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Personal war sketches of the Republic Ward Post No. 191 of Ellenville, N.Y.

A ledger containing records from soldiers who served in Ward Post 191 during the Civil War.

Pierson War Journal

Digital version of a journal kept by Angelo Solimino during his service in World War II.

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PRISON THEOLOGY is an attempt to build a knowledge base that can offer solutions to “crime and punishment”.  This theology was developed among multitudes of incarcerated people in the American empire.  People most affected by punishment are assisting in the spiritual liberation of people incarcer

Provincial Exile: Roelof J. Eltinge's Banishment from the Paltz

Beginning in 1777, this collection follows Roelof Josiah Eltinge through his legal troubles of being an accused loyalist in New Paltz, NY.

Quarantine Memories

Personal memories from residents of the Town of Bethlehem from the COVID-19 quarantine in 2020.

Red Hook Town Board Minutes

Board minutes from the Town of Red Hook in Dutchess County.

Reminiscent History of North Collins

A handwritten history of the agricultural town of North Collins, New York.

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

Schenectady County Community College History

This collection contains material on the history and development of Schenectady County Community College.

Captain Samuel F. Phillips (1832-1911) whose RVC home became the Phillips House Museum.

Photos, written histories, and ephemera pertaining to the sea captains who lived in Rockville Centre, NY in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.

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Documents and letters related to the family descending from the line of William Sewall Sears (1718-1795).

The South Side Sportsmen’s Club.

Ledgers of hunting results from the South Side Sportsman's Club.

Assigned seating for graduate students for graduation exercises circa 1979.

Oral histories and papers from student projects.

Débarquement et maltraitement de prisonniers à Alger

This collection documents the 1677 Barbary Corsairs capture of Jacob Leisler and his crew in the English Channel, their captivity in Algiers, their subsequent redemption, and Leisler's efforts to recoup his losses.

Frances A. Goodale, Founder and First President of the New Century Club

This collection includes a portrait of Lucy Carlisle Watson and a manuscript describing the history of Utica's women's rights movements.

Image of Victor Reinstein

Photographs, documents and pamphlets related to the life of Victor Reinstein, a pillar of the Cheektowaga NY Community

War Diaries

This collection contains images of diaries belonging to American men who served in various wars, including the Civil War, World War I, and World War II.

Enrollment of the Sloop Sophia of Cold Spring Harbor

Materials related to the US Customs Port of Delivery at Cold Spring Harbor, primarily created by the Surveyor Jacob C. Hewlett.

William N. Weeden Color Printing Manuscript 1886

The William N. Weeden Color Printing Manuscript is an inventor's hand-written account in 1886 of his discovery of a printing method that produced multi-color printing with one impression. The collection includes color prints generated by the process.