Collections

Handwritten letter

Correspondence and documents, 1780s-1840s, created and received by the Lansing family of Albany, New York. The correspondence and documents largely relate to property ownership and family news.

Newspaper clipping from 1903, source unknown.

Letters from Margaret Scott to her niece, Evelyn Cook.

Street Scene In The Ashokan District, Near Brown's Station, In The Catskills NY Site Of N Y Water Supply

Images and documents relating to life in the Town of Olive up until the reservoir was built, including communities that were lost during the construction of the reservoir.

Major William A. Welch Document Collection

A selection of Major Welch's papers created during his time at PIPC.

Map Collection

This collection contains a map of Sacandaga Park in 1905.

Anna Trasher Letter,July 22, 1904

Letters written to Mary Hunt, mostly by her young niece working in St. Louis, Missouri.

Masten Park High School Chronicle Yearbooks

Quarterly yearbooks of Masten park High School in Buffalo, New York, 1900-1927

Militia Enrollment Scrapbook 1888-1917

Scrapbook listing the name of militia enrollees from Tuxedo Park.

Museum Village Artifact Collection

Historical artifacts including clothing, tools, and medical equipment.

Nassau Fair

This collection contains material from 1896 - 1910 related to the Rensselaer County Fair.

photo of basket

Handmade baskets by indigenous peoples living in present day United
States of America and Canada.

New York to Paris Race

Materials relating to Thomas Flyer automobiles and the New York to Paris Race in the early 20th century.

Newark Public Library History

This collection includes photographs, newspaper clippings, and documents relating to the Newark Public Library throughout the 20th century.

The Normal Leader

The Normal Leader Archives collection is derived from 20 bound volumes of The Normal Leader, the newspaper for students of the Fredonia Normal School, covering student life and literary efforts for the years 1893 - 1922 over 191 individual issues.

Northern Survey Company, Albany, NY

This collection contains photographs taken by the Northern Survey Company of Albany, NY of family houses, farms, businesses and public buildings in New York State and New England, 1878 to 1900.

Oceanside Maps

20th century maps relating to places in the Oceanside community.

Oneonta City Directories

Directory of Oneonta for 1901-1902: a classified business directory and householder's street directory together with a compendium of the village government, institutions, incorporated companies, societies, miscellaneous organizations, etc.

Orange County Atlas Collection

This collection includes the F.W. Beers County Atlas of Orange County (1875) and the A.H. Muller Atlas of Orange County (1903).

Otsego County Woman's Christian Temperance Union Collection

A collection of reports, minutes, and scrapbooks relating to New York State chapters of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, the bulk of which relate to the Unadilla, New York local union.

Picture of the New Church being blessed

This collection includes photographs, documents, correspondence, and other ephemera documenting Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, which was founded in April 1919 in Utica, NY.

Pan-American Exposition Collection

Collection of material relating to the Pan-American Exposition, held in Buffalo, NY from May 1 – November 1, 1901.

Group photo in front of Jean Hasbrouck house

The collection features selected images of people and places in New Paltz, New York, and the surrounding region drawn from the Historic Huguenot Street Permanent Collection and Archives.

Pictorial History of Sonnenberg

Sonnenberg is a Victorian mansion and homestead known for its extensive gardens. These photographs compiled by Mary Clark Thompson show the elaborate gardens she planned in memory of her husband, Frederick Ferris Thompson in the early 20th century.

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.