Collections

Union College Frank Santaro Postcard Collection

This collection contains postcards of the Union College campus and its vicinity,with a particular emphasis on scenes and buildings in the city of Schenectady.

Union College William Hahn Postcard Collection

Postcards of various Union College campus views. This collection shows exterior views and select buildings from the early twentieth century.

Utica Church and Synagogue Collection

Early 20th century photographs of churches and synagogues in Utica, New York taken by photographer Allen J. Manning

Frances A. Goodale, Founder and First President of the New Century Club

This collection includes a portrait of Lucy Carlisle Watson and a manuscript describing the history of Utica's women's rights movements.

Van Cura Collection

Photographs and postcards of landscapes, architecture, and residents in and around Rockland Lake Village. The images are drawn from scrapbooks created by Andrew Van Cura.

Views of Albany, New York

This collection contains a sampling of historic black and white photographs of Albany, New York.

Grande Glass Plates Collection

Depicts life in Saratoga Springs, New York from a "local" perspective as captured by photographer Harry B. Settle and a few aspiring photographers.

W.S. Teator Glass Plate Negative Collection

Images taken by William Seward (Will) Teator (1860-1930), between 1890 and 1910, of Upper Red Hook (N.Y.) scenes, people, family groups, buildings, etc.

The Way We Were Town of Saratoga

The Way We Were Town of Saratoga collection includes vintage postcards and photographs with descriptive captions from the first half of the 20th Century in the Villages of Victory and Schuylerville along with the Town of Saratoga.

A View at Lakeland postcard

The Witherill Postcard Collection contains mailed and unmailed postcards of businesses, structures, and local scenes of Cazenovia, NY and its vicinity.

Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Collection

Drawings, woodcuts, ceramics and photographs, largely created at the Byrdcliffe Art Colony in Woodstock, NY.

Working on the Erie Canal

The “Working on the Erie Canal” collection contains photographs and documents relating to the canal and its workers.

World War I Collection

Documents, correspondence, and photographs related to World War I.

World War I Era Postcard Collection

This collection is a collection of World War I-era postcards that were a gift to Union College from William Nelson Potter Dailey, a member of the class of 1884.

Photograph of Polish National Guard Unit

The Yorkville Veterans of Foreign Wars Organization is a nonprofit veterans' services organization created to secure rights and benefits for their service.