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- Indigenous History
- A drawn Map of Colonel Romer's journey amongst the five Nations confederated with Her Majesty on the Continent of America, 1700
- Deed for the purchase of indigenous lands on Staten Island, July 10 1657
- Photo of portion of Deed for Indigenous Lands, dated May 29, 1757.
- Map of the Present War in North America, 1757
- Map of the State of New York, 1788
- Map of the State of New York, 1793-4
- Map of Oneida Reservation, 1810
- Map of New York with Location of Indians Reservations
- Map of Onondaga Reservation, 1910
- Woman with Basket and Bead Work. Onondaga Reservation, N.Y.
- Onondaga Children on Reservation
- Slavery
- Petition of Sarah Robins, a Free-born Indian Woman
- New York Slave Code, 1730
- Will of Rachel Bogardus, October 2, 1781
- Manumission of Mink, April 28, 1795
- An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, 1799
- Overseer of the Poor Record, Town of Orange, Rockland County, April 13, 1803
- Runaway Slave Broadside for Killis, January 5, 1807
- Letter from Killis to Mr. James Carpenter, Goshen, June 17, 1816
- An Act Relative to Slaves and Servants, 1817
- Advertisement of a Runaway Slave, 1823
- Receipt for the Sale of an Enslaved Woman Named Bate, 1769
- Receipt for Enslaved Woman, 1779
- Colonial America
- American Revolution
- A list of the number of men necessary for West Point, circa 1780
- A map of the country in which the army under Lt. General Burgoyne acted in the campaign of 1777
- Artillery Orders Found on John Andre
- Benedict Arnold Letter Offering West Point for 20,000 Pounds
- Benedict Arnold to Colonel Varick about Rewarding for Merit, October 30, 1776
- Details on West Point's Redoubts, circa 1780
- Estimation of Forces at West Point, 1780
- Letter written by Joshua Smith, 1780
- Map of Bemis Heights and Saratoga Battlefield
- Map of Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery
- Map of Hudson River Sites Related to John Andre
- Map of the New York Frontier in the Revolution
- Pass Found on Major John Andre
- Pass for Joshua Smith, 1780
- Pass for Joshua Smith, 1780, side 1 of 2
- Pass for Joshua Smith and John Anderson, 1780
- Pass for Joshua Smith to White Plains, 1780
- Return of Ordnance for West Point, 1780
- Treason of the Blackest Dye
- Expansion and Reform
- Civil War and Reconstruction
- 24 Weeks on the Potomac
- Application of Late Army Nurse Amelia Clayton
- Broadside Call for 50 Volunteers, Otsego N.Y.
- Civil War Muster Roll Abstract for Alfred Penny 82nd Infantry
- Civil War Muster Roll Abstract for Archibald Penny 83rd Infantry
- Civil War Muster Roll Abstract for Elijah Penny of the 4th Heavy Artillery
- Charleston Mercury Extra Proclaiming that the Union is Dissolved
- Colonel E. E. Ellsworth (1837-61). From Brady negative from life in collection of F. H. Meserve, New York
- Condolence letter written by President Abraham Lincoln, November 21, 1864 to Mrs. Lydia Bixby
- Descriptive List of Substitute Deserters, Oswego N.Y.
- James C. Spry Muster Roll Abstract, 1863-1865
- Letter from Alfred Penny to his Father; April 24, 1861
- Letter from Alfred Penny to his Father; May 26, 1861
- Letter from Alfred Penny to his Mother; May 19, 1862
- Letter from Archibald Penny to his Father; May 19, 1861
- Letter from Archibald Penny to his Mother; July 2 and 4, 1863
- Letter from Archibald Penny to his Mother; July 9, 1863
- Letter from Archibald Penny to his Parents; April 28, 1864
- Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; June 29, 1862
- Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; July 6, 1862
- Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; July 18, 1862
- Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; July 20, 1862
- Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; July 27, 1862
- Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; July 28, 1862
- Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; May 13, 1863
- Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; June 14, 1863
- Letter from Jane Penny to her Husband June 6, 1863
- Letter from Jane Penny to her Husband, June 14, 1863
- Proclamation by Major General Charles W. San[d]ford, 1861
- Record of Men Who Served in the Civil War from the Town of Patterson, Putnam County
- Return of Civil War Officers and Enlisted Men Who Have Been in the Military or Naval Service, Volume 5
- Return of Civil War Officers and Enlisted Men Who Have Died While in Service, Volume 6
- Wounding of General Sickles at Gettysburg
- Industrialization
- World War I
- Albert Wegnes' Farm Cadet Essay, World War I, ca. 1918
- Charlotte Avery's Farm Cadet Essay, World War I, ca.1918
- Donald Jamieson's Farm Cadet Essay, World War I, ca. 1918
- Dorothy Gould's Farm Cadet Essay, World War I
- Elsie Blum's Farm Cadet Essay, World War I, September 12, 1918
- Farmer Friend, Ontario County Emergency Farm Labor Application, World War I, ca. 1917
- Francis Paretta's Farm Cadet Essay, World War I, September 10, 1918
- George Baker's Farm Cadet Essay, World War I, December 10th, 1918
- Governor Whitman's Proclamation about the New York State Boys Working Reserve, March 14, 1918
- "Keep Old Glory Waving" Palladium Times, Oswego, June 26, 1918
- Lulu Wagar, Farm Cadet Essay, World War I, ca. 1918
- New York State Boys' Working Reserve Pamphlet
- New York State Food Supply Commission Poster, May 8, 1917
- Patriotic Emergency Farm Labor Enrollment Card, 1918
- Peter C. Kelly's Farm Cadet Essay, World War I
- Ruth Shaw, Farm Cadet Essay, World War I, Cortland High School, ca. 1918
- "Wake Up Men of Canandaigua!" Broadside, World War I, ca. 1917
- "What the Education Department has Undertaken," Farm Cadet Program, Agriculture and Training, World War I, ca. 1917
- William Sogg's Farm Cadet Essay, World War I, 1918
- Great Depression
- Peter Paper Eater
- Food Conservation Booklet, Page 2
- Food Conservation Booklet, Pages 18-19
- What Can You Spare that They Can Wear
- Sky's the Limit for Paper
- Root Cellar
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- Closet Full of Canned Foods from Victory Garden
- Letter. George Lent to Brother, November 13, 1929
- Letter. George Lent to Brother, March 4, 1931
- Letter. George Lent to Brother, March 16, 1931
- Letter. George Lent to Brother, April 29, 1932
- Letter. George Lent to Brother, April, 19, 1934
- Letter. Helen Lent to George Lent, March 25, 1938
- Letter. Lillian to George Lent, December 8, 1941
- Letter. George Lent to Brother, December 16, 1941
- Depression-Era Telegram
- Letter from Mary A Young Concerning Workplace Discrimination
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- Letter from Stella Lopata to the Town of Kirkland Planning Board Supporting the Construction of Windmills
- Article. Haitian Farm Workers
- Ashokan Reservoir
- Catskill Aqueduct
- Croton Dam and End of Reservoir
- Croton Dam from Above
- Gilboa Reservoir
- High Bridge and Croton Water Works in New York City
- Map of the Southern Section of the New York City Water Supply System
- Map of the Northern Section of the New York City Water Supply System
- Letter. Lyman Avery to Governor Rockefeller
- Letter. Joseph C. Reiners Jr. to Governor Rockefeller
- Letter. Vivian Akerston to Governor Rockefeller
- Letter. Mary E. Breen Braley to Governor Rockefeller
- Letter. Davis W. Griffin to Governor Rockefeller
- Letter. Anne Lyons to Governor Rockefeller
- Postcard. Mr. and Mrs. Magee to Governor Rockefeller
- Letter. Residents of Rome, New York to Governor Rockefeller
- Letter. Elma R. Twickell to Governor Rockefeller
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- Arthur Allen and Harold Johnson
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- Leon Fisher, Frank Goldsmith, Frew Hopkins and Lars Larsen
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- Charles Allen, Clinton Hall, Arthur Mordecai, and George Collin
- Sidney Ayres, Gerald Fisher, Clyde Gelder, and James Rutenber
- Jennie W. C. Horton and National Guard
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- Black History Month
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- Shirley Chisholm
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- NYS Bill and Veto Jackets: 2014, Chapter 355
- Mount Marcy from side of Mount Skylight
- Weather-injured red pines, Lewis, Essex County
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- Weather inj., W.P. with extra-season shoots wholly or partly frosted in "August freeze"
- Pollution Control
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- Ashokan Reservoir
- Catskill Aqueduct
- Croton Dam and End of Reservoir
- Croton Dam from Above
- Gilboa Reservoir
- High Bridge and Croton Water Works in New York City
- Map of the Northern Section of the New York City Water Supply System
- Map of the Southern Section of the New York City Water Supply System
- Letter. Lyman Avery to Governor Rockefeller
- Letter. Joseph C. Reiners Jr. to Governor Rockefeller
- Letter. Vivian Akerston to Governor Rockefeller
- Letter. Mary E. Breen Braley to Governor Rockefeller
- Letter. Davis W. Griffin to Governor Rockefeller
- Letter. Anne Lyons to Governor Rockefeller
- Postcard. Mr. and Mrs. Magee to Governor Rockefeller
- Letter. Residents of Rome, New York to Governor Rockefeller
- Letter. Elma R. Twickell to Governor Rockefeller
- Forest Preservation
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- Chapel Pond Pass showing fire scarred mountain
- Illustrating operation of weighting with alidade
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- Robert Whalen
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- Interview with Rose Hoffman
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- Washing, Filling, and Crowning Mineral Water Bottles at Saratoga Springs
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- N.Y.S.F.I.C. Form 3: Wage Classification, Establishment 7618
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- Meat Packing Industry: Trimming Pork
- Child Labor
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- Estimation of Forces at West Point
- Details on West Point's Redoubts, circa 1780
- Return of Ordnance for West Point, 1780
- Artillery Orders Found on John Andre
- A list of the number of men necessary for West Point, circa 1780
- Pass Found on Major John Andre
- Pass for Joshua Smith and John Anderson, 1780
- Pass for Joshua Smith, 1780, side 1 of 2
- Pass for Joshua Smith, 1780
- Pass for Joshua Smith to White Plains, 1780
- The Capture
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