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This collection was assembled by Jean Stamm, retired Librarian and active participant in the Citizen’s Transportation Committee, and represents the process the committee followed to increase and enhance public transportation accessibility in Saratoga County.

This collection, which dates from 1740-2004, includes dozens of hand drawn maps, and maps with engravings, most of them originals, as well as bound atlases, representing the City of Hudson and its immediate surrounding area, including Columbia County and portions of adjacent counties as well as New York State. These items contain important information about the history of Hudson and the surrounding region – from insurance and railroad maps, topographical and geological maps, to bird’s eye view drawings and developmental proposals. The collection also includes maps that provide information about The Hudson River as a site of commerce, industry, travel, and tourism, as well as wildlife and residential life, since the settling of the city of Hudson. The collection features maps and bound atlases from a multitude of important historic publishers, including Beers, Ellis & Co.; H.H. Rowley & Co; F.W. Beers; Hudson River Sloop Clearwater; The Sanborn Map Company; and Frank E. Richards, among others.

This collection contains various items collected by Mosher relating to his work as a streetcar conductor.

The Postcard Collection depicts numerous establishments and events throughout Albany, New York, from approximately 1900-1980. This is an artificial collection created by the volunteers of the Albany Institute of History & Art from various individual donations over the years.

Robert J. Shillinglaw was a public relations officer for the New York State Public Service Commission for approximately twenty years until his retirement in 1971. The Shillinglaw Photograph Collection primarily contains photographs made in and near Albany.