Collections

Historic Views of Forest Lawn

Forest Lawn Cemetery - Margaret L. Wendt Archive and Resource Center

The collection contains images from the 19th and 20th Centuries showing historic views of Forest Lawn. These images are digitized from original glass plate negatives, photographic prints, lithographic drawings, stereoscopic views and commercial postcards.

History of the Village of Lakewood

Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System - Lakewood Memorial Library

Photographs and ephemera relating to Lakewood, New York in the early 20th century.

Horse Thieves Collection

Historic Red Hook

The minute books from Red Hook's two societies for the detection and apprehension of horse thieves.

James Milne SUNY Oneonta

State University of New York,Oneonta - James M. Milne Library

A sampling of printed articles, photographs and correspondence from the James Milne archive at SUNY Oneonta.

Jessie Elvira Jenks Papers

Greater Oneonta Historical Society

The Jenks family papers include letters written to Willard S. Jenks and his wife, Rhoda, from their daughter, Jessie Elvira Jenks. Jessie lived from 1873-1964.

John H. Van Siclen Collection

Montauk Library

A portfolio of gelatin silver prints taken in Montauk in 1900.

John Quincy Adams Ward Papers Digital Collection

Albany Institute of History and Art

This collection contains materials from the papers of sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward, 1800-1933.

Lemuel Wiles' painting titled, Last Day of Summer

Lemuel Wiles Collection

Perry Public Library

Paintings, sketches, and letters written by members of the Wiles Family including Lemuel Wiles, Rachel Ramsey Wiles, and Irving Wiles.

Lucy Carlile Watson Collection

Oneida County History Center

This collection of letters, diaries, and ephemera documents Lucy Carlile Watson, a prominent suffragette and philanthropist from Utica, NY.

McBride Street Campus

SUNY Upstate Medical University - Health Sciences Library

Photographs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings relating to the early campuses of the Syracuse University College of Medicine in Syracuse, New York in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Militia Enrollment Scrapbook 1888-1917

Tuxedo Park Library

Scrapbook listing the name of militia enrollees from Tuxedo Park.

Museum Village Artifact Collection

Museum Village

Historical artifacts including clothing, tools, and medical equipment.

Northern Survey Company, Albany, NY

Crandall Public Library

This collection contains photographs taken by the Northern Survey Company of Albany, NY of family houses, farms, businesses and public buildings in New York State and New England, 1878 to 1900.

Enumeration of the Inhabitants, Village of Weedsport, town of Brutus, Page 2

Old Brutus Historical Collection

Seymour Public Library

Historical materials from the town of Brutus in Cayuga County.

Personal war sketches of the Republic Ward Post No. 191 of Ellenville, N.Y.

Ellenville Public Library & Museum

A ledger containing records from soldiers who served in Ward Post 191 during the Civil War.

Robert Joki Stereoscopic Collection of Saratoga Springs NY

Saratoga Springs Public Library

This online collection contains stereoscopic images (one side of the stereoview card) from The Robert Joki Collection. These images highlight important landmarks in the Spa City.

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".

Rochester Municipal Archives Early Collection

Rochester Public Library

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

Deininger Bros. Bakery, advertising card

Rochester Public Library Local History Division Vertical File Collection

Rochester Public Library

This collection consists of images of ephemera taken from the vertical file collection ("pamphlet file") of the Rochester Public Library's Local History & Genealogy Division.

Scrapbook of Ablett Mill

Dunham Public Library

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

Second Mohonk Conference on the Negro Question, 1891

SUNY New Paltz - Sojourner Truth Library

Proceedings from the Mohonk Conference on the Negro Question held at Lake Mohonk, Ulster County, New York, June 3, 4, 5, 1891.

Spanish-American War: 23rd Separate Company Photo Album

Hudson Area Library

This album dates from 1889-1890 and is a collection of photographs of soldiers with the 23rd Separate Company, recruited for the Spanish-American War and serving at Camp Wetherill near Greenville, South Carolina.

SUNY New Paltz College History Collection

SUNY New Paltz - Sojourner Truth Library

This collection documents the history of higher education in New Paltz, NY.

Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company Photograph Collection

Adirondack Experience

The Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company was a successful business in Ticonderoga, New York during the late 19th and early 20th century. This collection of photographs depicts the Company’s mill, machines, and the surrounding area.

Cover of Germantown Poor Book, 1855-1870

Town of Germantown Records

Germantown History Department

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

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.