Collections

Oswego Historical Society
This collection contains publications by the Oswego Historical Society from 1899 to 1976.
Otsego County Woman's Christian Temperance Union Collection
A collection of reports, minutes, and scrapbooks relating to New York State chapters of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, the bulk of which relate to the Unadilla, New York local union.
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This collection contains materials created and maintained by the Overseers of the Poor of Schenectady, Glenville, and Rotterdam. These materials capture important information about the treatment and condition of poor people in Schenectady County in the 19th century.

Political Study Club of Ithaca Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks containing meeting minutes, programs, brochures, newspaper clippings and photographs concerning a late 19th and early 20th century women’s suffrage organization in Ithaca, New York. Some materials reference New York State and national suffrage matters.
Proceedings of the Commissioners of the Land Office of New York State
The Proceedings provide a record of land disposed or acquired by the State of New York, including lands for New York’s canal system.
Provincial Exile: Roelof J. Eltinge's Banishment from the Paltz

Beginning in 1777, this collection follows Roelof Josiah Eltinge through his legal troubles of being an accused loyalist in New Paltz, NY.

Radical Abolitionist
A collection of the Radical Abolitionist newspaper published by the Central Abolition Committee during the mid-19th century.
Red Hook Town Board Minutes

Board minutes from the Town of Red Hook in Dutchess County.

Reid Gallery of Prominent Citizens of Rome, New York
The Reid Gallery of Prominent Citizens at the Jervis Public Library in Rome, New York, contains "photographic portraits of prominent men who have in some way been connected with the history of Rome, or its vicinity, who have been born in Rome or have lived in Rome and who have attained prominence in
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.
Looking southwest from Exposition Park toward Dewey Avenue and the buildings of the City of Rochester's Department of Public Works. In the foreground, crowds surround the horse show arena. Behind the grandstand, cars fill the parking area. The larger white tent in the center has a sign reading "Tea Tent".

This collection consists of images relating to Rochester selected from the Archives’ full collection of 10,000 glass plate negatives dated 1865-1920.

Flight of the Hyperion

The Rochester Public Library Local History Division Picture File Collection contains diverse images relating to Rochester’s history.

New York Heritage Logo in Greyscale

Oral histories from employees, friends, and associates of the Roosevelt and Vanderbilt families.

The Roosevelts Visit Syracuse
Photographs and documents relating to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt’s visits to Syracuse, New York in the early to mid-20th century.
Cover of scrapbook!

The fifteen scrapbooks are filled with mostly newspaper clippings from Penn Yan, NY newspapers from the very early 1900s through the 1950s. The books were created contemporaneously by attorney George S. Sheppard and his son Oliver.

Spencer Tax Collection Document

Tax assessment records and other documents from the 19th century.

Staatsburg Library CCC Collection

Photos documenting Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) activities in Staatsburg, NY, during the 1930s.

Stephen Pearl Andrews and his family

Materials relating to Stephen Pearl Andrews and his family.

SU College of Law Student and Alumni Publications
The Syndicus, later called Syracuse Law Magazine, was the school’s magazine published from 1955 to 2016. It includes photographs, articles, and other information about SUCOL student life and events. Some issues detail the lives and plans of SUCOL graduates.
SU College of Law: A Historical Retrospective
Photographs, documents, and other materials relating to the founding and history of Syracuse University College of Law.
Suffrage Documents of the New York State Federation of Women’s Clubs
The suffrage documents are a hidden collection within the New York State Federation of Women’s Clubs records.
Tompkins County Voter Enrollment Records
Lists of registered voters in Tompkins County from the 1910s and 1920s, complete with addresses and party affiliation.
Cover of Germantown Poor Book, 1855-1870

Official records generated by the Town of Germantown including highway records, relief rolls, voter registrations, and more.

War Diaries

This collection contains images of diaries belonging to American men who served in various wars, including the Civil War, World War I, and World War II.