An in depth look at the private colleges and universities of upstate New York, prefaced by an outline of all accredited institutions of higher education within the state. This account addresses Le Moyne College, Marist College, Medaille College, Mercy College, Mount Saint Mary College, Nazareth College, Niagara University, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Insight into these establishments is provided through detailed analysis of their individual history, growth, and role in modern education.Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.