Collections

Margarita Phipps, her son Michael and his wife Molly, posing at Westbury House

Westbury House and Gardens Photograph Collection

Old Westbury Gardens

Images chronicling the Phipps family and their lives at Westbury House.

Westbury Local History

Westbury Memorial Public Library

The Westbury Local History collection consists of still image photographs which tell the history of the Westbury area.

Westchester Defense Volunteer Cards

Scarsdale Public Library

Enrollment cards of men who joined the Westchester Defense Volunteers during World War II.

Western New York and the Civil War

University at Buffalo Libraries - Digital Collections, Niagara County Historical Society

The Western New York and the Civil War collection represents a cooperative initiative between the State University of New York at Buffalo and numerous historical societies from the Western New York counties of Erie and Niagara to share local history collections with

Western New York County Atlases

SUNY at Fredonia - Daniel A. Reed Library

A collection of maps detailing the Western New York region in the mid-to-late 19th century.

The Western New York Index

Western New York Library Resources Council

A collection of indexes listing articles published in Western New York regional publications in the late 20th century.

Westhill Yearbooks

Westhill High School

This collection includes yearbooks from Westhill High School, dating from 1962 - 2018.

Westinghouse Family Papers

Union College

This collection includes correspondence, an autograph book, legal documents and photographs from the Westinghouse Family from 1833-1913.

What Lies Beneath

Buffalo Museum of Science

The ground beneath our feet in western New York is ancient, some layers having formed over 440 million years ago.

Whitesboro School Yearbooks

Dunham Public Library

This collection contains yearbooks and alumni publications from the Whitesboro Central School District, including the "Che-Ga-Quat-Ka" high school yearbooks and "Wariors" junior high school yearbooks.

Whitestown Seminary

Dunham Public Library

This collection contains an early history of the Whitestown Seminary, an assignment on the architecture of the Whitestown Seminary, Anniversary Exercises for 1862 to 1864, programs on an exhibition and on a reunion and banquet, and photographs.

Willard Asylum Scrapbooks

Edith B. Ford Memorial Library

Two scrapbooks compiled by Anne Maycock Hopkins, wife of Dr. Horace G. Hopkins, physician at former Willard Asylum and Willard State Hospital from 1874-1894.

Willard Psychiatric Center Collection

Edith B. Ford Memorial Library

Collection of photographs taken from 1957 through 1968 of various buildings and grounds of Willard Psychiatric Center. The black-and-white photographs contain detailed studies of various buildings of the hospital, many of which have been since torn down

Enrollment of the Sloop Sophia of Cold Spring Harbor

Willets Customs House Records

Whaling Museum and Education Center

Materials related to the US Customs Port of Delivery at Cold Spring Harbor, primarily created by the Surveyor Jacob C. Hewlett.

William Henderson Baird Collection

Historic Geneva

Papers relating to Civil War Union Officer William Henderson Baird and his family at the time of the Civil War.

William N. Weeden Color Printing Manuscript 1886

RIT Libraries, Cary Graphic Arts Collection

The William N. Weeden Color Printing Manuscript is an inventor's hand-written account in 1886 of his discovery of a printing method that produced multi-color printing with one impression. The collection includes color prints generated by the process.

William Smith College History Collection

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Originally founded as two separate colleges – Hobart College in 1822 and William Smith College in 1908 – Hobart and William Smith Colleges enjoy a rich and unique history that spans nearly 200 years on Seneca Lake.

William Suydam letters

Historic Geneva

A collection of letters written by William Suydam during the Civil War.

William Thompson Howell Photographs

Palisades Interstate Park Commission

Glass plate negatives taken by William Thompson Howell as he explored the New York Highlands.

William Wallace Farley Papers

Siena College

Papers of an Albany businessman and politician.

Willie Family Civil War Collection

Hudson River Valley Institute

Documents relating to Frederick Willie and his service in the Civil War.

Willsborough Town Book

State University of New York at Plattsburgh - Feinberg Library

This collection consists of the Willisborough Town Book, beginning on the 8th day of 1786.

Pilot Clifford Windsor Sr., World War I, 1910s

Windsor Family Photographs

Montauk Library

Photographs documenting Montauk from the 1910s to the 1960s.

Wing Roberts Collection

SUNY Adirondack Community College Library

The Wing/Roberts collection contains documents, letters, transcripts, photographs and glass plate negatives related to the Wing/Roberts Family of Glens Falls, New York.

Winston C. Perry Jr. Collection

Nyack Library

Photographs and ephemera either donated or lent to the Nyack Library by Winston C. Perry, Jr. This includes images of local landscapes, architecture, people, and events.