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Collections & Artifacts


Bay Street looking north from Tappen Park, Stapleton, Staten Island, ca. 1907.
From the Postcard Collection of the History Archives & Library.
The History Archives & Library houses thousands of photographs and postcards that can be used for research or reproduction purposes.
List of Collections and Artifacts available to the public:
Abraham Winant Collection, 1845-1946
Account Books Storage Group, 1722-1897
Aeronautics on Staten Island
African-American History on Staten Island, 1693-1977
Albert Melniker Architectural Collection
Americana Storage Group, 1722-1897
Anthony Lanza Photograph Collection, 1940s
Anton's Notes, 1840-1865
Archaeology Papers, 1962-1972
Architectural Survey Collection, 1977-1980
Athletic Clubs on Staten Island, 1896-1930
Atlases, other, 1796-1960
Atlases, Staten Island, 1874-1917
Balthazar Kreischer Papers, 1850-1949
Biographies of Staten Islanders, 1851-1945
Bridges & Tunnels Caesar Nicoli, 1965
Captain John Carr Papers (Barnagat Lightship #19), 1913-1934
Carol Stryker Collection, 1918-1992
Charles Durant, 1829-1929
Charles W. Leng Papers, 1876-1941
Churches & Cemeteries on Staten Island, 1713-1978
Clark Family Papers
Color Photographers Club of Staten Island
Cornelius J. Kolff Real Estate Collection, 1787-1970
Daniel Low Bridgman Papers, 1919-1955
Edith Meyer Postcard Collection
Edward Close Delaven, Jr. Paper, 1828-1848
Elizabeth M. Newbold Collection, 1938-1940s
Environmental Collection, 1857-1990
Erastus Wiman Collection, 1886-1952
Expositions, 1609-1961
Ferries & Railroads Papers 1740-1929
Flora of Staten Island (Richmond County Collections), 1879-1929
Franz X. Hessinger Landscape Drawings & Manuscripts, 1860-1879
Fred Sklenar Collection, 1949
Frederick Law Olmsted Collection, 1667-1973
French Court Documents, 1371-1643
Gabriel Poillon Disoway Papers, 1828-1848
Genealogies: Staten Island Families, 1597-1990s
Genealogy
Geology of Staten Island, 1813-1979
George W. Haughwout, 1677-1969
George W. Tuttle Papers, 1904-1917
George William Curtis Papers, 1784-1955
Gil Wasserman Collection & Papers, 1950-1979
Gilbert Wasserman Map Collection 1925-1961
Gravelle-Foster Collection, 1945-1954
Hans Behm Papers
Howard Henderson Cleaves Collection, 1902-1978
Hugh Powell Papers & Collection 1834-1978
Jacques Jacobsen Jr., 1800-1960s
James Paul Chapin Papers, 1900-1966
Jasper Cropsey, 1866-1909
John Jeremy Crooke Papers, 1861-1911
John Loeffler Family Collection, 1850-1980
Journals, Daybooks, Classbooks: Storage Collection 1800-1949
Land Papers, Richmond County, 1670-1939
Lee Ellison, 1929-1958
Louis L. Tribus Collection, 1865-1930
Louis Pope Gratacap Papers, 1884-1920
Mabel Abbott Paper, 1874-1973
Manteo Family Sicilian Marionette Theatre, 1919-1989
Maps & Atlases Maps, other, 1902-1957
Maps, Staten Island 1826-1978
Mathilde Weingartner, 1915-1984
Microfilm
Military Records Collection, 1799-1977
Movie Making on Staten Island
Nathaniel J. Wyeth Papers, 1866-1888
Nathaniel Lord Britton Papers, 1662-1935
New Jersey Collection, 1903-1972
New York City Collection, 1836-1977
New York State Collection, 1830-1972
Newspaper
Newspaper Research
Organizations Collection, 1783-1979
Pond Survey Papers, 1834-1978
Real Estate, 1920-1989
Resorts, 1899-1931
Richard Conner Papers, 1770-1842
Richmond Borough Records
Richmond County Medical Society, 1806-1999
Richmond County Papers, 1766-1979
Robert Brooks Smith Papers
Robert O'Conner, MD, 1928-1999
Rossville Collection, 1684-1974
Sailors Snug Harbor Collection, 1853-1979
Sanderson Smith Map Collection, 16__-1857
Schools & Colleges, 1884-present
Siebenheller Collection
Smith Infirmary Collection with other hospitals, 1864-1957
Sports, 1889-2000
Staten Island Artists & Musicians
Staten Island Authors
Staten Island Bird & Nature Club Papers, 1916-1948
Staten Island Business & Industry
Staten Island Family Papers, Wills, Administration Letters & Inventories 1704-1876
Staten Island Ferry
Staten Island History Pamphlets, 1700-present
Staten Island Organizations
Staten Island Parks 1895-1978
Staten Island Planning Collection
Staten Island Quarantine Collection, 1845-1971
Steele Papers, 1702-1959
The Clifton Boat Club Papers, 1881-1914
The Papers of Charles Arthur Hollick, 1843-1933
The Papers of Charles Gilbert Hine, 1883-1933
The Scrapbook Collection & Storage Group, 1860-1903
Thomas Fatzinger Patterson Papers, 1879-1899
Thomas W. Letts Collection, 1861-1923
Transcripts from Audio/Video Recordings
Tube Maps, 1930-1969
Walter Stuart Collection, 1880-1955
Water Supply Records
Weather Collection, 1887-1981
Whitford Architectural Collection, 1907-1963
William H. Weigmann Papers, 1899-1953
William T. Davis Papers, 1807-1945
William Winter Collection, 1886-1952
Women's Collection - A Storage Group, 1816-1979