Collections

The New York Ordnance Works Collection consists of photographs, maps, and official documents related to the New York Ordnance Works (NYOW), which was in active production during World War II.

Grant W. Johnson of Ticonderoga served as Essex County's lone State Assemblyman from 1953 until his death in 1965.

A rural directory for locating farms and agricultural property in Onondaga County and a 1938 Map of Onondaga County.

The Oral History collection from the New York State Military Museum comprises over 2,100 interviews of veterans and civilians.

Items pertaining to the women's suffrage movement in New York State, 1848-1917.

Materials relating to Thomas Flyer automobiles and the New York to Paris Race in the early 20th century.

Postcards and photographs which depict the town of Newark, New York throughout the 20th century.

This collection includes photographs, newspaper clippings, and documents relating to the Newark Public Library throughout the 20th century.

Photographs from the City of Newburgh's 1916 property assessment.

This collection includes a variety of historic documents, photographs, postcards, booklets, and flyers, from the library's Local History Collection.

This collection provides a record of the Glebe's activities from the 1790s through the early 1900s.

This collection contains municipal records from Newburgh, New York dating from the late 18th century through the early 20th century.

This collection contains late 18th century Fire Company records and 19th century Church records from Newburgh, NY.

A selection of photographs from the appraisal inventory that was made between 1958 and 1966 to document the streets and structures that were being slated for removal under Newburgh's Urban Renewal program.

Elementary school yearbooks from Newfield Central School.

High school yearbooks from Newfield Central School.

Middle school yearbooks from Newfield Central School.

Scrapbooks with newspaper clippings, photographs, and ephemera about Newfield.

Photographs of Buffalo and Western New York during the 19th and early 20th centuries collected by George Nathan Newman.

Newsletters chronicling the history of the Cary Institute.

These are the newsletters from the current and predecessor organizations.

Niagara County Community College school yearbooks, Sanborn, New York. NCCC's Entricy Yearbooks document student life at the College from 1965 through 1979. The name Entricy, pronounced: N-Tri-C, is a play on the College's nickname of N-Triple-C.

City Directories are an important and significant resources used by genealogists, academics, and many others in their research of local history.

The Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company was the first company to generate hydroelectric power from Niagara Falls in 1882. This collection includes photographs and maps which detail the construction, use, and collapse of this historically important power station.

These case files are all of persons of Polish descent who arrived in Niagara Falls, NY and required assistance regarding citizenship. The International Institute provided translation and other services to these people.