate as “Peace Haven.”

The front of the Peninsula Public Library, May 9, 1953.

Scrapbooks that celebrate the history of the library and Lawrence.

Group photo in front of Jean Hasbrouck house

The collection features selected images of people and places in New Paltz, New York, and the surrounding region drawn from the Historic Huguenot Street Permanent Collection and Archives.

Peter Aaron Collection

Photographs of students and campus life at Bard, taken by photographer Peter Aaron between the years 1964-1971.

Sepia photo

Collection of correspondence, photographs, and artifacts related to Peter Erwin (1910-1944) of the Arbor Hill neighborhood of Albany, NY, his wife Marjorie L. Walker (1915-1995), and daughter Effie Marie Erwin (1940-2021). Erwin was killed while serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII.

Phipps children playing football in the South Allée circa 1918

Films circa 1918 to 1946.

Scrapbooks and Albums at HSERL

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

Piermont, NY History Collection

Documents, maps, images, and ephemera related to the village of Piermont, New York.

Robert Coe with his father, W.R. Coe, circa 1953.

Oral history interviews related to Planting Fields history

Postcards of Kingston, New York

Historic postcards of buildings, streets, and landscapes throughout Kingston.

Quarantine Memories

Personal memories from residents of the Town of Bethlehem from the COVID-19 quarantine in 2020.