Collections

Photographs from the general file in Cayuga County.

A collection of photographs and documents relating to the McDonalds of Montauk.

Gravestone transcriptions and other information about the cemeteries of Backbone Ridge, most of which were abandoned by the 20th century.

Datasets of fully transcribed United State Census records as completed by volunteers for the HistoryForge project.  

Photographic works from notable contemporary and historic photographers, many of whom participated in programs at The Center for Photography.

This collection contains the diary and correspondence of Cephas Breed, who graduated from Geneva Medical College in 1850.

Letters and photographs of Charles F. Binn, the "Father of American Ceramics."

Historic photograph collection, Long Island’s East End

Charles Rand Penney was a prominent collector. The Charles Rand Penney Trail unites his collections of Pan-American Exposition souvenirs, Papua New Guinea artifacts, Niagara County historical items, Larkin Company ephemera, and Niagara Falls artwork.

Archival materials from the life of Charles Stoll with emphasis on the Stoll-McCracken Expedition to Alaska in 1928.

Glass plate negatives of Hyde Park scenes, people, and architecture, taken by Charles Sylvester Piersaull.

Digitized copies of Chatham High School Commencement programs.

Historical photographs of the village of Chatham and surrounding towns and hamlets.

Postcards featuring images of the village of Chatham and landscapes as well as surrounding towns and hamlets. Includes Chatham Centennial postcards and correspondence postcards from the estate of Ethel Brainard.

A selection of digitized yearbooks from Chatham High School.

Photographs of students and teachers at Chatham High School.

A collection of manuscript cookbooks kept by several generations of Cherry Hill women (and a few men) spanning the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.