Collections

Finch, Pruyn and Company was founded in 1865 when Jeremiah and Daniel Finch, along with Samuel Pruyn, purchased the Glens Falls Company mill in Glens Falls, New York. The company was incorporated in 1900 and paper production began in 1905 and still continues to this day.

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

This collection contains photographs sharing the history of Russell Sage College.

Some issues of the publication "Fishing Long Island Waters"

This collection contains fourteen works of art by Fisk Boyd.

An invitation for the inauguration of first president of the Community College of the Finger Lakes, Dr. Roy Satre in 1968.

Photographs and technical drawings of gardens designed by Landscape Architect Fletcher Steele in the 20th century.

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.

This collection contains scrapbooks from noted landscape architect Fletcher Steele's travels and client work, featuring photographs spanning from 1882 to 1968.

Fifteen color slides of the flooding caused by Hurricane Agnes in June of 1972 as the Owasco River in Auburn crested.

Images from Houghton College's archives from the flooding of 1972.

In 1972, Hurricane Agnes caused the Genesee River to flood. This collection of photographs depicts the flooding of Letchworth State Park and Geneseo.

This digital collection derived from the Chemung County Historical Society’s archive and the Chemung County Library District’s collection, includes photographs, documents, video, and/or sound recordings about the floods that impacted Chemung County.

Photographs and papers about the floods of Schuyler County.

The Floral Fete Collection contains souvenir programs, photographs, postcards, stereoviews, articles, and ephemera from Saratoga’s floral parades.

This collection contains both the history that Florence P. Service wrote in 1902 and a portrait that was taken of her by the Obenaus Studios in Albany, New York.

Audio recordings relating to people living on the North Fork of Long Island.

This collection contains folk art collected from Upstate New York and other regions.

Letters and photographs of the men who guarded the New York City Aqueduct during WWI.

This collection contains images and documents related to the Fort Plain Street Fair.

Collection of portraits, articles, memorabilia, and papers of Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston, with emphasis on her time at Wells College, in the White House, and her time in Aurora, NY as a Wells College trustee and wife of Thomas Preston.

The Francis M. and Henry H. Stone Collection contain twenty-one letters written by the two brothers while they were in the 27th Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry and the 1st Regiment New York Veteran Cavalry

Frank E. Estabrook (1860 - 1918) was a regionally renowned architect from Newburgh, NY whose specialty was designing public buildings and schools.This collection consists of pages from Estabrook's 1895 "souvenir" book called "Sketches".

This collection contains photos and documents related to Troop 1, Frankfort, New York, which was established in 1910.

The Student is Franklin Academy's yearbook. This collection covers issues from 1912 to 2018.