Collections

Surgeon Dentist Invoice

Invoices from the 19th century in and around Greenport, NY

Ashokan Reservoir Lost Profit Testimonies

Journals recording testimonies from business owners who lost income due to the construction of the Ashokan Reservoir.

Bellmore Public School Commencement Exercises, 1921

Historical records from Bellmore and North Bellmore, NY.

Bill from A. O. Norcott

Materials about the Cayuga and Seneca Canal from the 1840s and 1850s.

Clarke Family Business Papers
A collection of business, land and family papers of eight generations of the George Hyde Clarke family.
Drug Company Statements Dr. Best House & Medical Exhibit
This collection contains documents relating to prescription drugs and Dr. Best.
Photograph of two men behind a counter in a store.

Store ledgers, account books, and other business records from Germantown, NY.

Hewlett-Jones Collection
The Hewlett-Jones collection is made up of records from the Cold Spring Whaling Company and the U.S. Customhouse at Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Jones Collection
The Jones collection is made up of records from the Cold Spring Whaling Company.
Leger cover

A ledger showing the business affairs of the Land Agency for the early settlement of Steuben County and "Pulteney's Land" in the Genesee.

Parkway Sweepstakes 1908

Items related to the history of the Long Island Motor Parkway.

Posed Portraits in front of Mill

Photographs, postcards and documents about the mills of Waterloo, NY, especially the Waterloo Wool Manufacturing Company, a prominent business first established by Quakers to boycott slave-labor cotton.

Jean (Jacob) Hasbrouck House, New Paltz, NY

This collection includes personal papers created or kept by individuals and families chiefly of southern Ulster County, NY. The majority of the papers date from the mid-1600s through 1830.

Richmond Collection
The Richmond collection is made up of financial records and personal correspondence relating to the Ship Richmond’s whaling voyage from 1846-1849.
Senate House Collection

A sampling of documents from the Colonial period and Revolutionary War.

Walter T. Shirley Collection
Photographs and meeting minutes from Shirley's real estate business.
Westinghouse Family Papers
This collection includes correspondence, an autograph book, legal documents and photographs from the Westinghouse Family from 1833-1913.