Onondaga County Public Library - Central Library

Early 20th century posters created by the American Humane Association to promote the “Be Kind to Animals” campaign.

Photographs of an African American community in Syracuse, New York that were collected as part of a photo-documentation project.

This collection consists of letters and a journal written by Charles F. Weller during his time as a soldier in the United States Civil War.

Photographs taken by George W. Fenner during World War I, documenting the people and activities supporting the war efforts in Syracuse, New York.

A collection of programs from events at the Lincoln Auditorium, spanning from the early to late-20th century.

A rural directory for locating farms and agricultural property in Onondaga County and a 1938 Map of Onondaga County.

A report produced in 1980 detailing the library's services to the Jamesville Correctional Facility during the previous year.  Included is an overview of the library prison program, prisoner writing samples, teaching aid examples and press coverage.

The Onondaga County Public Library Postcard Collection contains both mailed and unmailed postcards of buildings, scenes, and activities in and around Syracuse, New York, from throughout the twentieth century.

Hand-drawn representations of quilts and quilt patterns completed by Virginia Beauchamp in the early 20th century.

The Syracuse Central High School collection contains class photographs and diplomas from the late-19th century to mid-20th century.

Newsletters produced by the Syracuse Lavender Union Reporting Press documenting the LGBTQ community in Syracuse.  The newsletters are part of the Chad Wheaton Papers on Syracuse Gay Rights Activism collection 1968-1993.

The photographs in this collection depict homes and other buildings in the Syracuse region that are about to be demolished.

Four pamphlets centered on the issues of women's rights, written between 1850 and 1914.