Collections

This collection covers various moments of daily life in the city and Onondaga County from the 1920s to 1950s.

The diaries of Jonathan Pearson, a notable Union College graduate who served as a professor, librarian, and treasurer at the college after graduating top of his class in 1835. It includes reflections on his time as both a student and faculty member, along with accounts of his travels.

This series includes photographs showing both natural and man-made disasters that occured in Tupper Lake from1899 to approximately 2010. This includes floods, fires, murder, car accidents, low water, and wind storms.

Scrapbooks assembled by Don Schultz depicting boyhood during WWII (World War, 1939-1945)

Photographs, postcards, and ephemera relating to the farm women of Dryden, New York.

This collection profiles life in West Hurley, NY before the area was flooded to construct the Ashokan Reservoir.

This collection contains numerous photographic portraits of various members of the Edmonds family.

Black and white photographs of Bard College students, activities, and events taken by Elie Shneour '47.

The photographs in this series document the various emergency services in Tupper Lake from approximately 1921 to 2010.

Erma Dewitt’s historic photos, which act as a snapshot into the people, places, and events of Ulster County in the 40’s and 50’s.

Fifteen color slides of the flooding caused by Hurricane Agnes in June of 1972 as the Owasco River in Auburn crested.

Audio recordings relating to people living on the North Fork of Long Island.

Photographs, Correspondence, and other historical materials relating to the Roosevelt and Delano families.

Films and audio tapes from Franklin Square.

Collection of materials by Blue Point historian Gene Horton.

A collection of oral histories and recordings done and collected by Dr. George Hucker.