Collections
Acorn Stove trade cards printed between 1850–1900. The cards were created to advertise Acorn Stoves manufactured by Rathbone and Sard of Albany, NY. The cards feature illustrations of men, women, and children, including some representing stereotypes of African American children.
The vast Adirondack Mountains were one of New York State’s last untamed wilderness regions, and historical maps tell the story of how this area was explored, charted, developed and settled from the 1700s through the present day.
Collection of photographs showing various Adirondack scenes that includes people, towns, landscapes, camps etc. Images were taken in the 1890s.
This collection contains photographs of the outside and inside of buildings on the Albany Law School campus.
These manuscripts detailed the lives and customs of the inhabitants of Schuyler, NY, and provide insight into nineteenth century life in Central New York.
This collection contains a student notebook from Allen G. Tripp, who graduated from the Syracuse University College of Medicine in 1900.
Historic maps detailing land ownership, structures, businesses, and bodies of water from New York City to Troy.
Snow crystal images and their associated documentation taken by Wilson A. Bentley in the late 19th and early 20th century.
This extensive glass-plate collection contains the work of Franck Taylor Bowers (1875-1932) a Broome County artist and photographer.
Photographs of the city of Auburn NY, featuring downtown businesses, residences, city buildings, banking institutions, and hotels.
Photographs of various religious institutions in Cayuga County.
Documents and texts relating to the cemeteries and burial grounds located within the Town of Elbridge.
Glass plate negatives of Hyde Park scenes, people, and architecture, taken by Charles Sylvester Piersaull.
Photo plates, survey maps, and blueprints from the Report to the Aqueduct Commissioners book relative to the East Branch Reservoir in the Town of Southeast.
A photograph collection from the late 19th to early 20th centuries, documenting hydro-electric power industry in Niagara Falls, NY
A collection of 19th and 20th century records relating to the Sacarissa Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows fraternal order.
Directories for Elmira, New York and surrounding areas in Chemung County, including Elmira Heights.
Campus publications, photographs, student letters, student scrapbooks and official addresses that document the student, faculty and institutional role in the women’s rights movement.
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.
This collection contains an index of Family Bibles.
This digital collection derived from the Chemung County Historical Society’s archive and the Chemung County Library District’s collection, includes photographs, documents, video, and/or sound recordings about the floods that impacted Chemung County.
Frank E. Estabrook (1860 - 1918) was a regionally renowned architect from Newburgh, NY whose specialty was designing public buildings and schools.This collection consists of pages from Estabrook's 1895 "souvenir" book called "Sketches".
Frederick Winter Griffith
December 17, 1858 - July 28, 1928.
This collection contains two anniversary editions of the Gazette and Farmers' Journal, a newspaper published in Baldwinsville, NY beginning in 1846.