The Strong Collection is composed of land records, legal documents, correspondence, receipts, genealogical information, photographs, and other documents pertaining to the Bradt, Strong, and Van Patten families, collected by H. Elizabeth Strong (Hannah Elizabeth Vedder Strong). The collection includes a significant amount of material related to early settlement of Schenectady, as well as the land and trusteeship disputes in the city.

Harmen Harmanse was the patriarch of the Gansevoort family in Albany, New York, arriving in the area by 1657. Although not the first Ten Eyck in America, Jacob C. Ten Eyck was the first to come to Albany, moving from Manhattan after 1654. The two families intermarried several times over the years, along with other Dutch families in the area. This collection includes correspondence, financial records, estate records, and other family-related information.

Scrapbooks including topics related to the history of Schenectady, NY, with particular emphasis on the history of railroads, the Mont Pleasant neighborhood, the Westinghouse family and company, local schools and churches, and the YMCA.

This is a collection of materials put together by the Albany Institute of History & Art staff and volunteers.

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

The collection is composed of the records of Schenectady Liederkranz, a German-American singing club and social organization founded in 1871 and disbanded in 2005. Materials in the collection include meeting minutes, sheet music, membership records, financial records, newsletters, photographs, event programs, audio-visual materials, plaques and awards, and ephemera.

The diaries of Rev. J. Philip B. Pendleton, rector of St. George’s Episcopal Church, Schenectady.

The Emma T. Yates Collection is composed of materials related to the estate, finances, and land transactions of Emma T. Yates.

The collection is composed of memorabilia and records of the Carl Company chain of department stores.

The collection comprises photographs, ephemera, notes, articles, and original writing compiled and created by Frank Keetz about professional baseball in Schenectady