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A collection consisting of 75 incunabula leaves, chiefly Gothic type, originally bought together by the Leamington Book Shop, Washington, D.C. and acquired by the University in 1953. Includes 3 additional leaves acquired by the library. Includes bibliographical references.

The collection consists of business and personal letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and manuscripts of published and unpublished works by Bacheller. It also contains material on some of the people about whom Bacheller wrote, such as Philo Scott and Jane Gentry.

This collection consists of typed and some hand-written manuscript materials of a column Payson wrote for the St. Lawrence Plaindealer called The Story of a North Country Town that were printed from 1930 to 1932. Also included are three other short manuscripts Our North Country Civilization: Where it Came From, Canton Then, Canton Now and the Canton that is to Be, and Some Memories of Canton’s Old Places, Old Houses and Once Familiar Faces.

The papers consist of meeting agendas, notes and correspondence concerning Mr. Brown’s duties on both Bicentennial committees. Also included are publications, booklets, pamphlets, historic literature and other materials documenting the planning and execution of Bicentennial events and activities, as well as some ephemeral material such as buttons, lanyards, medallions, catalogs and other objects.

This collection consists primarily of glass plate slides taken by Ricalton during his travels around the world from 1891-1915. Also included are 22 typescripts to accompany the slides as well as photographic prints in narrow dimensions. Also included is a slide projector.

This collection contains high school yearbooks, almanacs, programs and flyers from various functions in the county and information on Watertown including a photo book. Also included are deed, newspapers, and several articles on Sackets Harbor, James LeRay de Chaumont and Watertown.

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).