Collections

Barns of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains: An Introduction

This collection details barns and other rural structures of years past in several counties in NY.

Bowers Collection
This extensive glass-plate collection contains the work of Franck Taylor Bowers (1875-1932) a Broome County artist and photographer.
Brockport Village Glass Plate Negatives
A collection of early 20th century photographs depicting the Brockport region.
Logo for Craft Beverage Memory Project

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.

Southold Historical Society and Museum

Historic photograph collection, Long Island’s East End

Chester Historical Society Collection

Historical documents, images, and artifacts relating to the Chester, New York community.

Christopher Collection
The Christopher Collection includes images representing a historical snapshot of the people and places around the towns of Van Buren and Lysander, and the Village of Baldwinsville, New York, collected by Anthony J. Christopher Sr., a Baldwinsville, native.
Children Out of School for the Holiday

This collection covers various moments of daily life in the city and Onondaga County from the 1920s to 1950s.

Color portrait photograph of couple in dressy clothing

Photographs related to the Danforth family of Jefferson, New York. 

Donnan Farm Galway NY
This collection contains photographs relating to the Donnan Farm area in Galway, New York.
Fair Advertisement from 1898

Photographs, newspaper articles, postcards, and ephemera from and pertaining to the Agricultural Fair held in Dryden, New York.

 

A mother and daughter in portrait

Photographs, postcards, and ephemera relating to the farm women of Dryden, New York.

 

Farmer at work

Photographs of farms and farmers working in the Town of Caroline.

index card annotation

Photographs of local farms taken and annotated by students.

Fletcher Steele Nursery Orders
This collection of nursery orders offers insight into what plant materials were being used over 6 decades from 1916 when Fletcher Steele began his landscape architecture practice to 1971 when he passed away.
Fort Plain Street Fair
This collection contains images and documents related to the Fort Plain Street Fair.
Fred R. Wolcott Photographic Collection
The Wolcott Collection contains photographs taken by Fred Wolcott, who photographed and documented daily life on the Onondaga Nation Territory in the early 1900’s.
Lewis Boys

This collection includes photographs from Gary Lyon and LeRoy Clapp and depict buildings, people and landscapes in the rural community of Pompey, New York.

Hardy Family Photographs
Photographs of a Western New York farming family and their farm in the early 20th century.
New York Heritage Logo in Greyscale

Photographs related to the George W. Harris Family of Jefferson, New York. 

Historic Postcards from Sardinia, NY
A collection of photographic postcards depicting the rural town of Sardinia, New York in the early 20th century.
History of Waterville Collection

Materials documenting the history of the Waterville and Sangerfield, New York areas.

Huntington War Manuscripts
Historical manuscripts relating to Huntington’s involvement in the Revolutionary and Civil War.
Kent Historical Society Digital Collection

This collection includes historic photos of Kent farmlands, local residents, and the Ludington family.