Collections

Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library Local History Photograph Collection
Digital copies of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Local History Photograph Collection.
Platt Benson Oakley Photograph Collection
Photographs taken by P.B. Oakley in the mid-20th century of Geneva residents.
Plattekill, NY History Collection
Photographs, postcards and ephemera pertaining to the Town of Plattekill, Ulster County, New York.
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, from `5.
Plattsburgh Normal School
This collection contains photographs which depict the Plattsburgh Normal School, which operated as a school for the training of teachers until 1948 when it became the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.
Polish Community of Syracuse, NY
Photographs displaying the people and community activities of the Syracuse Polish Home in the 20th century.
Polster Photographs of Lockport, NY
Mid-20th century photographs of Lockport, New York by Edwin Polster.
Port Washington Library History Collection

The Port Washington Library History Collection contains images from the planning and construction of the library in the mid-1960s to life and library activities that have taken place since that time.

Portraits of Hope Collection

The exhibition Portraits of Hope: Faces of Refugee Resettlement in Central New York depicted survivors of war, genocide, and political strife who came to the U.S. and settled in the Utica region after living in refugee camps in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Potsdam Fire Department
A collection of photographs of firefighters, fires, and firefighting vehicles in the Potsdam area.
Potsdam in the 1940s
A collection of photographs and pamphlets relating to Potsdam during the 1940s.
Pouring the 200 inch disk at Corning Glass Works
Photographs in this collection show the intensive process of the pouring of the disk and include imagery of the special railroad car that carried it across the country.
Pre-Shenendehowa Schools Collection
This collection includes historic photographs of school houses located in Clifton Park and Halfmoon.
Public Square Collection

In 1798, seven and a half acres were set aside for a public square in the center of the village, which is documented in this collection through photographs and other documents.

Quarantine Memories

Personal memories from residents of the Town of Bethlehem from the COVID-19 quarantine in 2020.

Railroad Photograph Collection

The collection provides pictorial information showing locomotives and rolling stock of railroads that once served New York State and adjacent states and provinces.

Ralph and three male friends in swimsuits on a small boat.

Photographs taken by James Ralph Hanford (1902-1996).

Ice boats on Orange Lake, NY

This collection includes photographs and illustrations of bowsteerers and sternsteerers from the Ray Ruge Collection.

Ray Smith Collection
The people and places of Montauk, captured in the photography of Ray Smith.
Ready-Made Campus
This collection contains photographs of the Sage College of Albany, with a large portion of the collection taken in the 1970s when the college was known as Sage Junior College of Albany.
Red Hook Schools: 1870-1940

Images showing teachers, students and their ‘one-room’ schoolhouses throughout the Town of Red Hook in Dutchess County.

Young Eh Ka Paw and Young Nyi Nyi Aung

"Refugee Family Photos Before Resettlement to CNY," stemmed from community interest in archiving old photos and photo albums that refugees brought with them to the United States from their former homes in Burma, Thailand, Kenya, and refugee camps along the borders of those countries.

Refugees Starting Over Collection
Over the past four years, Dr. Kathryn Stam, Faculty at SUNY Poly, has been gathering media and multimedia chronicling the lives of Refugees who have settled in Utica NY.
Reid Gallery of Prominent Citizens of Rome, New York
The Reid Gallery of Prominent Citizens at the Jervis Public Library in Rome, New York, contains "photographic portraits of prominent men who have in some way been connected with the history of Rome, or its vicinity, who have been born in Rome or have lived in Rome and who have attained prominence in