Collections

Cliffton Hotel (Patchogue, NY)

The South Shore Historic Inns, Hotels and Restaurant collection consists of ephemera documenting Long Island’s tourism history.

Stedman and Moses Collection of glass plate negatives
A collection of photographs of the town of Placid Lake, New York.
Sterling Iron & Railway Company Correspondence Collection

Correspondence sent to the Sterling Iron & Rail Co. during the years 1865 and 1874.

Sterling Mines Photograph Collection

Photographs of the mines built by the Sterling Mines Company during the 1920s.

Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Company Collection
A leading business in Elmira, NY for more than 80 years, Thatcher Glass once produced 50 percent of the milk bottles in the United States, pioneering sealed glass bottles and automated bottle production.
Northwest corner of Park Avenue & Merrick Road Circa 1915.

Photos of yesteryear and what the area looks like today.

Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company Photograph Collection
The Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company was a successful business in Ticonderoga, New York during the late 19th and early 20th century. This collection of photographs depicts the Company’s mill, machines, and the surrounding area.
Tides of Time: Memories and Voices of Quogue

Audio interviews with residents of the Village of Quogue

Town of Halfmoon  Historian's Collection
This collection includes photographs of the Town of Halfmoon dating back to the late 1800s.
Steamer City of Hudson

Images of steamers, tugboats and ferries from the collection of Tracey I. Brooks.

Tugboats: Workhorses of the Hudson

Photographs of tug and tow boats that powered the movement of freight along the Hudson River in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Urban Renewal in Albany, New York
This collection contains photographs showing the demolition and construction of buildings in Albany's Clinton Square neighborhood during the late twentieth century.
Virginia Marshall Martus Collection
This collection contains photographs and documents surrounding the A & R Marshall, Inc.
Walter T. Shirley Collection
Photographs and meeting minutes from Shirley's real estate business.
Ward Manor Collection

A collection of postcards and photographs of Ward Manor in the 1920's. Ward Manor was a home for the poor and elderly as well as a summer camp for youth.

Washingtonville Historic Postcard Collection

Postcards depicting various street scenes and local landmarks of Washingtonville and Blooming Grove.

Section of cover of 1980 Water Mill Welcomes You WMBA directory.

Historical publications of the Water Mill Business Association

Waterbury Mill
Photographs and business documents relating to the Waterbury Mill, a felt mill in Oriskany, New York in operation for over a century.
Watertown City Directories
The Watertown City Directory digital collection contains a subset of the City Directories located in the Flower Memorial Library (Watertown, NY).
Postcard for Watkins Salt Company, 1960

Images from the Watkins Salt Company of Schuyler County.

Westinghouse Family Papers
This collection includes correspondence, an autograph book, legal documents and photographs from the Westinghouse Family from 1833-1913.
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 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 Wallace Farley Papers
Papers of an Albany businessman and politician.
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.