Located on 195 acres in the foothills of the beautiful Adirondack Mountains between Albany and Utica, the college became the 27th campus of the State University of New York (SUNY) in March 1963. Fulton-Montgomery Community College offers 35 degree and certificate programs and is dedicated to providing students with a quality education in an environment that nurtures success. The Evans Library includes a collection of more than 30,000 print books, periodicals. & media as well as a wide range of online educational materials. The Evans Library is proud of its specialized resources, which include a Learning Commons, The Kenneth R. Dorn Regional History Collection and an Information Literacy Classroom. Digital collections are comprised of the historical records of the Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville Railroad as well as other historical materials.

The Friends of Historic Kingston (FHK) was organized in 1965 to support landmarks and local history within the city of Kingston, New York. The archive collections include photographs, architectural drawings, books and related ephemera. FHK is headquartered on an historic property at the corner of Main and Wall Streets in the heart of the Stockade National Historic District. The Friends maintain the Fred J. Johnston House, FHK Gallery and Archives, the Louw Bogardus site at Frog Alley, and oversee Sharp Burying Ground and the Post Office memorial garden at Montrepose Cemetery.

The Freeport Memorial Library was established in 1884 by Professor Loren M. Burdick, principal of the Freeport Schools, with funds raised by amateur entertainments. For a while, the books were kept in the clothes closet of the principal’s office in the Grove Street School. In 1895, the Board of Regents of New York State granted a provisional charter. The following year 759 volumes constituted the Library’s book collection and circulation reached 1,174. A permanent charter, signed by Melvil Dewey, was granted on December 21, 1899.

The Library was housed in the school until 1911 when it was moved to a rented room in the Miller Building on South Grove Street . Members paid ten cents for a card and were permitted to borrow two books, one fiction and one nonfiction. In 1920, the first public drive for funds for a new building was started. Elizabeth Pirodsky, a sixth grade student at the Seaman Avenue School, was the first donor. In August 1920, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., assemblyman for the Second District and the late President’s son, sent the Freeport Memorial Library Association a $20 donation. Assemblyman Roosevelt also issued a statement commending the choice made for a memorial and encouraged gifts from the American Legion members. One thousand citizens of the Village of Freeport voluntarily contributed $36,500 to the fund drive. John Anderson, owner of the site of the new building at the corner of Merrick Road and Ocean Avenue, was paid $14,775 for the land. Ground was broken for the Library on the northwest corner of Merrick Road and Ocean Avenue on April 30, 1921. The cornerstone was laid on June 25, 1922. On Memorial Day in 1924, the Beaux Arts building, designed by architect Charles M. Hart was dedicated as the first war memorial library in New York State. In 1925, the Freeport Library officially changed its name to the Freeport Memorial Library. Three years later, a memorial tablet with the names of Freeporters who died while serving in the military during the Civil War, Spanish American War, and World War I was dedicated. This table included the inscription: “In this Memorial / As in the hearts of the people of Freeport / The Memorial of the Men and Women who served in the / Wars of our Country will be enshrined forever.”

The completion of the Freeport Memorial Library building was an appropriate climax to the efforts of the citizens of the village to find a suitable and lasting memorial to the sacrifices made by those who died in the service of their country. A close look at the engravings on the original building reveals the names of the historic battles of World War I, the Spanish American War, and Civil War.

Population growth, the increased use of the Library, and a necessarily expanding book collection, soon made the original Library building inadequate. Work towards a new addition was begun to meet these needs. On Sunday afternoon, April 19, 1959, a new wing was dedicated.

In 1982, on the 90th anniversary of the Village of Freeport the residents elected to expand their Library once again. By purchasing the building adjacent to it, the Library was expanded to twice its size (48,359 square feet). The new addition was dedicated on Memorial Day in 1985. This expansion allowed the original reading room to be restored and plaques honoring Freeporters who died in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, were added. Today the Freeport Memorial Library is one of the largest public library facilities in Nassau County.

During his second term in office, President Franklin D. Roosevelt surveyed the vast quantities of papers and other materials he and his staff had accumulated. In the past, many Presidential papers and records had been lost, destroyed, sold for profit, or ruined by poor storage conditions. President Roosevelt sought a better alternative. On the advice of noted historians and scholars, he established a public repository to preserve the evidence of the Presidency for future generations. Beginning a tradition that continues to this day, he raised private funds for the new archival facility and then turned it over to the United States government for operation through the National Archives.

Images from the library's Erie Canal and Clinton Liberal Institute Collections. The collections illustrate how crucial the Canal was in the history of the village of Fort Plain and shares some of the many images and artifacts that the library has on permanent display relating to the coeducational, military preparatory school that existed in the village at the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Forest Lawn is a historic garden cemetery founded in 1849 whose first interment was in 1850. Still in operation, the cemetery is the final resting place for the many men and women who built and made Buffalo, Western New York, and the Nation what it is today. The Margaret L. Wendt Archive and Resource Center is a local resource that makes available the cemetery’s 1.2 million historic documents including over 350,000 individual family records. Records available at the Wendt Center facilitate genealogical and historical research.

The Charles J. Meder Library strives to provide innovative, accurate and timely information services and resources that support Finger Lakes Community College's learning-centered environment, provide enriching life experiences and enhance the quality of life throughout the community. The principal goal of the Charles J. Meder Library Archives is to manage information resources of long-term historical value that have been created by or written about the college.

The Fenimore Art Museum, located in Cooperstown, New York, has several collections in New York Heritage, including electronic finding aids for its noteworthy manuscript collections. Formerly the New York State Historical Association, NYSHA was founded in 1899 by New Yorkers who were interested in promoting greater knowledge of the early history of the state. They hoped to encourage original research, to educate general audiences by means of lectures and publications, to mark places of historic interest with tablets or signs, and to start a library and museum to hold manuscripts, paintings, and objects associated with the history of the state. Since its founding, the Research Library’s collections have grown to include more than 95,000 volumes specializing in 19th century American and New York State history and culture, American art history, and Native American art.

The Fayetteville Free Library began as a subscription reading room in 1906 when 50 public-minded citizens banded together to share their periodical subscriptions. The Library grew rapidly, expanding services as it moved from the front parlor of a private home, to a Greek Revival house across the street and then in 2003 to the former Stickley Furniture factory at 300 Orchard Street, renovated and repurposed to accommodate patrons of all ages with state-of-the-art technology, collections, and program opportunities.