Seventeenth century to the present
Collections consist of family, corporate, and organizational papers and records, account books, diaries, and miscellaneous single-item accessions.
* Please note, not all manuscript collections found in the library catalogue have finding aids.
For available manuscript collection finding aids, open links below:
Albany Architecture: Photographs by Gary Gold & Mark McCarty Collection, 1989-1993, MG 219
Albany Art Union Collection, 1910-1968, MG 79
Albany Bicentennial Commission Records, 1871-1922, BB 245
Albany Boys' Club Records Inventory, 1907-1981, MG 99
Albany Business College Records, MG 76
Albany City and County War Council Records, 1940-1946, MG 111
Albany Civic Theater Records, 1955-2008, MG 200
Albany Committee for the Relief of Ireland Records, 1847-1848, CD 528
Albany County Court Calendar Records, 1794-1895, FL 835
Albany Hardware and Iron Company Records, 1797-1986, MG 139
Albany Helps Nijmegen Committee Records, 1947-1948, MG 238
Albany Institute of History & Art Collection of Memorabilia, 1755-1969, FF 804
Albany Institute of History & Art Early Documents Collection, 1707-1794, FR 886
Albany Mayors Collection, 1706-1925, CW 554
Albany Orphanage Asylum Collection, 1928-1989, MG 275
Albany's Early Days of Running Papers, 1916-1990, MG 224
Albany Sports Programs Collection, 1979-1997, MG 198
Albany Symphony Orchestra Records, 1972-1995, MG 169
Albany Theater Programs Inventory, 1862-1946, GD 77-06
Allen-Auchmuty Papers Inventory, 1824-1865, DL 579
Annesley & Co. Collection, circa 1860-1875, MG 231
Annesley & Co. Records, 1898-1911, HP 81-05
Arnold-Cogswell Papers Inventory, 1676-1931, FG 807
Ashley/Van Alystyne/Fitch/Hull Family Papers, 1799-1981, MG 78
Autograph Albums Collection Inventory, 1833-1884, JL 83-14
Banks Family Papers, 1798-1973, DM 580
Bayard Urquhart Livingston, Jr. Papers, 1741-1945, AS 191
Bedlow, Corpron, and McRae Family Papers, 1773-1890, MG 67
Bender Historic Albany Foundation Papers, 1974-2013, MG 272
Blasie Family Papers, 1860s-1950s, MG 213
Bleecker Family Papers Inventory, 1751-1838, EX 757
Boardman & Gray's Piano Manufactory Collection, 1848-2007, MG 203
Boyd Family Papers, 1835-1978, MG 82
Brady Papers Inventory, 1889-1934, HK 80-28
Burdick Family Papers, circa 1850s-1995, MG 233
Burghart Family Papers Inventory, 1763-1816, GE 77-19
Capitol Hill Choral Society Records, 1953-1987, MG 189
Capitol Hill Choral Society Sheet Music Collection Inventory, 1967-1969, MG 211
Center Square Association, Inc., Records, 1958-2013, MG 22
Charles Alexander Clinton Papers, 1819-1855, MG 193
Charles Calverley Portfolio for Robert Burns Statue, 1873-1889, MG 240
Charles Knickerbacker Winne, Jr. Genealogical Papers, 1911-1965, MG 273
City Neighbors Project Collection, 1975-2001, MG 135
Clarence Hamilton Corning Papers, 1864-circa 1900, BD 299
Connie Frisbee's 4-H Club Collection, 1957-1966, MG 199
Consolidated Car Heating Company Inventory, 1887-1969, MG 144
Council of Albany Neighborhood Associations (CANA) Records Inventory, 1974-1993, MG 23
Cranch-Greenleaf Papers, 1749-1917, CU 552
Dana Natural History Society Collection, 1871-1996, MG 125
Daniel E. Button Papers, 1952-2009, MG 247
Daniel O'Connell Papers, 1899-1939, MG 85
Daughters of the American Revolution, Mohawk Chapter, 1785-2019, MG 256
DeWitt Clinton Broadside Collection, 1775-1813, GR 78-10
Dibblee and Brown Records Inventory, 1822-1850, GJ 777-37
Dorothy and Gertrude Lathrop Collection, 1920-1991, MG 15
Dorothy T. Arnold Collection of Theater and Opera Programs, 1911-1915, MG 221
Dorr Family Papers, 1789-1978, BU 445
Dr. Albert Vander Veer Papers, 1538-1953, DB 560
Early Dutch Records Collection Inventory, 1651-1815, DV 607
Edward P. Buyck Papers Inventory, 1924-1962, FC 782
Edwards Family Papers, 1840-1879, DC 561
Edwin Corning Papers Inventory, 1890-1964, FX 1046
Erastus Corning I Papers Inventory, 1801-1930, AP 166
Erastus Corning 2nd Papers Inventory, 1942-1983, MG 83
Erastus Dow Palmer Papers, 1846-1955, AQ 185
Fleet's New York State Bank Collection Inventory, 1801-1991, MG 6
Florence Christoph Research Notes Collection, 1699-2007, MG 236
Fonda Family Papers Inventory, 1729-1826, CT 551
Foot(e)/Booth/Colt Genealogical Collection, 1988-2014, MG 243
Fort Orange Garden Club Records, 1923-2007, MG 237
Frank W. Rosell Papers, 1853-1959, MG 91
Frederick J. Lawrence Papers Inventory, 1842-1972, FM 845
Friday Morning Club Records, 1887-2000, MG 174
Fuller and Wheeler Records, 1891-1896, BJ 322
Gansevoort and Ten Eyck Family Papers, 1711-1902, MG 1
Gardner Rand Papers, 1674-1897, BL 374
Garvan-Brady Papers, 1893-1975, JO-86-10
Genet Family Papers, 1778-1909, CL 543
George H. Thacher Family Papers, 1830-1884, MG 177
George W. Featherstonhaugh and Family Papers Inventory, 1771-1845, HA 78-34
Germania Hall Collection, 1881-2007, MG 249
Gifford Family Papers, 1879-1900, BL 238
Goodwin Family Papers, 1835-1940, FO 861
Gretchen Weeber Papers Inventory, 1918-1985, MG 38
Hacker Family Papers, 1864-2000, MG 179
Hajo Christoph Papers, 1926-1977, MG 195
Harder and Glass Family Papers Inventory, 1898-1972, MG 9
Harry D. and Anita P. Yates Papers Inventory, 1920-1993, MG 71
Heath Babcock Papers, 1902-1976, MG 36
Herrick Family Papers, 1868-1940, DA 559
Hiemenz Family Papers, 1932-1946, MG 206
Howard Townsend Papers Inventory, 1687-1864, AD 116
Hudson Valley Paper Company Records, 1884-1999, MG 228
Hun Family Papers, 1667-1961, BK 346
Hybertie Lansing Pruyn Hamlin Papers Inventory, 1881-1956, AF 121
Integrating Delmar Collection, 1962-2010, MG 260
Irwin F. Cortelyou Papers on the Works of Ezra Ames, 1919-1987, MG 86
Jagger Family Papers, 1845-1956, BP 413
James E. Beebe, Jr. Papers, 1941-1946, MG 142
James La Grange Sloop Account Book MSBND 00032
Jared Holt Shoe Wax Company Collection, 1834-1989, MG 215
John Boyd Thacher II Papers, 1932-1939, DS 594
John Dunn Murphy Collection, 1890-1997, MG 65
John F. Kennedy Assassination Media Collection, 1963-1966, MG 235
John L. Thompson Sons & Co. Records, 1818-1972, CG 531
John Mason Clarke Papers, 1865-1925, FV 1027
John McConihe Papers, 1857-1870, AY 225
John Quincy Adams Ward Papers, 1800-1933, CM 544
John R. Hauf Journals, 1913-2006, MG 234
Jonas Hapgood Brooks Papers Inventory, 1764-1901, BO 411
Joseph W. Clark Papers, circa 1850s-1934, undated, AK 152
Judge Francis Bergan Collection, 1916-1998, MG 230
June B. Martin Papers, 1926-1995, MG 178
Junior Friday Morning Club Records, 1897-2005, MG 168
Junior League of Albany Records, 1917-2017, MG 263
Kenmore Hotel Entertainment Records, 1922-1932, HQ 81-12
Kenmore Hotel Records, 1890-1949, MG 220
Lansing/Townsend/Spencer Family Papers, 1717-1903, MG 3
Larry Johnson Papers on the Kingsmen, 1956-1958, MG 191
Launt Thompson Children's Correspondence, 1880-1888, MG 242
Leonard Gansevoort Jr. Papers, 1770-1839, FB 780
Livingston Family Papers, 1853-1920s, MG 115
Ludlow Family Papers, 1743-1929, FH 810
Lush Family Papers, 1727-1860, DG 565
Lydia A. Butler Diaries, 1848-1868, BT 430
Madison Liquor and Wine Store Collectionm 1933-1954, MG 161
Mansion Neighborhood Association Records, 1971-1994, MG 75
Marcus Gardner Papers Inventory, 1860-1893, AT 192
Marcus T. Reynolds Diaries, 1899-1937, FY 1055
Marian Irvis Hughes: Black Children Education in Albany Collection, 1998, MG 217
Marion Weeber Papers, 1939-1994, MG 7
Marwill Family Collection, 1935-1974, MG 50
Mary Palmer Calverley Byrne-Ivy Papers, 1832-1953, C 500
Maybelle Mann Research on Walter Launt Palmer, 1970s-1985, MG 190
McKinney Steel Company Records Inventory, 1906-1929, MG 117
Menges Family Collection, 1898-1944, MG 13
Michael N. Nolan Papers, 1879-1966, AG 126
Milton Hamilton Papers, 1911-1987, MG 84
Needlework Patterns and Designs from the Collection of Catharine Van Rensselaer, 1819-1895, G 1101
New York Central Railroad - Harold Ross Collection, 1937-1960, MG 216
New York State Agricultural Society Records, 1792-1856, DH 566
New York State Legislative Correspondents Association Annual Dinner Programs, 1916-2012, MG 250
Nicolas John Polydouris Papers, 1952-1961, MG 226
Nina Saunders Derby Papers, circa 1860-1952, MG 227
Olga Briggs and Helen Fay Papers, 1936-1972, MG 208
Onderdonk Family Papers, early 1800s-2006, MG 225
Otto Plaug Papers, 1898-2008, MG 259
Palmer-Gavit Family Papers, 1815-1985, MG 12
Parker Dunn Papers, 1910s-1960s, MG 45
Paul Cushman Papers, 1821-1859, MG 52
Postcard Collection, circa 1900-1980, MG 157
Prevost Family Papers, 1764-1943, CR 549
Pruyn Family Papers, 1679-1978, JQ 84-08
Reynolds Family Collection, 1847-1937, MG 81
Robert B. Rutgers Papers, 1754-1834, JH 83-03
Robert Russell Fayles Papers, 1915-1919, MG 218
Ruth Roberts's African Americans in Albany Research Collection, 1967-1976, MG 10
Saint Andrew's Society Records, 1803-1993, MG 156
Sanford Vint Vanderzee Collection, 1872-1936, MG 120
Schuyler Family Papers Inventory, 1657-1960s, CX 555
Sheet Music Collection, 1835-1943, FD 783
Skinner Stamp Collection, 1893-1968, BW 457
St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church Records, 1835-1956, MG 77
Stahler Family Papers, 1860-1960, MG 204
Street Academy - Harriet Gibbons High School Collection, 1970-2005, MG 214
Sutherland Commission Merchants Papers, 1900-1923, MG 274
Ten Broeck Family Papers, 1761-1950, AE 117
Ten Eyck Family and Coeymans Patent Papers, 1764-1887, DU 602
Ten Eyck Family Papers, 1720-1968, BA 235
Ten Eyck Family St. Croix Papers, 1716-1888, MG 2
Ten Eyck/Bronk Family Papers, 1754-1928, MG 8
Teunis Van Vechten Papers, 1827-1930, MG 222
Thomas Cole Collection, 1807-1966, CV 553
Thomas Worth Olcott Papers Inventory, 1739-1924, CS 550
Tom Dorsey (Tom Two Arrows) Collection, 1935-2007, MG 252
Troy and Rensselaer County Artists, c. 1790-c. 1950s, MG 268
Upstate Artists Guild Records, 2004-2012, MG 229
Van Rensselaer Family, East Manor Papers Inventory, 1698-1889, HL 80-30
Van Rensselaer Family Papers (Vlie House) Inventory, 1728-1920, A1
Van Rensselaer Family Papers (Mrs. Benjamin Walworth Arnold Papers) Inventory, AA 2
Walter Launt Palmer Collection, 1873-1959, BV 448
Webster Family Correspondence, 1798-1838, MG 239
Weed, Parsons & Company Records Inventory, 1888-1929, MG 73
Wemple Family Genealogical Papers, 1894-1905, MG 30
Wheeler Family Papers Inventory, undated, GU 78-21
Will Hicok Low Papers, 1872-1969, BR 418
William C. Bouck Papers Inventory, 1801-1877, BX 461
William Curtiss Carroll Papers, 1862-1928, MG 197
William E. Woollard Papers, 1897-1940, MG 187
William Gorham Rice Carillon Papers, 1862-1938, DP 587
William Law Learned Peltz Collection of Postal History, 1702-1969, BC 256
William Law Learned Peltz Ephemera Collection, 1827-1961, BC 248
William Law Learned Peltz Personal Papers, 1900-1952, BC 267
William McEwan Coal Company Records, 1863-1972, MG 192
William Paterson Van Rensselaer Papers Inventory, 1787-1863, BM 400
Wilson-Meads Families Correspondence Inventory, 1824-1930, DK 567
Winifred Goldring Papers, 1899-1971, MG 24
Winne Family Papers, 1708-1910, MG 72
Women's Seal and Stamp Club of Albany Records, 1936-1997, MG 212
Woodward Family Papers, 1808-1925, FJ 819
Zwack and Sons Funeral Home Records Inventory, 1886-1938, MG 210