Elmira College was established in 1855 as a college for educating women and conferring degrees equivalent to those awarded to men. Men were accepted in 1968-69. There are over one hundred years’ worth of information relating to academics, music, visual and performing arts, athletics, social service efforts, and social activities in the yearbooks.

This collection is a collaboration between the Elmira HistoryForge project and the Chemung County Historical Society. These images of buildings, places, and other street scenes were digitized for use in Elmira HistoryForge, a project that layers historic maps, detailed census records, and historic photos to provide an interactive visualization of old Elmira.