Collections

Chester Historical Society Collection

Historical documents, images, and artifacts relating to the Chester, New York community.

Christopher Collection
The Christopher Collection includes images representing a historical snapshot of the people and places around the towns of Van Buren and Lysander, and the Village of Baldwinsville, New York, collected by Anthony J. Christopher Sr., a Baldwinsville, native.
Color portrait photograph of couple in dressy clothing

Photographs related to the Danforth family of Jefferson, New York. 

Fair Advertisement from 1898

Photographs, newspaper articles, postcards, and ephemera from and pertaining to the Agricultural Fair held in Dryden, New York.

 

index card annotation

Photographs of local farms taken and annotated by students.

Fort Plain Street Fair
This collection contains images and documents related to the Fort Plain Street Fair.
Fred R. Wolcott Photographic Collection
The Wolcott Collection contains photographs taken by Fred Wolcott, who photographed and documented daily life on the Onondaga Nation Territory in the early 1900’s.
Historic Postcards from Sardinia, NY
A collection of photographic postcards depicting the rural town of Sardinia, New York in the early 20th century.
Nassau Fair
This collection contains material from 1896 - 1910 related to the Rensselaer County Fair.
Back cover of The Millers Meal (second ed., 1983)

Historical publications of the Water Mill Museum & Ladies Auxiliary of Water Mill

Richard H. Handley Collection
The Richard H. Handley collection contains photographs and still images that share the history of Long Island, New York.
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.

Tides of Time: Memories and Voices of Quogue

Audio interviews with residents of the Village of Quogue

Wayne County Murals
Images of a mural depicting the history of Wayne County, New York. This mural celebrates the first Holstein cattle, a breed known for their milk production, to the region.