Collections

A collection of the African Repository and Colonial Journal which was published in 1837 by the American Colonization Society.

Selected issues of the abolitionist newspaper, The Anti-Slavery Record, published in 1836.

A collection of business, land and family papers of eight generations of the George Hyde Clarke family.

The diaries of Jonathan Pearson, a notable Union College graduate who served as a professor, librarian, and treasurer at the college after graduating top of his class in 1835. It includes reflections on his time as both a student and faculty member, along with accounts of his travels.

This collection includes correspondence and documents relating to Welsh immigrant Dr. Daniel Roberts and his decendents.

Photographs and documents reflecting the growth of education in the New Paltz area from early Huguenot days through the twentieth century.

Selected issues of the abolitionist newspaper, The Emancipator, from 1838 through 1839.

Photographs and documents relating to Fairfield Medical College, an upstate New York medical college associated with Geneva Medical College and Syracuse University Medical College in the mid-to-late 19th century.

This collection contains an index of Family Bibles.

Books from Fanny Seward's personal library and a few objects from the general collection.

Land and survey records in Oneida County.

This collection includes articles, speech transcripts, reports, and other documents relating to the anti-slavery movement in Oneida County.

Petitions signed by the residents of Oneida County calling for an end to slavery in the mid-19th century.

Letters received or collected by Samuel Jones from his family, friends, and associates, and Samuel Jones’ diary which he kept from 1821 to 1855.

Photographs, posters, and ephemera relating to the earliest establishment of the circus and menageries in America.

Official records generated by the Town of Germantown including highway records, relief rolls, voter registrations, and more.

A collection of documents, both whole and fragmentary, created and collected by the Wendell Family of Albany, NY. The collection dates from 1687-1837. Notable people in the documents include Governor Thomas Dongan (1634-1715) and, Philip Hooker (1766-1836).