Collections

Perry B. Duryea Jr. unloading lobsters from a seaplane, date unknown.

Photographs from three generations of Duryea and Kirk families of Montauk.
 

Early Canastota Business Collection

The Early Canastota Business Collection contains documents and newspaper clippings about the first businesses in Canastota, NY.

Montauk Air Force Station radar tower and radome, 1980

Photographs of the Montauk Air Force Station, 1980.

Canal Packet Boat Ticket

This collection contains documents and photographs relating to the Erie Canal in Oneida county.

Erie Canal Photograph Collection

Photographs of the Erie Canal in and around Schenectady, New York. Includes images of the construction of the canal and architectural features of the canal, such as aqueducts, bridges and locks.

Ferris Meigs Logging Photograph Collection

The Santa Clara Logging Company, run by President Ferris Meigs, was a leader in timber conservation in the Adirondack region. This collection of photographs depicts the Santa Clara Logging Company and Meigs family.

Freeport Memorial Library Board Minutes

Library board minutes from the Freeport Memorial Library.

GE Research Lab Photographs

This collection contains images documenting the inventors and inventions of the GE Research Laboratory from 1900 - 1990.

General Electric Historical Documents

The collection features text documents highlighting the history of General Electric and its founders.

General Electric Photographs

This collection contains General Electric publicity photographs taken between 1880 - 1970.

Gloversville Library NY

The images in this collection cover the building of the Gloversville, New York Carnegie Library that was erected with funds provided by Andrew Carnegie.

Groundbreaking of the Health Sciences Library

Photographs and documents relating to the Health Sciences Library groundbreaking ceremony at SUNY Upstate Medical University.

Hanmer Boatshop Photograph Collection

A collection of photographs showing the construction of various boats being built in Willard Hanmer's boat shop in Saranac Lake, NY.

Horne Collection

These photographs were taken from 1904-1914, during construction of the Panama Canal, in locations throughout and beyond the Canal Zone.

Black and white photograph

The collection documents General Electric's Americanization program, which existed from 1919 to 1931. 

Industries of Old New Hartford Collection

Photographs and postcards depicting early industries in New Hartford, New York during the late 19th century to mid-20th century.

	 Man in crane bucket trimming snow covered branches around a telephone poll. Lots of snow on ground and road. Other trucks, cranes, and workers further down the road.

This series documents the various forms of infrastructure over Tupper Lake since approximately 1860 to the present day.

Kitchen Line, Gosman's Restaurant, Labor Day Weekend, 1975.

Behind-the-scenes photographs of Gosman's Restaurant, Labor Day Weekend, 1975.

Island Trees Public Library

Documents and photographs from the library’s history.

James E. Horton Collection

Three 19th century diaries of James E. Horton, resident of Newburgh, NY.

Postcard of Main dam of the Ashokan Reservoir, Brown Station, NY

Period postcards showing the construction of the Ashokan Reservoir and the infrastructure of the Reservoir immediately after completion.

John Jermain Memorial Library History

Photographs of the John Jermain Memorial Library.

Joseph Jacques Ramee Architectural Plans for Union College

This is a collection of Union College architectural plans which includes Schaffer Library and the Nott Memorial, drawn by Joseph Jacques Ramée in 1813.

Kenneth R. Dorn Regional History Study Center - David F. Nestle Memorial Collection

This collection is comprised of the historical records of the Fonda, Johnstown, and Gloversville Railroad.

Kingston, New York Shop Interiors circa 1914

Interior photographs of stores and shops in Kingston, NY.