Collections

Selected issues of the abolitionist newspaper, The Anti-Slavery Record, published in 1836.

The diaries of Jonathan Pearson, a notable Union College graduate who served as a professor, librarian, and treasurer at the college after graduating top of his class in 1835. It includes reflections on his time as both a student and faculty member, along with accounts of his travels.

Photographs and documents reflecting the growth of education in the New Paltz area from early Huguenot days through the twentieth century.

Selected issues of the abolitionist newspaper, The Emancipator, from 1838 through 1839.

Photographs and documents relating to Fairfield Medical College, an upstate New York medical college associated with Geneva Medical College and Syracuse University Medical College in the mid-to-late 19th century.

This collection includes articles, speech transcripts, reports, and other documents relating to the anti-slavery movement in Oneida County.

Letters received or collected by Samuel Jones from his family, friends, and associates, and Samuel Jones’ diary which he kept from 1821 to 1855.

Photographs, posters, and ephemera relating to the earliest establishment of the circus and menageries in America.