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This collection documents the lives of several St. Lawrence County families including the Coltons, Hatchs, and Randalls, and the social and cultural history of the county as well as the ethnic history of the settlers responsible for the westward expansion of the United States.

This collection consists of the correspondence and journals related to two military members active in the Civil War: William B. Goodrich and Patrick (P.H.) Wells. The Goodrich papers include documents and memorabilia from Goodrich and his daughter, Stella Goodrich Russell with dates ranging from 1853-1898. The P.H. Wells papers include letters from Wells to his friend and eventual wife, Sadie and personal diaries.

This diary, covering the time between January 1, 1865 and July 22, 1865, was kept by Private William H. Carr who served in the 14th New York Heavy Artillery. It is very detailed with Carr writing nearly every day. With the diary is a student paper on Carr containing transcriptions of most of the entries, as well as copies of Carr’s pension documents.

This collection consists of 54 letters, written between November 8, 1861 and April 26, 1863 by William H. Davies to his family while he was serving in the 16th NY Volunteers in Virginia.

This collection consists of 28 diaries of William Rasbeck, one for each year from 1887 through 1916. The diary entries most concern the weather for each day and the routine happenings and chores of the day.

The collection consists of galley proofs for books of poetry by various authors (Frances Frost, Howard Griffin, Alfred Noyes, Edith Sitwell and Stephen Spender).

This collection contains material primarily focusing on the contentious solid waste disposal debate in St. Lawrence County during the 1980's and early 1990’s and the vehement opposition to an incineration option proposed by county leaders, organized by the environmental advocacy group Work on Waste.

The collection contains catalogs and brochures from several of the exposition pavilions as well as books and magazine articles pertaining to the fair.

This unprocessed collection consists of primarily the correspondence between William Murray to his wife Beatrice (Fulton of New York City) during World War II.

The collection consists of scrapbooks, campaign buttons, coins and similar ephemera. Also included are clippings and photographs, two typewritten letters written and signed by Roosevelt as president, a photograph album, newspaper clippings, magazines with articles about FDR, a copy of his will, his inaugural addresses, a phonograph album, FDR ancestry and a 1936 Democratic Book.