Collections

Albany Law School Collection
This collection contains photographs and documents related to the students of Albany Law School.
Art and Artifacts
This collection contains paintings, sculptures and other three dimensional objects in the Library's special collections.
View of Mt. Morris (Big Tupper) from a distance

This series contains photographs that document the various stages of Mt. Morris, or “Big Tupper,” as well as Big Tupper’s predecessor, SugarLoaf Ski Center.

Brentwood Historical Collection
History books on Brentwood and Long Island, NY.
Hicksville Airpark

A collection of ephemera including matchbooks, advertisements, and drawings.

First Barber Shop in Tupper Lake

The photographs in this series document a variety of businesses over Tupper Lake’s history from approximately 1880 to 2005.

Canisius College Presidents
This collection contains photos of all Canisius' presidents from its first, Rev. William Becker, S.J. through John J. Hurley, J.D. who has the distinction of being the first lay president.
Carl Schmidt Collection of Two-Dimensional Drawings
Architect Carl F. Schmidt had a deep interest in historic architecture. This collection includes his drawings depicting architectural features, particularly doorways.
1979 Yearbook cover

Yearbooks from the Chenango Forks School District. 

Family Photo 1

This series includes a great number of photographs of various citizens from approximately 1860 to 2010 including candid pictures of individuals, group shots at various events.

Clarkson Family History Collection
A collection of various documents pertaining to the Clarkson family of Potsdam, New York
Clarkson Ice Carnival Photographs
Three photographs of the King and Queen of the Clarkson-Normal Ice Carnival
black and white image of a horse and carriage outside of bakery

Photographs and postcards relating to the history of Claverack, N.Y.

Cloudsplitter
This collection contains several issues of the Tahawus Cloudsplitter magazine, dating between 1943 and 1971.
Crain Family Papers
This collection consists of documents relating to politics, business, foreign affairs, and the family’s personal affairs, which not only offer a glimpse into nineteenth century rural life in New York State, but detail machine politics on a regional, state, and national level into the early twentieth
Color portrait photograph of couple in dressy clothing

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

Dunham Public Library Board Minutes

This collection includes board minutes from Dunham Public Library in Whitesboro, New York, spanning from the formation of the library until 2015.

Group of firemen in uniform posing with fire truck out front of firehall at 21 High St.

The photographs in this series document the various emergency services in Tupper Lake from approximately 1921 to 2010.

Endicott-area Photographs & Postcards
This collection contains photographs and postcards that share the history of the Village of Endicott.
Families of Upstate New York
This collection contains photographs and contextual information related to families in the upper Hudson Valley and southern Adirondack regions.
an older Finnish woman sits in a sauna

Materials about the Finnish community of Spencer, including clippings about the Van Etten Communist Camp.

Fishing Long Island Waters

Some issues of the publication "Fishing Long Island Waters"

Fletcher Steele Collection
Photographs and technical drawings of gardens designed by Landscape Architect Fletcher Steele in the 20th century.
Garden City Village Archives Collection
Images from the archives of the Village of Garden City, New York, located on Long Island in the center of Nassau County
inside of program listing performances

Material documenting Class Day, a Germantown Central School tradition from the early 1930s until at least the middle 1950s.