Collections

National Anti-Slavery Standard
Selected issues of the newspaper, National Anti-Slavery Standard, which promoted equality and emancipation during the mid-19th century.
National Freedman
An issue of the National Freedman, an anti-slavery publication, from 1865.
photo of basket

Handmade baskets by indigenous peoples living in present day United
States of America and Canada.

New National Era
The abolitionist newspaper, New National Era, was published by Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C. between 1870 and 1874.
New Rochelle Oral History Collection

A selection of oral history interviews from the New Rochelle Public Library.

Blank Immigration form

These case files are all of persons of Polish descent who arrived in Niagara Falls, NY and required assistance regarding citizenship. The International Institute provided translation and other services to these people.

North Star

A collection of the anti-slavery newspaper, The North Star, published by noted abolitionist Frederick Douglass in the mid-19th century.