Collections

Schaffer Library Postcard Collection
This collection includes postcards of the campus, its vicinity, artifacts, individuals, events, activities, and sites and scenes associated with the College, Schenectady, and surrounding areas.
First page of handwritten letter to "Friend Tillot," June 24, 1861 on patriotic letterhead depicting a soldier, American flags, military tents, and the US Capitol building

This collection contains documents created by or received by Schenectady County soldiers in the course of their service during the American Civil War, 1861-1865. 

Schenectady County Community College History
This collection contains material on the history and development of Schenectady County Community College.
Schenectady County Deeds
This collection contains 18th and 19th century deeds for land and property in Schenectady County. The documents are part of the Grems-Doolittle Library Historic Manuscripts Collection.
Schenectady, New York Street Scenes
This collection contains photographs of homes and streets located in Schenectady, New York area.
School Letters of Rachel Eltinge

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

Students and Teachers, circa 1905

Photographs of schools, students, and teachers from the Town of Caroline.

Schuelke Collection

Ted Schuelke was a Liverpool, New York resident and his photograph collection is comprised of pictures taken in the immediate Liverpool area and in the Adirondacks.

Montour Steel workers

Images of farms, businesses, and related people from Schuyler County.

People walking near a gorge

Images of waterfalls from Schuyler County

Scrapbook of Ablett Mill

A scrapbook of Ablett Mill, with interior and exterior photographs of the wool mill in Whitesboro.

Scrimshaw & Baleen Objects
The Scrimshaw and Baleen Objects collection is made up of primarily 19th century objects that were carved or decorated using scrimshaw techniques.
Photograph of work by James K. Cathcart

Alumni records of those who resided at Sculpture Space.

Sculptures in the Air: An Accessible Online Repository of American Sign Language (ASL) Poetry and Literature Collections

“Sculptures in the Air” showcases videotapes that document the ASL (American Sign Language) literature movement in Rochester from 1972-2007.

The intersection of Summit Ave and Sea Cliff Ave looking east down Sea Cliff Ave.

Films of Sea Cliff and surrounding areas.

Seaford Oral History Project

Oral histories of long time Seaford residents

Image of storage trunk

Documents and letters related to the family descending from the line of William Sewall Sears (1718-1795).

Second Mohonk Conference on the Negro Question, 1891

Proceedings from the Mohonk Conference on the Negro Question held at Lake Mohonk, Ulster County, New York, June 3, 4, 5, 1891.

Senate House Collection

A sampling of documents from the Colonial period and Revolutionary War.

Bill from A. O. Norcott

Materials about the Cayuga and Seneca Canal from the 1840s and 1850s.

Cover of the scrapbooks

A scrapbook about the history of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Seneca Falls.  Compiled by Town Historian Roberta Halden.

Clippings from 1960 through 1974, page 3

Historical pamphlets and ephemera about Seneca Falls, New York.