Collections




Images, documents, and ephemera relating to the formation and development of Pearl River, New York.

This collection shares numerous stories from those living within Cortland County as well as those working or studying at the State University of New York College at Cortland. It primarily includes audio recordings and digitized scrapbooks.

Photographs, postcards, and ephemera relating to the history of Norwich and Chenango County.


Scrapbooks and Albums created by residents of Lynbrook, NY and the surrounding villages.

Documents, maps, images, and ephemera related to the village of Piermont, New York.


The Polish Heritage Collection contains several documents, photographs, scrapbooks, a “Golden Book,” and memorabilia from Utica’s Polish Community.

The Port Washington Library History Collection contains images from the planning and construction of the library in the mid-1960s to life and library activities that have taken place since that time.


The exhibition Portraits of Hope: Faces of Refugee Resettlement in Central New York depicted survivors of war, genocide, and political strife who came to the U.S. and settled in the Utica region after living in refugee camps in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.


Various publications promoting the evolution of the East Rockaway and Lynbrook communities.

In 1798, seven and a half acres were set aside for a public square in the center of the village, which is documented in this collection through photographs and other documents.

This collection contains historic images, postcards, and documents from across Putnam County.