Collections
This collection covers various moments of daily life in the city and Onondaga County from the 1920s to 1950s.
212 letters written by Daniel Hall (1829-1911) to his wife Catherine Canfield Hall (1834-1907) while he served in the U.S. Civil War as part of the Company H., 1st New York Dragoons in the years 1862-1865.
The DeAmicis Family Collection contains an assortment of documents pertaining to Libero T. DeAmicis’ military career. These documents trace Libero T.
Scrapbooks assembled by Don Schultz depicting boyhood during WWII (World War, 1939-1945)
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.
Photographs of the Montauk Air Force Station, 1980.
This collection contains manuscripts, including handwritten copies of regimental histories and individual personal histories of Orange County soldiers who fought in the Civil War.
The Ernie Simon Collection includes his personal collection of “Port Remembered” photographs.
400 firsthand accounts of the Revolutionary War in Westchester County, New York and parts of Fairfield County, Connecticut.
The photographs include a number of street views and houses in Delhi, New York. Also included are a number of images of the Frank Farrington home on Elm Street, with pictures of his family. A series of images of a military camp appear to date from 1919 in Camp Lee, Virginia.
Letters and photographs of the men who guarded the New York City Aqueduct during WWI.
The Francis M. and Henry H. Stone Collection contain twenty-one letters written by the two brothers while they were in the 27th Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry and the 1st Regiment New York Veteran Cavalry
This diary contains entries written by Fred Walster, who was a soldier in 153rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, Company E. The diary spans from January through December 1865 and details his experiences during the war, as well as his civilian life shortly after the war ended.
Images from the archives of the Village of Garden City, New York, located on Long Island in the center of Nassau County
Postcards collected by former Village Historian Vincent F. Seyfried
A collection of black-and-white photographs of Geneva, New York spanning 1870-1960.
Photographs taken by George W. Fenner during World War I, documenting the people and activities supporting the war efforts in Syracuse, New York.
Letters of the Glen Family of Schenectady, mainly letters to and from Henry Glen. The bulk of the letters deal with business matters, including Henry Glen's involvement with the War of 1812.
This collection contains photographs taken during the World War II era of Glens Falls.
Pictures, architectural drawings, and ephemera of the Pratt House and Webb Institute.
This collection includes letters written by Captain Hiram S. Wilson, primarily to his wife Elizabeth during the period of 1861 to 1864. Captain Wilson served in Company H of the 93rd New York Volunteer Infantry.
Historical manuscripts relating to Huntington’s involvement in the Revolutionary and Civil War.
The Ingraham P. Smith Collection consists of forty-five letters and two medical documents, written during the Civil War.
Photographs, books, articles, papers, World War II items and poetry from Jane Secor’s personal collection.