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RBDB Grant Information Webinars

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Exploring New York’s Railroad Heritage

Railroads formed a backbone of industrial prosperity for New York State in the Nineteenth Century.  Gradually eclipsing the Erie Canal as the preferred mode of transporting people and materials, rail lines traced the development of the Empire State as it exists today.  The Railroad Photograph Collection, recently uploaded by the Central New York Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society,…

Sustainability Spotlight: Sustainable Initiatives at UMass Amherst Libraries

There is wonderful and inspiring sustainable programming happening at UMass Amherst Libraries. One mover and shaker behind these initiatives is Madeleine Charney, the Sustainability Studies Liaison Librarian. Madeleine is most excited about a new project she helped create called “Talking Truth: Finding Your Voice Around the Climate Crisis.” She states, “This initiative started in the…

Celebrating Black History Month in New York Heritage

In honor of Black History Month, CLRC’s featured collection recognizes our region’s rich African-American cultural heritage. Onondaga Community College’s A History of the Black Community of Syracuse collection consists of photographs and ephemera dating from the early-nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century.  The collection features photographs depicting the daily lives of Syracuse’s African-American communities, and includes materials relating to the…

The Great Steamboat Race Letters Featured in New York Heritage

As students are returning to school, this month’s featured collections in New York Heritage share a focus on STEM fields.  CLRC’s featured collection, Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum‘s collection relating to The Great Steamboat Race Letters, exemplifies the importance of science & technology to our local history. The letters in this collection were written as submissions for a…

Fletcher Steele Collection Featured in New York Heritage

July’s New York Heritage Spotlight Collection focuses on the Fletcher Steele Collection, a selection of landscape architecture photographs held by SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry. Born in Rochester, New York, Fletcher Steele (1885-1971) enrolled in the new program in Landscape Architecture at Harvard University in 1907. While only mildly successful in the academic realm,…

Frederick Lawrence Pomeroy Collection Featured in New York Heritage

This month New York Heritage is spotlighting the Frederick Lawrence Pomeroy Collection as one of its featured collections.   As Assistant General Traffic Manager with the New York Central Railroad, Frederick Lawrence Pomeroy (1855-1906) was a central figure in President Theodore Roosevelt’s trust-busting campaign.   Under the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, which made the railroads the first industry subject…