Gary Gold and Mark McCarty are photographers based in Albany and Troy, New York. This collection includes photographic materials

This collection contains the records of the Albany Hardware and Iron Co., a wholesale hardware distributor in Albany, New York. The collection contains administrative records, photographs, catalogs, and scrapbooks, along with newspapers ads and articles on the company and the men who ran it.

This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings from both Albany, New York and the Netherlands relating to the “Albany Helps Nijmegen” campaign of 1947.

This collection is composed of letters written by brothers Albert and Garrett Vander Veer to family members. Garrett and Albert were the fifth and seventh children, respectively, of Abraham Harris and Sarah (Martin) Vander Veer and were officers in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The majority of the letters are addressed to the Vander Veer’s sister and brother-in-law, Esther and John Craig.

This collection covers Alice Bartlett’s time at Fredonia and her involvement with the Theater Arts Program. It covers various productions that she oversaw and her interest in speech and speech therapy.

The American Canoe Association Collection consists mostly of photographs, scrapbooks, and printed materials, which span the years 1879 to 2009 (bulk 1879-1966). Most of these materials relate to the early years of the ACA and document the annual meets and camps.

The Banks Family Papers collection consists of personal and legal papers of Robert Lenox Banks and his family, primarily his daughter, Mary Decamp Banks Moore. These include correspondence to and from the Banks Family by local businessmen, politicians, such as New York Governor, John T. Hoffman, and William Vanderbilt, President of the Hudson River Railroad. The documents are mostly personal in nature, describing the private life of a prominent local family of the 19th Century. Also in this collection are photographs, genealogical information, and other items relating to the Banks, Lenox, and Corning families.

Photograph album created by Barbara Tanis Fetzer documenting her last year at the Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, 1941-1942.

This collection includes family papers for the Bedlow, Corpron, and McRae families, who were related through marriage and adoption. The Bedlow family was originally from Massachusetts before settling in Plattsburgh, then Champlain, New York. The collection contains correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, personal papers, ephemera, and photographs.

The Blasie Family Papers are a collection of materials owned by Henry M. Blasie and relating to the Blasie family. William Blasie, Henry’s father and a Captain in the Civil War, was the original owner of most of the collection. The collection consists of news clippings, photo albums, photographs, and scrapbooks.

James A. Gray founded the Boardman & Gray Piano Manufacturing company of Albany, New York in 1837, with the business expertise and financial support of his business partner, William G. Boardman. The company patented their own design for the Dolce Campana attachment for the Piano Forte, and enjoyed great renown, including designing a model for singer Jenny Lind. This collection includes books, community newsletters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, sheet music, and song books.

Contains items from the Borthwick, Smith, and Strong Families including correspondence, diaries, family histories, financial papers, land records, a school notebook, and a manuscript cookbook. Additional material includes two woman's diaries, land records, a history of the Bushnell Family, and Hattie E. Kurtz's school notebook. Of unusual interest is a black & white photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken by Matthew Brady in Washington, DC in 1864.

James Boyd (1742-1832) and Jane MacMaster Boyd (1751-1831) arrived in Albany, New York, from Scotland in 1774. In 1796, James founded the Arch Street Brewery, which would later become the Albany Brewing Company. This collection contains correspondence, personal papers, and photographs.

Joel W. Burdick accepted a position as a clerk with the D & H (Delaware and Hudson) Railroad Company in 1879, and moved with his wife to Albany, New York. He eventually rose to the position of passenger agent, and he and his wife traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada. This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

All the photographs were made circa 1920 when Mr. Burlingame moved into the house. The photograph of an ironwork gate is by Lena photographers; all others are by Fellowcrafts Photo Shop.

This collection contains cabinet card portraits of individuals from Chemung County.

This collection contains cartes de visite of individuals from Chemung County.

The collection consists of a random grouping of ambrotypes, daguerreotypes and tintypes; all photographic techniques popular in the United States from the late 1830’s to the turn of the century (19th into 20th). Most of the collection, like the predominant subject matter of these photographic processes, are portraits. Some landscape photography was done using each of the three photographic techniques; few survive. Landscape photography would blossom with the advent of the “paper process” which, though still cumbersome by today’s standards, was much less cumbersome than the equipment and process required, even for the tintype.

Records of the Center Square Association consisting of correspondence, meeting minutes, legal documentation, photographs, printed material and newspaper clippings re: to issues of concern to the Association, including zoning, code enforcement, parking, neighborhood and community affairs.

Contains prints, photographs, and texts related to the planning of the Robert Burns statue in Washington Park Historic District (Albany, New York). Calverley researched Robert Burns’ true appearance, previous depictions, statues of Burns, statues of the intended style, and illustrated interpretations of Burns’ most famous poems. Information concerning the St. Andrew’s Society, who commissioned the statue, is included.

These black and white photographs – created within the date range of 1900s-1950s [bulk 1920s-1955] – mainly document family life and familiar and vanished streetscapes that tell a story of South Front Street life in Hudson, NY in the early-mid 20th century. The South Front Street neighborhood of Hudson was mostly demolished by Urban Renewal in the 1970s, and many of these photographs provide a view of a neighborhood that no longer exists. Most of the photos were taken by various relatives and friends of the Cipkowski family. A large portion of the photos document the childhood and teenage years of Patricia Cipkowski, who attended St Mary’s Academy in Hudson, N.Y. in the 1950s. There are also a few studio portraits made in Hudson, N.Y. and in New Jersey.

Circus materials include programs, periodicals, clippings, articles, route books, broadsides / posters, and photographs. Also includes a typed account by Richard C. Ellsworth of travelling with a circus in 1902, visiting Ithaca and Elmira, New York; Williamsport, Lock Haven, DuBois, and Butler, Pennsylvania; and Wheeling, West Virginia.

Materials relating to the 4-H Club and projects done by Cornelia (Connie) Frisbee in the 4-H Club.

This collection focuses on Cooperstown, NY and consists of notes, photographs, and lists identifying people in photographs but the photographs are missing. Series 1 is a timeline (1792-1919) that lists significant Cooperstown events. Series 2 consists of notes on various topics and people of Cooperstown. Series 3 consists primarily of annotated group photographs and lists of people.

On November 21, 1868, under the guidance of Dr. Ebell, sixty-two people, mostly teachers, alumni, and students from the Albany Female Academy (known today as the Albany Academy for Girls) met in the school to form the Albany Chapter of the Dana Natural History Society. The Society was named in honor of Dr. James Dwight Dana a famous geologist, mineralogist, and zoologist from Yale College. This collection contains materials such as newspaper clippings, member written articles, histories, documents from meetings and proceedings, scrapbooks, photographs, letters, awards, and other ephemera.

Daniel Evan Button (1917-2009) was a Republican politician elected as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. After his landslide win for the 1966 election, Button once again ran and was re-elected to his seat on the House of Representatives as a representative of New York. He ran for a third term in 1970, but was ultimately defeated. This collection contains newspaper articles, letters, speeches, documents, photographs, and published works in his memory.

The Lathrop sisters, Dorothy Pulis Lathrop (1891-1980) and Gertrude Katherine Lathrop, (1896-1986) were from Albany, New York. Dorothy was a writer and illustrator of children’s books, while Gertrude was a sculptor, particularly of small animals. Their mother, Ida F. Pulis Lathrop, was a portrait, still life, and landscape artist. The Dorothy and Gertrude Lathrop Papers include correspondence, book lists, clippings, photographs and books to, from, and about Dorothy and Gertrude Lathrop.

Isaac Edwards (1819-1879) was born in South Corinth, New York. He married Anna (1826-1907), a granddaughter of Ezra Ames, and had three children who survived to adulthood. Isaac eventually became a professor at the Albany Law School, served on the Albany Board of Public Instruction, and became a member of the Congregational Church. This collection includes clippings, essays, photographs, and other Edwards family-related materials.

The Eldridge/Walter Family Photograph collection contains 23 photographs, which may relate to Clara Eldridge, who later married into the Walter family.

The Eleanor Jaeger School Photograph Collection comprises photographs collected by Jaeger, an elementary school principal. The photographs depict the Euclid, Grout Park, and Halsey elementary schools in Schenectady during the 1950s and 1960s.

Mr. Weil apparently used film packs for his 4x5 shots and made his selection for printing after developing them. He also apparently used a 2-1/4 x 2-1/4 cameras at the same time, so that he has negatives of the same scene in a couple of formats and several different exposures. Mr. Weil also made several duplicate prints; some of which may have been made for commercial purposes; some for technical reasons, as he notes in various places different exposure times and paper types.

Erastus Corning 2nd (1909-1983), was a member of the New York State Assembly, the New York State Senate, and was served as the Mayor of Albany, New York, from 1942-1983. This collection contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other personal and political materials.

Contains correspondence, manuscripts, research material, and photos created or collected by Everett Lee Millard who researched and wrote about John H. I. Browere and his life masks of historic figures.

Fleet's direct predecessor was the Providence Bank, in Providence, Rhode Island, formed in 1791. Through mergers over the years, it settled as Fleet Financial Group in 1992. After becoming FleetBoston in 1999, the company was bought out by Bank of America in 2004. This collection contains minutes, annual reports, newsletters, scrapbooks, photograph albums, photographs, and other business records.

Research notes compiled by Susan Bonynge Strange and Lucretia Booth Evans in researching the Foot(e), Booth, and Colt lines of their family trees. This collection contains correspondence, genealogies, and photographs.

This collection contains material regarding the Fort Orange Garden Club such as minutes and reports from meetings, genealogies, general histories, personal histories, membership lists, projects, flower shows, public works, newspaper articles, awards, magazines, scrapbooks, maps, memorabilia, photographs, and slides.

Frederick Joseph Lawrence (1825-1904) was a prominent decorator and coach painter who resided in Albany, New York. This collection contains business papers, personal papers, Edward Tallmadge Papers, daguerreotypes, and newspapers.

Business records, correspondence, financial records, photograph reproductions, and scrapbooks of the firm.

A collection of family papers from George Hornell and Ursula Jane (Boyd) Thacher and their three children, Margaret Euphemia, John Boyd and George Hornell. The bulk of the collection is correspondence to and from various family members between the 1830’s to the 1880’s. The collection has a limited amount of the children’s schoolwork and grades; financial papers concerning day-to-day living and educational expenses including numerous bill heads of Albany business from that period; and a limited amount of unidentified photographs. Lastly, the collection includes financial materials from the Albany Army Relief Bazaar in 1864. A list of who donated money and other items is included.

The collection is composed of materials pertaining to the Godfrey and Furman families.

Ruth Gretchen Weeber (1913-1984) was an Albany, New York sketcher and painter of old Albany architecture. Her father Christian, developed the Weebermobile, and her sister, Marion, was a jewelry artist and designer. This collection includes photographs, exhibition information, memberships, awards, examples of work, and clippings.

Arthur Julius Hacker (1916–1999) and Marilynn Agnes Pyne (1918-2002) married in 1947. They had two children, both born in Albany: Craig Arthur Hacker (1951- ) and Arlynn Jean Hacker (1948- ).

Materials relating to the activities of Hajo Christoph, specifically his time working for the Fort Orange Paper Company designing graphic designs, and time spent as a member of the Albany Artists Group.

A collection of the Harder and Glass family papers and photographs

This collection contains the personal papers, photographs, writings, and scrapbooks of Mr. Harris Ottaway (1904-1999) as well as his decades of correspondence (1978-1999) with countless pen pals, most of whom were residents at the Kingsway Arms Nursing Home and retirement centers. Mr. Ottaway’s personal organizational system of the correspondence materials is left intact and generally follows a pure chronological order with an index.

Heath Babcock (1901-1992) worked at the New York State Library for 38 years as a medical librarian. This collection contains personal papers, photographs, and a scrapbook.

Liesel Hiemenz was born around 1913 in Germany. She had some memories of living through World War I, and many from World War II, and much of the collection consists of her stories.

The photographs in the collection were made by Frank W. Knapp, who operated a commercial photography studio on North Pearl Street from 1892 until shortly before he died on November 26, 1947.

Hendrickson was born in Albany, in 1866, and spent the majority of his years living and working as a professional photographer in and around the downstate city of Yonkers. This collection includes material relating to the photographer’s artistic and commercial work rather than his personal life.

This collection assembles hundreds of photographs and some slides that have come into the possession of the Hudson Area Library over the years, either by donation or purchase. Photographs date from the early 1800s to the mid-2000s and depict people, places, and activities in Hudson, N.Y. as well as wider Columbia County.