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Research Collections

The collections of the New York State Archives and the New York State Library's Manuscripts and Special Collections Unit document virtually every aspect of the State's history and the operation of state government. This exhibit presents a small sampling of New York's documentary treasures.

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Image. Visscher Map Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae Non Partis Virginiae..."


Image. Beschryvinge Title Page from Beschryvinge van Nieuw


Image. Flushing Remonstrance Flushing Remonstrance


Image. Page from Beschryvinge Page from Beschryvinge van Nieuw-Nederlant


Image. Petrus Stuyvesant Petrus Stuyvesant


Image. Duke's Charter, 1664 Duke's Charter, 1664


Image. Map of the Province of New York, 1776 Map of the Province of New York, 1776


Image. Page from book British Military Costumes. A Representation of the Cloathing [sic] of His Majesty's...Forces... , 1742


Image. British Infantryman British Infantryman


Image. George Washington's Box of Surveying Instruments George Washington's Box of Surveying Instruments


Image. Indian Deed, 1732 Indian Deed, 1732


Image. First Draft of George Washington's Farewell Address First Draft of George Washington's Farewell Address


Image. Sagoyewatha (Red Jacket) Sagoyewatha (Red Jacket)


Image. Engrossed Copy of the U.S. Constitution Engrossed Copy of the U.S. Constitution


Image. New York's First State Constitution, 1777 New York's First State Constitution, 1777


Image. Verplanck Colvin's Geodetic Field Book Verplanck Colvin's Geodetic Field Book


Image. Logging Sled, 1911 Logging Sled, 1911


Image. Questionnaire, Adirondack Forty-Sixers Questionnaire from a Charter Member of the Adirondack Forty-Sixers


Image. Jackie Robinson and Governor Rockefeller Jackie Robinson and Governor Rockefeller


Image. Erie Canal at Lockport, ca. 1905 Erie Canal at Lockport, ca. 1905


Image. Poster Advertising Baseball Games, Poster Advertising Baseball Games, Oneida County, ca. 1890s


Image. Thomas Cole Sketchbook, 1827 Thomas Cole Sketchbook, 1827


Image. Audubon's Bluebird Audubon's Bluebird


Image. Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, 1862 Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, 1862


Image. Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln


Image. General Ulysses S. Grant and Staff General Ulysses S. Grant and Staff


Image. Sketch of Battlefield of Five Forks Sketch of Battlefield of Five Forks, Virginia, April 1, 1865


Image. A Requiem in Memory of Ellsworth, 1861 A Requiem in Memory of Ellsworth, 1861


Image. Civil War Muster Roll Civil War Muster Roll


Image. Ulysses S. Grant's Funeral Procession, Albany, 1885 Ulysses S. Grant's Funeral Procession, Albany, 1885


Image. Syracuse, Binghamton & New York Railroad's Engine #10, 1892 Syracuse, Binghamton & New York Railroad's Engine #10, 1892


Image. Pan-American Exposition Booklet Cover, 1901 Pan-American Exposition Booklet Cover, 1901


Image. Theodore Roosevelt in his Rough Riders Uniform, 1898 Theodore Roosevelt in his Rough Riders Uniform, 1898


Image. Niagara Falls, 1901 Niagara Falls, 1901


Image. Petition in Favor of Women's Suffrage, 1912 Petition in Favor of Women's Suffrage, 1912


Image. Empire State March, 1932 Empire State March, 1932


Image. Empire State March, Sheet Music, 1932 Empire State March, Sheet Music, 1932


Image. Ellis Island Immigrants Ellis Island Immigrants


Image. World War I Nurse World War I Nurse


Image. World War II Poster World War II Poster