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The John DePol Collection consists of 1.66 linear feet of Christmas cards, menus, announcements, prints, illustrated books and other engraved materials done by John DePol between the years of 1947 and 1993 along with some biographical material about DePol and some correspondence between him and Dr. Frank Piskor. The collection came to St. Lawrence University through separate gifts from John DePol, Frank Piskor and Saxon Industries.

The majority of this collection is made up of the diaries of John Reckard. The earliest diary is dated December 6, 1864; about sixteen months after he joined the army, and they stop December 31, 1912. The diaries cover a span of forty-eight years but about fifteen years worth of diaries are missing. The diary of 1869 is not in its original form but is instead in transcript form.

The collection consists of Wallace's sermon's (most of which are referenced to biblical verses) and long poems. Also included is a framed portrait of Rev. Wallace.

This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, maps and personal documents of Joseph Doboze mostly relating to his service in the Second World War. Most of the correspondence is addressed to Joseph's sister Julia Doboze of Massena, NY. There are also letters from Doboze to his girl-friend, Frances Kodzis of Niagara Falls, NY; his parents in Norfolk, NY; various friends of the family; friends made in Belgium and Germany (their letters are in French and German and are only from 1946-48).

The collection consists of Universalist pamphlets and clippings as well as letters to Britton from the 1840's and the 1850's.

An example of a Buddhist religious text from Burma, Southeast Asia. This collection consists of a total of 12 leaves of Burmese Kammavaca manuscript on gilt palm leaves or lacquered cloth. 10 of the manuscript pages have a cover of lacquered boards, representing a complete text used in a Buddhist ordination ritual.

The Knapp Family Correspondence consists of over 100 items including letters, envelopes, photographs, and postcards.  Many letters are from Orlando Knapp to his sister Charlotte.  There are also some from Thomas Edmonds and Mary Olmsted to Charlotte.

This collection consists of two series of photo prints. Series 1 are photographs of various rural views in the North Country taken by Leroy Wilson Coons (SLU Div. ’95). Series 2 are photographs of the St. Lawrence University campus around the time of Rev. Coons years at SLU. Also included in Series 2 are photos of High Falls, near Canton, a pulp mill at High Falls, the mill after an explosion and several portrait photos, including I.M. Atwood, President of the Theological School when Coons was a student.

The Lee Family papers consist mainly of personal correspondence roughly spanning the years 1840 to 1957. The majority of the letters are from the 1870’s through the 1910’s and are mainly correspondence between family members. A few of the letters are personal or business correspondence between the Lees and people outside the family, including letters having to do with both men’s duties at St. Lawrence. Also contained in the collection are numerous photographs, sermons prepared by both J.S. and J.C. Lee, and other ephemera.

This collection consists of a 1833-1868 land ledger, a fair souvenir program (1935), and a 1949-1950 flyer on the highway department.