Collections

Port Washington Maritime Collection;

The Port Washington Maritime Collection features materials from the Local History Center that relate to the region’s rich maritime history and traditions.

Quilts of Historic Huguenot Street

Historic Huguenot Street

A selection of historic quilts drawn from the permanent collection at Historic Huguenot Street.

Schuelke Collection

Liverpool Public Library

Ted Schuelke was a Liverpool, New York resident and his photograph collection is comprised of pictures taken in the immediate Liverpool area and in the Adirondacks.

Scrapbook of Ablett Mill

Dunham Public Library

A scrapbook of Ablett Mill, with interior and exterior photographs of the wool mill in Whitesboro.

Staatsburg Library CCC Collection

Staatsburg Library

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

Sterling Mines Photograph Collection

Tuxedo Park Library

Photographs of the mines built by the Sterling Mines Company during the 1920s.

Urban Renewal in Albany, New York

Albany Public Library

This collection contains photographs showing the demolition and construction of buildings in Albany's Clinton Square neighborhood during the late twentieth century.

Village of Voorheesville Historical Records

Voorheesville Public Library

The collection includes records documenting the people, places, and events of the Village of Voorheesville and to a lesser extent the Town of New Scotland.

Waterbury Mill

Oriskany Village Museum

Photographs and business documents relating to the Waterbury Mill, a felt mill in Oriskany, New York in operation for over a century.

Watervliet Businesses

Watervliet Public Library

This collection consists of images of businesses and industries located in and around Watervliet, N.Y. in the early 1900's.

Westbury Local History

Westbury Memorial Public Library

The Westbury Local History collection consists of still image photographs which tell the history of the Westbury area.

William N. Weeden Color Printing Manuscript 1886

RIT Libraries, Cary Graphic Arts Collection

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.

Working on the Erie Canal

Erie Canal Museum

The “Working on the Erie Canal” collection contains photographs and documents relating to the canal and its workers.