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The St. Lawrence Seaway Collection at St. Lawrence University consists of approximately 1200 items. The whole collection is actually made up of four smaller collections or series, each with its own strengths and unique characteristics. Most of the materials in the overall collection come from the period 1930-1959. One of these series is the papers and documents accumulated by St. Lawrence University. The other three series were donated by individuals with some connection to the St. Lawrence Seaway project.

The Young collection documents five decades of national and international business and political history, including the post World War I reparation period which saw Young as the key figure in the Dawes Plan of 1924 and the Young Plan of 1929 with its provisions for the still existing Bank of International Settlements.

This collection covers two organizations of which Wright was president: the Dairy Farmers’ Union of the 1930’s and the Farmers’ Union of the New York Milkshed of the 1940’s and 1950’s. Also included are personal papers and correspondence of Wright, copies of radio talks which he gave on WSLU, and secondary materials on the milk business. The University owns the literary rights.

The Parish-Rosseel collection, numbering approximately 1600 items, (38 linear feet) includes correspondence, financial papers, legal documents, prints, photos, maps, and memoranda. Covering more than a century, the collection extends from 1807, with the correspondence of the first Parishes and Rosseels in America, to the present, with the correspondence of the living descendents of both of the families. The bulk of the material falls within the period 1807
to 1816.

This collection documents the widespread effort over a two year period (1978-1979) to raise public awareness of and
build opposition to the post-Olympic use of the athletes’ housing as a federal prison. It consists primarily of photocopies of hundreds of newspaper and magazine stories, newsletters, editorials and other material documenting
the opposition to the prison effort. Also included is internal and external correspondence among and between North
Country clergy active in Stop The Olympic Prison (STOP), the New York Moratorium on Prison Construction, and

This collection contains records of Women Together: The Journal of North Country Women.

This collection consists of correspondence, prints, books, and some ephemera. The bulk of the correspondence is from RK to his second wife, Frances, which dates mostly from their separation through his death.

This collection documents the activities of Save The River, from its founding in 1978 to present, although some of the earliest years have gaps. The original order of the records is uncertain, reflecting the early evolution of the organization. The collection has been arranged into series in consultation with the current administration of Save The River.

The collection consists of over 13,000 negatives and some prints. The photographs are of businesses, farms, main streets of towns, local colleges and natural phenomena in most towns in St. Lawrence County and a few from the surrounding North Country area in the early to mid twentieth century. Most of the photographs are aerial views.

The 16th New York Infantry regiment consisted of 1247 men from three counties in Northern New York State.  These included companies A, B, F, G, H, and K from St. Lawrence County, C, D, and E from Clinton County, and I from Franklin County. This collection includes correspondence, clippings, records and photographs from the members of the 16th New York Infantry Regiment.