Collections

Acorn Stove Trade Cards
This collection features Acorn Stove trade cards from the collection of the Albany County Historical Association. The cards were created after 1850 to advertise Acorn Stoves, which were manufactured by the Albany company, Rathbone and Sard.
Clarke Family Correspondence
A collection of family correspondence between 1850 and 1920. Mary Gale Clarke labeled and categorized much of family correspondence but the author's name and date.
Edmund Blunt Topographic Map Collection

This collection consists of 66 maps of Newburgh and the surrounding area created between 1852 and 1858.

Erie Canal Photograph Collection
Photographs of the Erie Canal in and around Schenectady, New York. Includes images of the construction of the canal and architectural features of the canal, such as aqueducts, bridges and locks.
Family Bible Records  Schoharie County NY
This collection contains an index of Family Bibles.
Frederick Douglass' Paper
A collection of the mid-19th century anti-slavery newspaper, the Frederick Douglass' Paper, a successor to Douglass’ first abolitionist paper, The North Star.
Glen Cove Public Library Photograph Collection
Photographs and descriptions of buildings in Glen Cove, Long Island.
James E. Horton Collection

Three 19th century diaries of James E. Horton, resident of Newburgh, NY.

John Quincy Adams Ward Papers Digital Collection
This collection contains materials from the papers of sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward, 1800-1933.
Pencil sketch on faded paper

A collection containing records from the family of Edmund L. Judson (1830-1890), mayor of Albany from 1874-1876.

Julia Lawrence Hasbrouck Collection

Julia Lawrence Hasbrouck's diaries (1838-1841), and portraits of the Hasbrouck and Lawrence families.

Little Falls Public Library Collection

This collection contains photographs of when the Little Falls Public Library was a residence and competitions for the Little Falls Camera Club, and other materials relating to Little Falls.

Stamp used in logbooks for record keeping.

Manuscripts recording maritime labor, business, and industry.

Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck Dress Reform Collection

Issues of the women's dress reform newspaper, The Sibyl, created by Lydia Sayer.

photocopy of picture of building

Historical material from the New York Central College in McGrawville, the first college in the United States founded on the principle that all qualified students were welcome, regardless of sex or race.

North Star

A collection of the anti-slavery newspaper, The North Star, published by noted abolitionist Frederick Douglass in the mid-19th century.

Lecture XII: Prejudice Against Color. Colonization.

This collection includes articles, speech transcripts, reports, and other documents relating to the anti-slavery movement in Oneida County.

Radical Abolitionist
A collection of the Radical Abolitionist newspaper published by the Central Abolition Committee during the mid-19th century.
Samuel F. B. Morse Collection

Preliminary architectural plans by Samuel F. B. Morse and his architect Alexander Jackson Davis for the renovation of the Locust Grove mansion.

page of document

Letters received or collected by Samuel Jones from his family, friends, and associates, and Samuel Jones’ diary which he kept from 1821 to 1855.

San Luis Observatory
This collection contains materials related to the San Luis project.
Saugerties, NY History Collection

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

Bill from A. O. Norcott

Materials about the Cayuga and Seneca Canal from the 1840s and 1850s.

daguerreotype portrait

An assembled collection of images of the extended Ten Broeck family. 

Cover of Germantown Poor Book, 1855-1870

Official records generated by the Town of Germantown including highway records, relief rolls, voter registrations, and more.