Collections

Willard Asylum Scrapbooks
Two scrapbooks compiled by Anne Maycock Hopkins, wife of Dr. Horace G. Hopkins, physician at former Willard Asylum and Willard State Hospital from 1874-1894.
Willard Psychiatric Center Collection
Collection of photographs taken from 1957 through 1968 of various buildings and grounds of Willard Psychiatric Center. The black-and-white photographs contain detailed studies of various buildings of the hospital, many of which have been since torn down
Enrollment of the Sloop Sophia of Cold Spring Harbor

Materials related to the US Customs Port of Delivery at Cold Spring Harbor, primarily created by the Surveyor Jacob C. Hewlett.

William Henderson Baird Collection
Papers relating to Civil War Union Officer William Henderson Baird and his family at the time of the Civil War.
William N. Weeden Color Printing Manuscript 1886

The William N. Weeden Color Printing Manuscript is an inventor's hand-written account in 1886 of his discovery of a printing method that produced multi-color printing with one impression. The collection includes color prints generated by the process.

William Smith College History Collection
Originally founded as two separate colleges – Hobart College in 1822 and William Smith College in 1908 – Hobart and William Smith Colleges enjoy a rich and unique history that spans nearly 200 years on Seneca Lake.
William Suydam letters
A collection of letters written by William Suydam during the Civil War.
William Thompson Howell Photographs

Glass plate negatives taken by William Thompson Howell as he explored the New York Highlands.

William Wallace Farley Papers
Papers of an Albany businessman and politician.
Willie Family Civil War Collection

Documents relating to Frederick Willie and his service in the Civil War.

Willsborough Town Book
This collection consists of the Willisborough Town Book, beginning on the 8th day of 1786.
Pilot Clifford Windsor Sr., World War I, 1910s

Photographs documenting Montauk from the 1910s to the 1960s.

Wing Roberts Collection
The Wing/Roberts collection contains documents, letters, transcripts, photographs and glass plate negatives related to the Wing/Roberts Family of Glens Falls, New York.
Winston C. Perry Jr. Collection

Photographs and ephemera either donated or lent to the Nyack Library by Winston C. Perry, Jr. This includes images of local landscapes, architecture, people, and events.

A View at Lakeland postcard

The Witherill Postcard Collection contains mailed and unmailed postcards of businesses, structures, and local scenes of Cazenovia, NY and its vicinity.

WIVB-TV Television News Film and Video Archives

This is a collection of WIVB-TV archival news clips, stories, and programs primarily spanning a period from the mid-1960s through the early 1990s. The collection is drawn from the station’s news film and 3/4 inch videotape archives.

WKBW-TV Television News Film and Video Archives

This is a collection of WKBW-TV videotape segments highlighting the last 60 years of television news. The segments are primarily economic, political and featured segments produced by the Buffalo New York television station WKBW-TV since 1958.

Onieda Community Silverplate Ad, 1955

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.

Two mothers and their young children, sitting outside

Photographs of women from the general file of women in Cayuga County.

Women of Fayetteville Collection

The Women of Fayetteville collection comprises images of Fayetteville women and their activities dating back to the 19th century.

Women's Rights Collection
Photographs and documents relating to women’s suffrage. The items in this collection are from or connected to Seneca Falls, New York.
Women's Studio Workshop Collection

Selected materials from Women's Studio Workshop, including drawings, etchings, mixed media works, photographs, and artist's books.

Commensurate With Her Capacities and Obligations, Are Woman's Rights Page 1

Four pamphlets centered on the issues of women's rights, written between 1850 and 1914.

Fleming NY Petition

Petitions signed by men and women in various towns of New York State in support of women's suffrage.

Woodstock Artists Association and Museum Collection

Paintings from the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, featuring the work of American artists who have lived and created in the Woodstock region.