The Albany Institute of History & Art Library is a non-circulating research library with collections related to the art, history, and culture of the upper Hudson Valley of New York. Collections include manuscript materials, photographs, maps, rare books, and other collections dating from the seventeenth century to the present.
Archival material related to the Stedman, Woolverton, and McEwan families of Albany. Contains genealogical information, photographs, correspondence, a scrapbook, and some personal materials from the families.
Collected materials relating to the baseball and basketball career of George Payne, Jr., as well as his father George Payne, Sr. Collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence dating from 1916 to 1969. This collection was given in memory of George A. Payne, Jr., by his daughter Georgeann Helen Payne.