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.

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.

There are 397 photographs of the various streets and neighborhoods throughout the Albany area taken by a number of unknown photographers collected by Albany native Michael Buonora.

Henry Van Houten Onderdonk (1815-1886) was born to Peter and Eleanor Chatterton Onderdonk. He married twice and had five children with his second wife, Sarah Potter Mitchell Onderdonk.

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

William Horace Noyes (1863-1928) was an avocational photographer whose profession was vocational education. The William H. Noyes Collection consists of photographic images of Albany and nearby locales.

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 22 photographs and 1 newspaper clipping of the Virgilio Family, a local ethnic Italian family in Albany, New York. It centers mainly on George and John Virgilio and their tailor and laundry business.

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

The Joseph Allgaier collection spans the period from the late 1800’s to about 1964 and primarily contains photographs relating to activities in the Albany area. The collection is divided into four series: News Photographs - Events; News Photographs - People; Studio Portraits; and Studios Outside Albany.