Guides: How Do I Find ~ Adirondack Resources: Image & Document Collections

Historical Image and Document Collections

Adirondack Experience Online Database
The Adirondack Experience's (formerly the Adirondack Museum) searchable catalog of nearly 30,000 records and images and objects from the permanent collections.

Chapman Museum Online Database
The Online Database is a searchable catalog of photographs, including almost 3000 images by Adirondack photographer S. R. Stoddard, manuscripts and other historic artifacts from the museum's collection.
FamilySearch - New York Census
Index to the population, agriculture, and industry schedules for New York State from 1790-1940. Includes links to full image reproductions of schedules for most years. Requires free account.
Library of Congress Digital Collections
The Library of Congress makes more than 2 million items from its collection available online, including images, manuscripts, books, notated music, audio and video recordings, and more.
New York Heritage Digital Collection
Digital collections (mostly images) from libraries, museums and archives in New York State.
New York Public Library Digital Collections
Over 800,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.
New York State Archives Digital Collections
Digitized images, maps, and documents from the collection of the New York State archives and library.

Creative Commons Search
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools. The search page provides a portal to image and media sites with content that is licensed for public use.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Digital Library
A wide assortment of selected images, publications, video and audio clips that are in the public domain.