Collections

Handwritten document

An assembled collection of military and property records pertaining to Albany County residents from 1760-1818.

Central New York Canal Collection
The Erie Canal Collection comprises a set of financial documents and cultural materials relevant to the Erie Canal digitized by the American Museum of Finance.
Family Bible Records  Schoharie County NY
This collection contains an index of Family Bibles.
receipt

This collection contains materials created and maintained by the Overseers of the Poor of Schenectady, Glenville, and Rotterdam. These materials capture important information about the treatment and condition of poor people in Schenectady County in the 19th century.

page of document

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

Spencer Tax Collection Document

Tax assessment records and other documents from the 19th century.

Cover of Germantown Poor Book, 1855-1870

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

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.