Collections

Rochester Homeopathic Genesee Hospital School of Nursing Collection
The Rochester Homeopathic Hospital Training School, later known as the Genesee Hospital School of Nursing, was a leading medical education center in the region. This collection depicts the nursing students throughout the School’s administration from the late 19th century through late 20th century.
Rose Spadaccino portrait

Records, photographs and documents of Rose Spadaccino Muccigrosso (1873-1950), an Italian immigrant and midwife serving Elmira's Italian community.

San Luis Observatory
This collection contains materials related to the San Luis project.
Spaceflight
Images of Long Island-produced rockets, missiles, Grumman Lunar Module, Space Missions, Shuttle Shuttle and beyond
Steinmetz Digital Collection of Schenectady
The Steinmetz Collection of Schenectady tells the story of Dr. Charles Steinmetz, General Electric's Chief Engineer in the 1890s and early 1900s.
Stephen Bastable MD Papers
This collection contains a student notebook from Stephen Bastable, who graduated from the Syracuse University College of Medicine in 1941 and was an orthopedic surgeon.
SUNY Biomedical Communication Network
A collection of mid-20th century photographs and documents relating to the first online bibliographic network in the world for accessing medical literature, the SUNY Biomedical Communication Network.
Syracuse Free Dispensary
Photographs and documents relating to the Syracuse Free Dispensary which operated from 1888-1964.
52nd General Hospital Group Photograph

Photographs and other materials relating to 52nd General Hospital, a mobile military hospital during World War II.

Vassar Brothers Hospital School of Nursing

Photographs, mementos, yearbooks and scrapbook pages from the VBH School of Nursing.

Vassar Brothers Medical Center History

Photographs, historical objects, memorabilia and ledgers from 1887 to the 1990s reflecting the history of Vassar Brothers Medical Center.

Willard Asylum Scrapbooks
Two scrapbooks compiled by Anne Maycock Hopkins, wife of Dr. Horace G. Hopkins, physician at former Willard Asylum and Willard State Hospital from 1874-1894.
Willard Psychiatric Center Collection
Collection of photographs taken from 1957 through 1968 of various buildings and grounds of Willard Psychiatric Center. The black-and-white photographs contain detailed studies of various buildings of the hospital, many of which have been since torn down
William N. Weeden Color Printing Manuscript 1886

The William N. Weeden Color Printing Manuscript is an inventor's hand-written account in 1886 of his discovery of a printing method that produced multi-color printing with one impression. The collection includes color prints generated by the process.

Yearbooks
A collection of yearbooks published at the end of the academic year. Starting in the early 1970's, the focus of the yearbook became the graduating class as opposed to the entire student body.
Yellow Fever Collection
This collection is one of the largest and finest on yellow fever anywhere in the world. It contains monographs and reprints, representing the development of medical thought on yellow fever over the course of a century and a half.