Collections

Radical Abolitionist
Radical Abolitionist
St. John Fisher University
A collection of the Radical Abolitionist newspaper published by the Central Abolition Committee during the mid-19th century.
Young Eh Ka Paw and Young Nyi Nyi Aung
Refugee Family Photos Before Resettlement to CNY
SUNY Polytechnic Institute - Cayan Library

"Refugee Family Photos Before Resettlement to CNY," stemmed from community interest in archiving old photos and photo albums that refugees brought with them to the United States from their former homes in Burma, Thailand, Kenya, and refugee camps along the borders of those countries.

Refugees Starting Over Collection
Refugees Starting Over Collection
SUNY Polytechnic Institute - Cayan Library
Over the past four years, Dr. Kathryn Stam, Faculty at SUNY Poly, has been gathering media and multimedia chronicling the lives of Refugees who have settled in Utica NY.
Reher Center Collection
Reher Center Collection
Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History

This collection includes items belonging to the Reher family as well as artifacts that were recovered during an archeological dig near their building.

Safe Haven
Safe Haven
Oswego Public Library
Photographs and documents relating to the Jewish refugees at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter or "Safe Haven" during World War II.
Logo in Armenian and Latin script
Survive, Remember, Thrive: Armenian Traditions in Western New York
Niagara University - Castellani Art Museum

Survive, Remember, Thrive | Armenian Traditions in Western New York preserves the traditions, memories, and stories of the local Armenian community through this audio interview collection and the original shortform documentary video series produced by the C

Still from newsreel of Congress of Racial Equality protest in front of Niagara Mohawk building (May 6, 1965 6PM WSYR Broadcast)
Syracuse Television News Film Collection
Onondaga Historical Association

This collection covers the daily news stories in Onondaga County and the Onondaga Nation from 1965 to 1974, with an emphasis on activism and social justice history.

The Messenger
Temple Messenger
Freeport Memorial Library

This collection highlights Freeport's Jewish community, focusing its members' life accomplishments including marriage, birth, death and bar mar mitzvahs.

Three women in traditional Ukrainian dress
Ukrainian American Community Digital Photo Collection
Hudson Area Library

Images and documentation about the lives of Ukrainian Americans living in Hudson, N.Y.

Union College Aaron J. Feingold Judaica Collection
Union College Aaron J. Feingold Judaica Collection
Union College
This collection contains North African Postcards of Jewish women, children, and families dating back to the early 20th Century.