This collection contains papers depicting the memories and photographs of military life in World War II as witnessed by Adelbert Sahlberg and includes two NYS Military Museum videos of interviews recorded January 7, 2011.

New York organized a war council in 1940 to coordinate war-related efforts for local, state, and national defense during World War II. Beginning initially as a women’s organization, the Albany City and County War Council was formed in 1941 to coordinate efforts for the towns within Albany County. This collection contains administrative records, campaigns and projects efforts, publicity records, and index cards containing information on servicemen and women.

Records pertaining to Minns' military career in the Medical Service Corps, 1941-1961,including commissions, commendations, diplomas, Bronze Star citation, Second Oak Leaf Cluster citation, clippings and photographs. Also, deeds and mortgages, 1910-1912, pertaining to property at 151 High St. in Buffalo owned by Albert Minns, Sr.

This collection contains documents relating to the British War Relief Society as well as personal papers from the Mooers family.

This collection contains photographs of H.C. Spaulding Lumber; material from the Breesport High School; and Robert Lockner's World War II papers.

This collection contains postcards sent by Private Herbert Comfort to his wife, Martha, during World War II.

This collection contains letters between Tom Cummings, his wife Eleanor, and others during World War II.

This collection contains items pertaining to David Horwitz's service in the Navy during World War II.

This collection contains the papers of David M. Levy, a child psychiatrist who introduced the Rorschach test to the United States, was Chief of Staff at the New York Institute for Child Guidance, coined terms such as “sibling rivalry” and “maternal overprotection," and is credited with originating “activity play therapy,” in which children are encouraged to act out their emotions through play. The collection has 3 series: Personal Materials, General Correspondence, and Research Papers and Files, which has the sub-series Research Papers 1920s, Research Files 1930s and 1940s, Research Files 1940s and 1950s, Maternal Feelings, Maternal Overprotection/Rejection, Sibling Rivalry, Attitude Study, Kips Bay Attitude Study, Needle Study, Rorschach, Levy Movement Blots, Nazi Studies Information Control Division, Nazi Studies, Nazi Studies Postwar Germany, Tulane University, Society for Research in Child Development, Smith College Student Theses Reports of studies done at Institute for Child Guidance 1929-1932, Miscellaneous Research Files, and Miscellaneous Test Materials.

Collection of photographs and memorabilia related to Edward E. Oliver and family.