The dedicated librarians at the Stony Brook University Library have created this most excellent research guide and digital archive that covers all things Long Island. On their homepage, visitors can use the Long Island Documents area to view recently acquired items from key figures in local (and national) history, such as George Clinton, James Jay, and Benjamin Tallmadge. Also on the site is the...

Named after President James Monroe, Monroe County is part of upstate New York. The industrial metropolis of Rochester sits within its boundaries, and one of its key institutions is the Monroe County Library System. Over the past several years, the System has created this treasure trove of digital collections which dissect and organize the history of the area through historic maps, architectural...

If you have ever dreamed of having access to over 2.3 million newspaper pages from 65 newspapers in northern New York, this website will make that dream a reality. Created and maintained by the Northern New York Library Network, the online collection contains historical newspapers from counties that include Clinton, Essex, Oswego, and St. Lawrence. The dailies here include the Clarkson Integrator,...

The diversity of the city of New York for many seems to be one of the best examples of America’s “melting pot”, and for many people around the world, Gotham is the city that first comes to mind when thinking about America’s great urban metropolises. It is of course no surprise to many informed members of the public that the city was also at the heart of the slave trade for close to two hundred...

Westchester County, which consists of 48 municipalities spreading out along the Hudson river north of New York City, has a written history that stretches back to the visits of Giovanni da Varrazzano and Henry Hudson in the 16th and 17th centuries. These digital collections from the Westchester County Archives tap into that cultural and historical richness with a bevy of atlases, historical maps,...