Collections

Safe Haven
Photographs and documents relating to the Jewish refugees at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter or "Safe Haven" during World War II.
Salina Local History

Yearbooks and programs relating to Mattydale School during the early 20th century.

Saugerties, NY History Collection

Maps, photographs, postcards, and ephemera relating to Saugerties history.

Sayville Library Long Island Collection

Items from the Local History Collection of the Sayville Library.

Scarsdale Library Covid-19 Memory Project

A community collection to document how Covid-19 has affected the everyday lives of Scarsdale residents.

First page of handwritten letter to "Friend Tillot," June 24, 1861 on patriotic letterhead depicting a soldier, American flags, military tents, and the US Capitol building

This collection contains documents created by or received by Schenectady County soldiers in the course of their service during the American Civil War, 1861-1865. 

Senate House Collection

A sampling of documents from the Colonial period and Revolutionary War.

Skaneateles Lake Collection
The Skaneateles Lake Collection documents various locations around the Finger Lake, illuminating the lake's significance to health practice, recreation, and the environment.
Skaneateles Library Association Collection
Archival materials relating to the history and community of Skaneateles, New York primarily in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Skaneateles Photograph Collection
The Skaneateles Photograph Collection documents various areas within and around Skaneateles Village and Town through photographs, stereographs, and photographic postcards.
Somers Circus Collection

Photographs, posters, and ephemera relating to the earliest establishment of the circus and menageries in America.

Somers Local History Collection

Images, documents, and artifacts relating to the people, places, and events of Somers, Westchester County, New York, and adjoining areas.

Somers Wright Reis Collection

Photos of Caroline Wright Reis and the Wright Reis homestead as well as ephemera documenting Wright Reis’ daily life.

Cliffton Hotel (Patchogue, NY)

The South Shore Historic Inns, Hotels and Restaurant collection consists of ephemera documenting Long Island’s tourism history.

Sphinx Collection
This collection consists of issues of a literary journal published by Little Falls High School of Little Falls, NY in the early twentieth century.
State Reservation at Niagara
The State Reservation at Niagara is the oldest state park in the United States, officially established in 1885. The collection includes photographs, advertisements, blueprints, maps, letters, and other documents relating to the development and use of the Park.
Stephen Bastable MD Papers
This collection contains a student notebook from Stephen Bastable, who graduated from the Syracuse University College of Medicine in 1941 and was an orthopedic surgeon.
SU College of Law Student and Alumni Publications
The Syndicus, later called Syracuse Law Magazine, was the school’s magazine published from 1955 to 2016. It includes photographs, articles, and other information about SUCOL student life and events. Some issues detail the lives and plans of SUCOL graduates.
Suffrage Documents of the New York State Federation of Women’s Clubs
The suffrage documents are a hidden collection within the New York State Federation of Women’s Clubs records.
Summerfare! 1990 Playbill cover

This extensive collection contains playbills or programs from nearly every Musicalfare Theatre Company production dating back to 1990. Musicalfare, formerly known as Summerfare was originally started as a summer stock theatre at Daemen College.

SUNY Biomedical Communication Network
A collection of mid-20th century photographs and documents relating to the first online bibliographic network in the world for accessing medical literature, the SUNY Biomedical Communication Network.
SUNY Brockport Normalia Collection
A collection of  the student publication, Normalia, published for the Brockport State Normal School in the early 20th century.
SUNY Brockport Stylus Collection
An early 20th century collection of the SUNY Brockport student publication, The Stylus.
SUNY OCC Commencement Programs
Onondaga Community College Commencement Programs detail each college graduation ceremony from the first graduating class in 1964 to the present.