Collections

27th Division in World War Two
This collection contains images of each page of a yearbook for the 27th Division of New York State.
Archacki Cartoons

Cartoons drawn by Polish immigrant, Henryk Archacki, representing current events at the time with a sense of Polish pride.  

Booker T. Washington Float - 1945

Collection of photographs documenting a parade in Auburn, NY, to celebrate the end of WWII in 1945.

Art and Artifacts
This collection contains paintings, sculptures and other three dimensional objects in the Library's special collections.
Bard College Radio WXBC

Photographs documenting the early history of the WXBC radio station at Bard College.

Bard Student Fire Department

Photographs reflecting the history of Bard College's student-run fire department.

Bayport Yearbooks
Yearbooks from Bayport-Blue Point High School
Bellmore Public School Commencement Exercises, 1921

Historical records from Bellmore and North Bellmore, NY.

First Barber Shop in Tupper Lake

The photographs in this series document a variety of businesses over Tupper Lake’s history from approximately 1880 to 2005.

Canisius College Memorabilia
Canisius College Archives and Special Collections contains historic records and artifacts related to the institution. This exhibits samplings from the collections.
Men Stack Racks of Drying Tobacco Leaves

Photographs of tobacco farmers living in Cayuga County.

CCC Camp S-122. Co 1241, Boonville NY

This collection contains pictures, newspaper articles, and reports from 1944 to 1945 regarding Central New York prisoner of war camps in Oneida and Jefferson counties.  These include Pine Camp and Hawkinsville Camp in Jefferson county, a camp in Boonville, NY (Oneida county) as well as articles o

Image of Colgate Rochester Divinity School bulletin, vol. 13, no.1, 1941

Colgate Rochester Divinity School has scanned its annual catalogs dating 1851 – 1970, along with alumni/friends newsletters from 1906 – 1970.

Crouse Hospital School of Nursing Yearbook Collection
This collection includes selected yearbooks from Crouse Hospital's School of Nursing, as well as its predecessor institutions at Syracuse Memorial Hospital and Crouse-Irving Hospital.
Portrait of Katherine Pratt Horton

Katharine Pratt Horton Buffalo Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Inc. is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women’s service organization that honors and preserves the legacy of its members’ patriot ancestors.

David Marcham Photograph Collection

Photographs of passenger service railroads in the southern Finger Lakes region in the 1940s and 1950s.

Davids Island-Fort Slocum Cultural Resources Digital Repository

From 1861 to 1965, Davids Island, New Rochelle, NY was the site of several military encampments and army posts.

Page from Margaret Jones Diary 1945

Daily diaries written by Margaret Jones, a lifelong Edmeston resident. She worked in the rural schools of Edmeston for 51 years, despite having a physical condition that made speech difficult.

Dunham Public Library Board Minutes

This collection includes board minutes from Dunham Public Library in Whitesboro, New York, spanning from the formation of the library until 2015.

Elie Shneour Collection

Black and white photographs of Bard College students, activities, and events taken by Elie Shneour '47.

Elizabeth Ryan Collection

A scrapbook related to Elizabeth Ryan, an American Freestyle swimmer from Rockland County.

Endicott-area Newspapers
This collection includes many papers that enjoyed short runs, some originating in the old village of Union that merged with Endicott in 1906.
Erma DeWitt Photographs

Erma Dewitt’s historic photos, which act as a snapshot into the people, places, and events of Ulster County in the 40’s and 50’s.

Hardy Family Photographs
Photographs of a Western New York farming family and their farm in the early 20th century.