Collections

Sepia photo

Collection of correspondence, photographs, and artifacts related to Peter Erwin (1910-1944) of the Arbor Hill neighborhood of Albany, NY, his wife Marjorie L. Walker (1915-1995), and daughter Effie Marie Erwin (1940-2021). Erwin was killed while serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII.

Stadium of Skulls

Photographs taken by Roy Rowan during his time in China in the 1940s, during the Chinese Civil War.

Pierson War Journal

Digital version of a journal kept by Angelo Solimino during his service in World War II.

Plattsburgh Barracks

This collection consists of photographs of military operations, training, and facilities in and around Plattsburgh Barracks, which operated as a military instillation, under various different branches of the armed service.

Provincial Exile: Roelof J. Eltinge's Banishment from the Paltz

Beginning in 1777, this collection follows Roelof Josiah Eltinge through his legal troubles of being an accused loyalist in New Paltz, NY.

Reid Gallery of Prominent Citizens of Rome, New York

The Reid Gallery of Prominent Citizens at the Jervis Public Library in Rome, New York, contains "photographic portraits of prominent men who have in some way been connected with the history of Rome, or its vicinity, who have been born in Rome or have lived in Rome and who have attained promi

Pension Application of Matthew Masten

This collection comprises a selection of applications by veterans attesting to service during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) in the various State lines of the Continental Army.

Roberta Walsh Family Collection

Photographs, documents, and other materials relating to a prominent Mohawk Valley family during the the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Safe Haven

Photographs and documents relating to the Jewish refugees at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter or "Safe Haven" during World War II.

First page of handwritten letter to "Friend Tillot," June 24, 1861 on patriotic letterhead depicting a soldier, American flags, military tents, and the US Capitol building

This collection contains documents created by or received by Schenectady County soldiers in the course of their service during the American Civil War, 1861-1865. 

Senate House Collection

A sampling of documents from the Colonial period and Revolutionary War.

September 11 Project Collection

Photographs documenting all of the permanent September 11 memorials and monuments on Long Island.

Siciliano Restaurant World War II Veterans Collection

This collection contains photographs of World War II veterans who were from the Mechanicville area.

Skaneateles Library Association Collection

Archival materials relating to the history and community of Skaneateles, New York primarily in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Page 32 from Spanish-American War: 23rd Separate Company Photo Album

This album dates from 1889-1890 and is a collection of photographs of soldiers with the 23rd Separate Company, recruited for the Spanish-American War and serving at Camp Wetherill near Greenville, South Carolina.

Suckley Family World War I Collection

Materials documenting Henry Eglinton Montgomery Suckley's experience as an ambulance driver in World War I.

Taylor Civil War Letters

A collection of personal correspondence written during the Civil War by Union Soldier Edward H. C. Taylor.

Letter from Nike to Brother, August 6, 1861

The Ten Eyck Fonda Collection consists of twenty-six letters written by Fonda while serving as a telegrapher for the United States Military Telegraph Service during the Civil War, and one political campaign card.

Thomas R. Bayles Collection

Watercolor paintings, photographs, and engravings from the collection of Thomas R. Bayles.

Town of Ballston Digital Collection

This collection contains photographs, documents, and a book sharing the history of the Town of Ballston.

52nd General Hospital Group Photograph

Photographs and other materials relating to 52nd General Hospital, a mobile military hospital during World War II.

UAlbany University Archives

This collection is an example set of items within the variety of collections at UAlbany University Archives Collections.

a page of newspaper clippings

Clippings about local veterans from Newfield, NY.