Records of local businesses, families, and organizations. Photographs, maps, architectural drawings, account books, diaries, personal correspondence, scrapbooks, broadsides, business records, pamphlets, programs, ephemera, and vertical files by family name, subject, and town. Specific collections include the Diaries of Caroline H.S. Van Santvoord, 1890-1913; Gideon Lathrop, 1823-1877; and Julia A. Holland, 1900-1902. Papers of Staunton B. Smith, school teacher, 1858-1939; Capt. William Howard, naval officer, 1815-1827; the Butler family, especially Lizzie O. Butler Kirkbride and Lydia Butler Booth, 1842-1967; Levinus Clarkson, businessman, 1839-1857; Edward L. Clarkson, fruit producer, 1873-1876; the McKinstry family, 1787-1918; the Van Alstyne family, 1667-1854; Vanderpoel family, 1791-1886; and the Van Schaack family, 1769-1872.
