Collections

Photograph of three children sitting on a hill

Black History of Columbia County

Photographs and ephemera highlighting Black history in Columbia County.

Black Legacy Association of Columbia County Collection

Materials curated by Black Legacy Association of Columbia County (BLACC) to showcase the contributions made by the Black community to Columbia County from slavery to the present time.

Champlain Canal Stories

Crandall Public Library

This collection contains photographs, postcards, art work, and images pertaining to the Champlain Canal that runs from the Hudson River at Waterford, NY to Lake Champlain.

Civil War Carte de Visite Collection

New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center

This collection contains photographs of New Yorkers who played a role in the Civil War.

Erie Canal Photograph Collection

Schenectady County Historical Society

Photographs of the Erie Canal in and around Schenectady, New York. Includes images of the construction of the canal and architectural features of the canal, such as aqueducts, bridges and locks.

Golden Hill School Collection

Ulster County Historical Society

Historic photographs of Golden Hill School, a boarding school for boys in Kingston, N.Y.

John Quincy Adams Ward Papers Digital Collection

Albany Institute of History and Art

This collection contains materials from the papers of sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward, 1800-1933.

Little Falls Public Library Collection

Little Falls Public Library

This collection contains photographs of when the Little Falls Public Library was a residence and competitions for the Little Falls Camera Club, and other materials relating to Little Falls.

School Letters of Rachel Eltinge

Historic Huguenot Street

The school letters of Rachel Eltinge, written during her stay at the New Paltz Female Academy.

Three women and a man pose in a field during the bean harvesting at Hanson Farms, 1943

Smith and Telfer Photographic Collection

Fenimore Art Museum

The photographic work of Washington G. Smith (1828-1893) and Arthur J. Telfer (1859-1954) documents life in Otsego County, New York, for almost a century.

Westinghouse Family Papers

Union College

This collection includes correspondence, an autograph book, legal documents and photographs from the Westinghouse Family from 1833-1913.

Women and Gender in the Oneida Community, 1848-1959

Oneida Community Mansion House

This collection of advertisements, objects, periodical articles, photographs, and diary entries gives a window into the roles of women in the Oneida Community and the companies that it founded.