Collections

This collection contains letters written by Captain John McConihe to his business partner, John B. Kellog.

Papers relating to Civil War veteran John R. Dixon’s service in the Union Army.

The Joseph H. Treyz Collection contains 149 patriotic envelopes printed during the Civil War.

A book outlining the history of the Jefferson County village of Sterlingville, a small community that ceased to exist upon the government’s expansion of Pine Camp (now Fort Drum) prior to the United States’ entry into World War II.

A collection of photographs of Kingston soldiers and local events during the First World War.

The collection includes scrapbooks compiled by Anna Norton Dederick.

*Interviews from Latino Veterans and Military Families

Images of Lynbrook captured by Leo H. Bock, a long time Lynbrook resident.

The Lewis H. Brown Collection consists of sixty-four letters written by Lewis Henry Brown, Lewis’ brother Burritt Brown, and Albert Ransom, Burritt Brown’s friend and tent-mate.

The collection includes both military photos from the 52nd General Hospital and personal family photos of Luca, his wife Lilian, and their relatives.

This collection is composed of documents and images of Merrick residents who served their country in various wars. The collection will expand as identities become known and further research has been performed.

Military Memories & Veterans' Voices was a program held at the Library on December 3rd, 2017. The collection consists of five oral histories and photographs.

Scrapbook listing the name of militia enrollees from Tuxedo Park.

A collection of issues of the Mill Whistle, a periodical published by the Berst-Forster-Dixfield Co. of Plattsburgh N.Y. to be distributed to employees serving overseas in the armed forces during the Second World War.

Historic photographs of various military installations on Montauk.

Muster rolls of the New York Guard during World War Two

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.

The New York Ordnance Works Collection consists of photographs, maps, and official documents related to the New York Ordnance Works (NYOW), which was in active production during World War II.

The Oral History collection from the New York State Military Museum comprises over 2,100 interviews of veterans and civilians.

This collection contains photographs of U.S. Veterans with ties to Oceanside, NY.

Historical materials from the town of Brutus in Cayuga County.

Biographies and materials about soldiers from the Oneonta area who died during World War II, collected as part of the Stories Behind the Stars project. 

The Patrick Casey Collection consists of an autobiographical narrative and two diaries.

Commemorative ledger containing personal records, recollections, and cemetery records of local soldiers who served in the Ellis Post 52 during the Civil War.

A ledger containing records from soldiers who served in Ward Post 191 during the Civil War.