Collections

Lewis H. Brown Collection
The Lewis H. Brown Collection consists of sixty-four letters written by Lewis Henry Brown, Lewis’ brother Burritt Brown, and Albert Ransom, Burritt Brown’s friend and tent-mate.
Olivebridge Fire Department

Materials that document life in the towns that remained after the construction of the Ashokan Reservoir.

Street Scene In The Ashokan District, Near Brown's Station, In The Catskills NY Site Of N Y Water Supply

Images and documents relating to life in the Town of Olive up until the reservoir was built, including communities that were lost during the construction of the reservoir.

Long Island Digital Collection
A digital collection of primary source materials from Special Collections that documents the history of Long Island.
Greetings From Bayshore, L.I.

The Long Island Postcard Collection documents mansions of the Gilded Age, local landmarks, and scenes of everyday life.

Long Island Postcard Digital Collection
A digital collection of postcards that depict places and people primarily on Long Island, New York.
Longwood Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks created by the Bayles Family.
Luca D'Auria in Uniform

The collection includes both military photos from the 52nd General Hospital and personal family photos of Luca, his wife Lilian, and their relatives.

The first page of the photo album of the Lynbrook Camera Club.

A photo album and a photograph of the club’s activities.

Mabel Addis Oral History Collection

Interviews conducted in the 1970s and 80s on Somers history topics spanning nearly 150 years.

Margaret Woodbury Strong Papers, 1897-1969
Margaret Woodbury Strong amassed an outstanding collection of dolls and toys which formed the basis for The Strong Museum in Rochester, New York.
Marlboro, NY History Collection

Historic images of people, places, and events in the town of Marlborough.

Maurice Leyden Collection

The Maurice Leyden Collection consists of diaries, photographs, correspondence, financial records, essays and military records of Maurice Leyden. The collection also includes twenty-two diaries, dating from 1860-1886 and written Sarah Woodruff Pottle, a relative of Mr.

Mead Family, Camping at HIther Hills, circa 1940s

Family photographs of camping in Montauk, N.Y. during the 1940s-1950s.

Cover of 1952 The Mirror yearbook

Collection of yearbooks from Medina High School, covering 1950s-2000

Melville Family Papers

Six audio recordings of Ward Melville, his family, and associates.

Military Memories & Veterans' Voices Oral History Collection

Military Memories & Veterans' Voices was a program held at the Library on December 3rd, 2017. The collection consists of five oral histories and photographs.

Millard Fillmore

A collection of correspondence and documents relating to Buffalo, New York native, and 13th President of the United States, Millard Fillmore.

Milton Price and Tomlin Art Co. Postcard Collection
Scenic postcards highlighting communities of Mastic, Mastic Beach and Shirley.
MMSCL., Books and Documents
Documents pertaining to the history, significant locations, and events primarily within the Mastics-Moriches-Shirley communities.