Collections

The Polish Heritage Collection contains several documents, photographs, scrapbooks, a “Golden Book,” and memorabilia from Utica’s Polish Community.

The exhibition Portraits of Hope: Faces of Refugee Resettlement in Central New York depicted survivors of war, genocide, and political strife who came to the U.S. and settled in the Utica region after living in refugee camps in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

"Refugee Family Photos Before Resettlement to CNY," stemmed from community interest in archiving old photos and photo albums that refugees brought with them to the United States from their former homes in Burma, Thailand, Kenya, and refugee camps along the borders of those countries.

Over the past four years, Dr. Kathryn Stam, Faculty at SUNY Poly, has been gathering media and multimedia chronicling the lives of Refugees who have settled in Utica NY.

This collection includes items belonging to the Reher family as well as artifacts that were recovered during an archeological dig near their building.

Records, photographs and documents of Rose Spadaccino Muccigrosso (1873-1950), an Italian immigrant and midwife serving Elmira's Italian community.

Images and documentation about the lives of Ukrainian Americans living in Hudson, N.Y.

Oral histories from Chemung County, covering topics like the 1972 flood, neighborhoods, Finnish immigrants, labor history, and others.