Collections
Oral history interviews that document the immigrant experiences of Hudson Valley residents and their families.
The collection documents General Electric's Americanization program, which existed from 1919 to 1931.
This collection includes certificates and other documents for an immigrant who settled in Oneida County, as well as a civics textbook from Oneida County.
Handmade baskets by indigenous peoples living in present day United
States of America and Canada.
A selection of oral history interviews from the New Rochelle Public Library.
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.
A collection of the anti-slavery newspaper, The North Star, published by noted abolitionist Frederick Douglass in the mid-19th century.
This collection contains tools and artwork from the Oneida Nation, as well as documents relating to the Oneida Reservation.
Audio recordings of Suffolk County residents.
The Polish Heritage Collection contains several documents, photographs, scrapbooks, a “Golden Book,” and memorabilia from Utica’s Polish Community.
The exhibition Portraits of Hope: Faces of Refugee Resettlement in Central New York depicted survivors of war, genocide, and political strife who came to the U.S. and settled in the Utica region after living in refugee camps in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.