Collections

1825, a Pivotal Year on the Niagara Frontier

Materials documenting the City of Buffalo and Niagara Frontier in 1825.

1964 Rochester Riot Photographs

This collection of images documents Rochester’s 1964 race riots, offering a vivid and revealing glimpse into Rochester’s, and the nation’s, past.

African Repository and Colonial Journal

A collection of the African Repository and Colonial Journal which was published in 1837 by the American Colonization Society.

Albany Law School Alumni

This collection contains documents and photographs relating to the alumni of Albany Law School.

Albany Law School Architecture Collection

This collection contains photographs of the outside and inside of buildings on the Albany Law School campus.

Albany Law School Collection

This collection contains photographs and documents related to the students of Albany Law School.

Albion Winegar Tourgee Collection

Albion W. Tourgee (1838 - 1905) was a Civil War veteran, politician, and lawyer. He played a pivotal role in the Plessy v. Ferguson case and was a pioneering civil rights activist. This collection includes his correspondence, as well as legal documents, articles, and photographs.

American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Reporter

An 1843 publication by the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society relating to the abolishment of slavery.

The Anti-Slavery Record

Selected issues of the abolitionist newspaper, The Anti-Slavery Record, published in 1836.

Bellmore Public School Commencement Exercises, 1921

Historical records from Bellmore and North Bellmore, NY.

Ben Gilman Photographs

This collection of photographs reflect Ben Gilman's work, travels and meetings with important leaders worldwide.

Brentwood Historical Documents

Correspondence and historical records from Brentwood, NY.

Calvin Coolidge at Paul Smith's College

A collection of photographs documenting President Calvin Coolidge's visit to Paul Smith's College in 1926.

Christian Investigator

Selected issues of the Christian Investigator, an anti-slavery publication, created by abolitionist William Goodell in the mid-19th century.

Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth Collection

This collection contains items related to the life of Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth.

Convivium Collection

This collection contains images of medieval and early modern manuscripts, manuscript leaves, and book leaves.

Douglass Monthly

The Douglass' Monthly is a newspaper created by Frederick Douglass, following the success of his earlier weekly publications. The newspaper relates to the abolitionist movement as well as other social reform topics.

Dr. Mary Walker posed photograph

Photos, documents, and correspondence relating to Dr. Mary E. Walker, Oswego town native and the only woman to ever receive the United States Medal of Honor.

Image of the Dutch Records of Kingston

This collection comprises the ancient Dutch-language records of Wiltwyck (now Kingston, New York) preserved by the County of Ulster.

The Emancipator

Selected issues of the abolitionist newspaper, The Emancipator, from 1838 through 1839.

1852-05-21, vol. 11 iss. 23 no. 543

A collection of the mid-19th century anti-slavery newspaper, the Frederick Douglass' Paper, a successor to Douglass’ first abolitionist paper, The North Star.

Frederick Lawrence Pomeroy Collection

The Frederick Lawrence Pomeroy Collection consists of family correspondence, news clippings, telegrams, and transcripts of sermons.

“Private Journal of the Affairs du Vie, 1842-1852,” page 3

This collection contains the papers of Henry Darwin Didama, who became a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Syracuse University College of Medicine in 1872 and Dean of the College of Medicine beginning in 1888.

Huntington Archives

A sampling of early legal documents and photographs from the town of Huntington’s archives.