Collections


Collection of photographs related to the Case Research Laboratory in Auburn, NY, where the first commercially successful sound-on-film system was developed by Theodore Case.

Historical photographs and documents related to Catskill, NY.

The Cayuga and Seneca Lakes Agriculture and Craft Beverage Memory Project is a two-year oral history project. The interviews document and preserve the personal stories of wine, cider, beer and other beverage producers between Cayuga and Seneca Lakes.

Photographs of various religious institutions in Cayuga County.

Photographs from the general file in Cayuga County.

Postcards showing the towns and villages of 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.


This collection contains photographs and images pertaining to the Champlain Canal that runs from the Hudson River at Waterford, NY to Lake Champlain.


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.