Collections

This collection of images documents Rochester’s 1964 race riots, offering a vivid and revealing glimpse into Rochester’s, and the nation’s, past.

This collection contains documents and photographs relating to the alumni of Albany Law School.

This collection contains photographs of the outside and inside of buildings on the Albany Law School campus.

This collection contains photographs and documents related to the students of Albany Law School.

Albion W. Tourgee (1838 - 1905) was a Civil War veteran, politician, and lawyer. He played a pivotal role in the Plessy v. Ferguson case and was a pioneering civil rights activist. This collection includes his correspondence, as well as legal documents, articles, and photographs.

This collection of photographs reflect Ben Gilman's work, travels and meetings with important leaders worldwide.

A collection of photographs documenting President Calvin Coolidge's visit to Paul Smith's College in 1926.

The City Hall Photo Lab Vintage Collection contains images selected from over 5,000 35mm slides made in 1984 from photographs, maps, renderings, and other graphics from Rochester’s past.

This collection contains items related to the life of Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth.

These photographs and letters detail Coretta Scott King’s visit to Keuka College in June 1970.

Minute and treasurer books of the Delhi Equal Suffrage Club, along with a few letters and a photograph, dating from c1914.

The DeWitt Community Library History collection contains photographs and images related to the history of and events occurring within the library.

These photographs and letters detail Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s visit to Keuka College in June 1963.

The Elmira College women’s rights and suffrage collection is an aggregate of records from the Elmira College Archives.

Items from the papers of historian Elsie Gutchess, including primary and secondary materials relating to the history of women in the United States.

Collection of portraits, articles, memorabilia, and papers of Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston, with emphasis on her time at Wells College, in the White House, and her time in Aurora, NY as a Wells College trustee and wife of Thomas Preston.

This collection includes photographs of buildings in the city of Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York, taken in 1954 by Roy Wenzlick and Company.

Miscellaneous materials concerning Jennie Curtis Cannon (Mrs. Henry White Cannon), including a scrapbook and other material related to her activities in the women’s suffrage movement.

A collection of photographs, pamphlets, letters, and other materials highlighting 20th century citizen political activism, grassroots conservation, daily life, and outdoor recreation in the Adirondacks in New York State.

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

Newsletters, newspaper articles, publications, meeting minutes and scrapbooks chronicling the history of the League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization from the early 20th century to present day.

This series contains images documenting the local government of Tupper Lake from approximately 1910 to 2010.

Photographs relating to the Love Canal environmental tragedy in the late 20th century.

Items pertaining to the women's suffrage movement in New York State, 1848-1917.

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