Collections

Nanuet, NY History Collection

This collection includes documents, images, and postcards relating to the history of Nanuet, New York.

Blank Immigration form

These case files are all of persons of Polish descent who arrived in Niagara Falls, NY and required assistance regarding citizenship. The International Institute provided translation and other services to these people.

Image of tapes

Oral histories collected from 20th century Lockport, NY, residents

Palisades, NY History Collection
Historical postcards, documents, and images relating to Palisades, New York.
James B. Schafer speaking to a crowd at Peace Haven, 1939

Photographs of the Idle Hour estate as “Peace Haven.”

Pearl River, NY History Collection

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

Scrapbook page from Student Activity Board, 1970s

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.

1930 Chenango County Census Takers

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

Scrapbooks and Albums at HSERL

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

Piermont, NY History Collection

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

Quarantine Memories

Personal memories from residents of the Town of Bethlehem from the COVID-19 quarantine in 2020.

Ralph and three male friends in swimsuits on a small boat.

Photographs taken by James Ralph Hanford (1902-1996).

three young men Leaning Against a Wall

Photographs, postcards, and ephemera relating to the Bellamy Family and their friends in Norwich, NY.

Rochester Area Cemetery Records
Burial location records and maps for Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York from the 19th century through to the mid-20th century.
Rochester Area Historian's Holdings
A collection of card index finding aids to the Monroe County Mail Newspaper, Fairport Herald Newspaper, and the Town of Perington, New York records from the 19th century through to the mid-20th century.
Sag Harbor Photograph Collection
Historical photographs of the Sag Harbor, NY community.
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

Shirley News
Newsletters distributed by Shirley, Long Island, Inc.
 Collage of photos showing people at the New Skateland Arena roller skating rink in Buffalo, N.Y. Includes primarily children and teenagers alone and in groups. Date ranges from late 1970s to early 2000s. Collage displayed in the Main Rink and Locker area

In the summer of 2018, Daemen College gratefully accepted a large collection of photo collages from Kiddy Skateland, a roller rink owned and operated on Buffalo’s East Side.

Southside Community Center Photo Collection
A collection of photographs from the groundbreaking and early years of the Southside Community Center, some taken by photographers from the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program that supported the creation of the Center.
Staatsburg Library Image Collection

Postcards and photographs documenting the history of Staatsburg from the late 19th century through the early 21st centuries.

Group of People Outside the Mansion House

This collection of photographs documents life at the Mansion House, Sherrill, and Oneida Community, Limited from 1881-1935.