Collections

Dongan Charter Parade 1936 Albany New York

This collection contains pictures from the Dongan Charter Celebration Parade held in Albany, New York on July 22, 1936.

Drug Company Statements Dr. Best House & Medical Exhibit

This collection contains documents relating to prescription drugs and Dr. Best.

Early Canastota Collection

The Early Canastota Collection contains photos, clippings, and documents that describe Canastota in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century.

Empire Forester Yearbooks

This collection contains yearbooks from SUNY ESF's main campus, dating from 1915 to 2017.

Farmingdale High School Yearbooks

Yearbooks of the graduating classes of Farmingdale High School.

Fayetteville Free Library Postcard Collection

The Fayetteville Free Library Postcard Collection is a representative sample of postcards, featuring historic images of the Fayetteville village streetscape dating back to the early 19th century.

Fayetteville-Manlius Yearbooks

Yearbooks from Fayetteville-Manlius School District, Manlius High School, the Manlius School, and Fayetteville High School.

Finch, Pruyn and Company Maps

Finch, Pruyn and Company was founded in 1865 when Jeremiah and Daniel Finch, along with Samuel Pruyn, purchased the Glens Falls Company mill in Glens Falls, New York. The company was incorporated in 1900 and paper production began in 1905 and still continues to this day.

an older Finnish woman sits in a sauna

Materials about the Finnish community of Spencer, including clippings about the Van Etten Communist Camp.

First Hundred Years

This collection contains photographs sharing the history of Russell Sage College.

Fletcher Steele Scrapbooks

This collection contains scrapbooks from noted landscape architect Fletcher Steele's travels and client work, featuring photographs spanning from 1882 to 1968.

Corner of Seventh and Franklin Streets, flooded

Photographs and papers about the floods of Schuyler County.

Garden City General Collection

Items of local historic Interest from the collections of residents and other sources

Main Street under Snow

Photographs from East Meredith, New York, around Hanford Mills. 

Hartwick College Records at Hartwick College

This collection documents the history of Hartwick College from the expansion of the Hartwick Seminary Collegiate Course to its present day status of 1500 students and 130 faculty members. 

first page of Oral History Of Cortland County: The Immigrant Experience

Materials from the library's local history collection, including works by local authors.

History of Crandall Public Library

This collection contains images illustrating the rich history of Crandall Public Library (founded in 1892).

Standing near Trains, 1935

Photographs of the 1935 flood of Hornell.

Hudson River Night Boat Collection

Historic images of the Hudson River Night Boats.

Hudson River voyage c.1937-39

The Hudson River Voyage collection contains still images of steamboats that went up and down the the Hudson River between 1937 and 1939.

Black and white photograph

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

Jane Secor Collection

Photographs, books, articles, papers, World War II items and poetry from Jane Secor’s personal collection.

Jessie Bonnie Monroe Fashion Illustration Collection

The Jessie Bonnie Monroe Fashion Illustration Collection includes sketches and newspaper clippings of fashion in the early twentieth century.

President Theodore Roosevelt addressing a crowd at the Jordanville Public Library

This collection contains photographs relating to the dedication of the Jordanville Public Library on August 26, 1908.

Judicial Portrait Collection

A portrait collection of New York judges and court staff spanning over a century.