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Our collections include diaries, correspondence, scrapbooks, maps, audio-visual materials, photographs, ledgers, and other primary research materials.
Materials in our collections range from the mid-18th century to the present, covering such topics as the founding of Plattsburgh and other regional towns and villages, the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, folklore, land transfers, local businesses and politics, transportation, slavery and anti-slavery, and much more.
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- Addoms Family Papers
- Adgate, D. Whitney Papers
- Adgate, Asa Family Papers, 1799–1888
- Adgate Family Papers
- Adirondack Wind Ensemble Concert Programs, Posters, and Publicity Materials, 2002–
- Altona Central School Oral History Project
- Andrus, Albert Collection
- Arnold Family Papers, 1858–1914
- Baker Family Papers, 1801–1824
- Barber, Charles Collection
- Beckwith, George M. Papers
- Beth Israel Congregation Records & Judaic Studies Collection
- Broadwell Papers
- Broder, Lucas Collection
- Brown, George Justice of the Peace and Other Records, Crown Point, N.Y., 1832–1879
- Champlain College Collection
- Clinton County Land Papers
- Clintonville, N.Y. Iron Works Records, 1825–1890
- Includes Collections 64.3, 65.5, and 65.10
- Collins Family Papers
- Columbe, Filmore J. Business Records, 1886–1928
- Cotter, Edwin N., Jr. Collection on John Brown
- Crown Point School District Records, 1866–1949
- Davis, Darius and Orson Tannery Records, Crown Point, N.Y., 1808–1836
- Daughters of the American Revolution, Saranac Chapter (Plattsburgh, N.Y.), Scrapbooks and Other Materials, 1913–1973
- Dean, James Letters
- Deming-Putnam-Hale Collection
- Estes Family Correspondence, 1856–1916
- Everest, Dr. Allan Seymour Research Materials
- Everett Family Papers
- Felton Collection
- Fleury, Joan and Jim Collection of Karen J. Fleury Memorial Bicycle Path Materials
- Freligh Family Papers
- Grant, John Collection on Grant, Giraud, and Platt Estates
- Hartman, Paul H. Collection
- Havens, Levi Civil War Letters
- Hopkins-Stearns Papers
- Howell Witherill Hotel and Family Papers
- Hudson Family Papers and Research Materials
- Keese Family Letters
- Kellogg, Dr. David Sherwood, Journals; Clinton County Historical, Military, and Archaeological Research; and Family Materials
- Kent-Delord Collection
- LaDue, Robert Property Surveys
- Langdon Commando, Mary Dorothy Letters
- Larkin Collection
- Lobdell Collection
- Macomb, Alexander Letters
- New York Postcards in Special Collections
- Northern Railroad Business Records, 18231926
- Penfield Collection on Mooers, Altona, and West Chazy, 1822–1912
- Plattsburgh (N.Y.) Feed & Grocery Company Records, 1919–1938
- Plattsburgh (N.Y.) Planning Board Papers, July 1970–December 1977
- Plattsburgh Pride Inc. Materials, 1980–1984
- Pollard, Dr. Gordon C. Archaeological Research Materials, 1964–2010 -
- Porter, Marjorie L. Collection of Ballads and Lore
- Rogers, J. and J. Company Records
- Rabideau, Moses Joseph Family Papers
- Ross Family Letters
- Rowe, Cynthia Collection on Ellenburg, N.Y., Medical Wast Incinerator Controversy, 1989–1997 and Groundwater Contamination Issue, 1998–2010
- Sawyer, Asa and Joseph Family Letters
- Skaggs, David Curtis, Commodore Thomas Macdonough Research Collection
- Society of the Second War with Great Britain in the State of New York Materials, 1873–1930
- Sperry Family and Business Papers
- Stetson-Thew Family Papers
- Stevenson, George, Journals and Papers, 1838–1857
- Stowell, Frank W. Business Records
- Thew Family Letters
- Tormey, Michael-William Hartwell Correspondence
- Torrance Family Letters, Receipts, and Other Material
- Tremblay, Peter Business and Personal Papers
- Trimble, Chilion A. Correspondence, 1809–1861
- Trombly, Charles Sr. and Charles Jr., Homestead Financial Records, 1873–1959
- Walworth, Hiram Collection on Alexander H. Grant, Joseph Giraud, and Zephaniah C. Platt
- Weed-Standish Collection
- Wells, Phyllis Collection on Clinton County Churches and Other Clinton County History
- West Bangor Collection
- Windsor Hotel Records
- Winkel, Nina Papers and Sculpture Records, 1931–1989
- Wool, John Ellis Correspondence, 1830–1866