Collections

Sam and Bea Cox, c. 1950. Alice Houseknecht Collection, Montauk Library Archives.

Photographs of local business owners, motels, and hurricane damage in Montauk New York. 

Big Flats and Chemung County Historical Collection
Photographs, postcards, and ephemera relating to the history of Big Flats and Chemung County.
Chatham Public Library Photograph Collection

Historical photographs of the village of Chatham and surrounding towns and hamlets.

Chester Historical Society Collection

Historical documents, images, and artifacts relating to the Chester, New York community.

Family Photo 1

This series includes a great number of photographs of various citizens from approximately 1860 to 2010 including candid pictures of individuals, group shots at various events.

St. Alphonsus Church Fire

This series includes photographs showing both natural and man-made disasters that occured in Tupper Lake from1899 to approximately 2010. This includes floods, fires, murder, car accidents, low water, and wind storms.

Dunham Family Collection
The Dunham Family History collection contains portraits, photographs, and various documents saved by the Dunham family.
Flooded street in 1972 Auburn

Fifteen color slides of the flooding caused by Hurricane Agnes in June of 1972 as the Owasco River in Auburn crested.

Greenport Parade

Photographs relating to the town of Greenport, N.Y.

Haverstraw, NY History Collection

This collection contains postcards and images relating to Haverstraw, New York.

View of Profile Rock (1)

These photographs depict Little Falls and its surrounding areas, especially buildings, people, nature, and events.  Many were photographed by George Kubica, who gave them to the Little Falls Public Library.

Historical Photographs of East Rockaway

Photographs and memorabilia depicting life in Lynbrook (or Pearsall’s Corner its earlier name) and East Rockaway, NY

Images of Rockland County

Historic images of landmarks, buildings, and people in Rockland County.

Itsuzo Sumy Collection

Photographs taken by Itsuzo Sumy, long-time resident of the Town of Chester in the southern Adirondacks.

Jericho Historical Collection
Photographs, maps, and postcards documenting the history of Jericho, NY.
Unidentified Picnic Group

Photographs from Lee Brown Coye’s life showing people and scenes around Chenango County, where he spent many years of his youth.

Leo Bock’s wife, Lillian Bock and their two children, Walter and Marie in a field of daisies in Lynbrook, NY. Circa 1912.

Images of Lynbrook captured by Leo H. Bock, a long time Lynbrook resident.

Helen Williams Leonard Hall

Photo album of historic Brentwood family.

Levittown History Collection

Historic photographs of Levittown, NY.

Mead Family, Camping at HIther Hills, circa 1940s

Family photographs of camping in Montauk, N.Y. during the 1940s-1950s.

Melville Family Papers

Six audio recordings of Ward Melville, his family, and associates.

Nanuet, NY History Collection

This collection includes documents, images, and postcards relating to the history of Nanuet, New York.

Image of tapes

Oral histories collected from 20th century Lockport, NY, residents

Palisades, NY History Collection
Historical postcards, documents, and images relating to Palisades, New York.
James B. Schafer speaking to a crowd at Peace Haven, 1939

Photographs of the Idle Hour estate as “Peace Haven.”