Collections

Donnan Farm Galway NY

This collection contains photographs relating to the Donnan Farm area in Galway, New York.

Ferris Meigs Logging Photograph Collection

The Santa Clara Logging Company, run by President Ferris Meigs, was a leader in timber conservation in the Adirondack region. This collection of photographs depicts the Santa Clara Logging Company and Meigs family.

Stamp used in logbooks for record keeping.

Manuscripts recording maritime labor, business, and industry.

Lumber Camp Mission Slide Collection

Presbyterian missionaries visited many Adirondack lumber camps in the early 20th century. This collection of glass lantern slides depicts their visits at the camps, as well as the loggers and logging industry.

Montauk Land Use and Development

Historic photographs and maps showing land development in Montauk.

Osmond D. Putnam Photographs

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

Port Washington Maritime Collection;

The Port Washington Maritime Collection features materials from the Local History Center that relate to the region’s rich maritime history and traditions.

Captain Samuel F. Phillips (1832-1911) whose RVC home became the Phillips House Museum.

Photos, written histories, and ephemera pertaining to the sea captains who lived in Rockville Centre, NY in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.