Collections
![18th- and 19th- Century Cooking in the Hudson Valley](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/cooking%2520square.jpg?itok=NiJeT55e)
Documents and images related to cooking and food preparation in the 18th and 19th centuries.
![Cover of the 1936-1947 Old Water Mill Guest Book.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR302.jpg?itok=C8bTuWCx)
Mid-20th century Hamptons tea room guest log.
![Abram Lincoln Letter Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/XBQ003.jpeg?itok=W3PKulMx)
![Adirondack Scenic Photograph Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Screen%2520Shot%25202017-05-24%2520at%25204.04.25%2520PM.png?itok=pFY8ADob)
![African American Presence in the Hudson Valley](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/AA%2520experience%2520square.jpg?itok=ESiBHlf2)
Documents and photographs relating to African-American history in the early United States.
![Albert Leffingwell Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YSW004.jpg?itok=1jr7JK8u)
Papers of Dr. Albert Leffingwell, including diaries, letters, and manuscripts from the 19th and 20th centuries.
![Sam and Bea Cox, c. 1950. Alice Houseknecht Collection, Montauk Library Archives.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR273.jpg?itok=eO_rbg-A)
Photographs of local business owners, motels, and hurricane damage in Montauk New York.
![Kitchen Line, Gosman's Restaurant, Labor Day Weekend, 1975.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR290.jpg?itok=cK7I21Rk)
Behind-the-scenes photographs of Gosman's Restaurant, Labor Day Weekend, 1975.
![Image of Anna Reinstein](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/anna.jpg?itok=oX-oxs6S)
Personal, and professional photographs and documents related to Anna Mogilova Reinstein
![Archives Films](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VNF004.png?itok=yPxED9Mp)
![Asharoken News](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR291_0.gif?itok=IuJhFRqD)
Historical newsletters from the Village of Asharoken community.
![The Wood family home and farm circa 1880.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR249_0.jpg?itok=KTVi9jjg)
Images of Lynbrook circa 1880-1915
![Augustin Family Collection, 1890 - 1957](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR256_0.jpg?itok=xaBi4sia)
Small collection of photographs from the Frederick Julius Augustin family.
![Bayle's Pamphlets](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR064.jpg?itok=jHpMxa-H)
Historical pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and fliers detailing the early history of Long Island.
![John Kochiss and various baymen sitting around a table at the Long Island Maritime Museum during a recording session of the baymen’s oral history group, June 19, 1985 (Image taken from a video tape).](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR323.jpg?itok=L1c25j65)
Oral histories of Long Island baymen.
![Beauchamp Branch Photodocumentation Project, 1994](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SRR059.jpeg?itok=cvxyciZ0)
![Beede Family Album](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Screen%2520Shot%25202017-05-25%2520at%25209.13.53%2520AM.png?itok=5aBSHCtp)
![Bellmore Public School Commencement Exercises, 1921](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR311.jpg?itok=DSGQ8V-p)
Historical records from Bellmore and North Bellmore, NY.
![Bennett College Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VIP001.png?itok=xJZI6zJA)
Historical material and memorabilia relating to Bennett College.
![Big Flats and Chemung County Historical Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/NYBFHC001.jpg?itok=OUFurbN4)
![NYPL Librarian Robert W. Henderson's (1888-1985) Bookplate](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR281.jpg?itok=XC6coxFj)
Historic bookplates at St. Joseph's University - Callahan Library.
![Image of Boris Reinstein](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/boris.jpg?itok=LF0qMBlh)
Personal, professional and political items related to Boris Isaevich Reinstein
![Funeral program for Gladys Chase, Buffalo, NY](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Chase.png?itok=Du6XZenp)
The purpose of the collection is to preserve the biographical and historical information that is found in printed funeral programs from the African-American community.
![Scene in Buffalo's Little Italy](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/thumbnail3%20ForeignPopulations_Scrapbook_Vol1_p103.jpg?itok=WfaikeCE)
The City of Buffalo, N.Y. rapidly grew from a small village along Lake Erie to a bourgeoning industrial hub with the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825. The city later became a center for the Steel Industry and other manufacturing.