The (http://clrc.org)Central New York Library Resources Council (CLRC) in Syracuse NY (http://clrc.org) assists libraries schools and museums in Onondaga, Madison, Oneida and Herkimer counties of New York to provide digital access to unique local resources. Regional Automation and Library Services and Technology grants administered through CLRC provided funding for digitizing and web access to many of the collections and images listed here.

New Listings

• Shaker journals and postcards, Hamilton College
• Ronald G. Becker Collection of Charles Eisenmann photographs of 19th century sideshows and circuses, Syracuse University

Digitization Planning

• CLRC Region Digitization Plan, 2002
• Preparing Central New York History for the Future (2001/2002 and 2002/2003 LSTA Projects)
• Library and Museum Roles as Cultural Institutions by Betsy Sywetz, 2001

CLRC grant-funded digitization projects

• Civil War Collection, Hamilton College Library, Clinton NY (includes Civil War enlistment forms and Civil War letters)
• Erie Railroad Glass Plate Negative Collection, Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, NY
• Franklin Automobile Collection, Onondaga Historical Association, Syracuse, NY
• The Gerrit Smith Broadside and Pamphlet Collection at the Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, NY
• Gerrit Smith Collection Held at the Morrisville Public Library, Morrisville, NY
• Horatio Nelson White Architectural Drawings of the Remington Mansion at the Ilion Free Public Library, Ilion, NY
• John Bloomfield Jervis Papers, Jervis Public Library, Rome, NY
• Local History Photographic Collection at Liverpool Public Library, Liverpool, NY (including collections of the Onondaga County Parks Office of Museums and Historic Sites) - For browsing, select the "Category Search" button
• Oneida Community Collection, Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, NY
• Rome-Turney Radiator Company, Inc. Papers, Rome Historical Society, Rome, NY
• Street & Smith Dime Novel Cover Art ,  Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, NY

Related Links

• About Oneida: Heritage From the Oneida Silver website. Includes information on the history of the Oneida Community
• Case Library Special Collections, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
• Department of Special Collections, Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, NY
• Erie Canal Museum, Syracuse, NY: Participatory exhibits give visitors a look at canal life
• Erie Canal OnLine: A service of Syracuse OnLine
• Gerrit Smith Virtual Museum of Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, NY
• H. H. Franklin Club: Organization for collectors of Franklin Automobiles
• Jervis Public Library: A history of the first hundred years
• Oneida Community Mansion House A National Historic Landmark: Official website of the Mansion House
• Onondaga County Library Postcard Collection,  Onondaga County Public Library, Syracuse, NY
• Rome-Turney Radiator Co. Archives: Article from the Rome Sentinel newspaper
• Solvay Public Library, Solvay, NY