The St. Lawrence-Lewis School Library System collection consists of high school yearbooks from area high schools. The Coltonion is the annual yearbook of the Colton-Pierrepont Central School.

Colton was established by an act of the legislature on April 12, 1843, and became the 27th town of St. Lawrence County on February 1, 1844. The hamlet was originally named "Matildaville" and the town "Springfield," but was later changed to Colton at the request of one of the town's pioneers, Jesse Colton Higley, honoring his mother's family name. It is located along the banks of the Raquette River.

The town of Colonie is located in the Albany County, New York area and is the most populous suburb of Albany. There are a number of United States National Register of Historic Places located in Colonie, including multiple cemeteries.

Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (April 11, 1837 – May 24, 1861) grew up in Mechanicville, New York, and was a law clerk and United States Army soldier, best known as the first conspicuous casualty of the American Civil War. The American Civil War took place in the 1860s and is known as the bloodiest war for the United States, with at least 600,000 soldier casualties.

The SUNY Upstate College of Medicine is one of the oldest medical schools in New York. Its name has changed a few times over the years as follows:
College of Medicine, Syracuse University - 1875-1887
Syracuse University College of Medicine - 1887-1950
State University of New York (SUNY) College of Medicine at Syracuse – 1950 - 1953
SUNY Upstate Medical Center – 1953 – 1986

The College of Medicine continues to grow and expand. SUNY Upstate graduates practice medicine at many prestigious universities and hospitals.

The Central New York Library Resources Council, familiarly known as CLRC, was formed in 1967 as one of nine Reference and Research Library Resources councils (“3Rs”) in New York State. These nine Councils are currently known as the Empire State Library Network (ESLN). CLRC serves libraries and library systems in four Central New York counties: Herkimer, Madison, Oneida, and Onondaga. CLRC’s office is located in the city of Syracuse.

The Tahawus Cloudsplitter was a periodical magazine that recorded life in the village and mines of Tahawus, New York. It was “published by the MacIntyre Development of the Titanium Division, National Lead Company, Tahawus, New York in the interest of the employees and their families”. Space was allocated in every issue for each department at the mine, church news, the YMCA, sports, the Women’s Club, library, fire department, as well as other events, such as free French and English classes and the formation of the Tahawus Flying Club.

The Clinton Liberal Institute opened in 1891. The Clinton Liberal Institute, or the C.L.I., was a coeducational preparatory school. Later it was changed to a military school. Students from all over the world came to the C.L.I. Simon Lake, one of the students, invented the first modern submarine. The C. L. I. Armory was used to store artillery equipment. It burned on March 25, 1900.