Collections
![Albion Winegar Tourgee Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/WNYLRC019.png?itok=rwqe9QEj)
Albion W. Tourgee (1838 - 1905) was a Civil War veteran, politician, and lawyer. He played a pivotal role in the Plessy v. Ferguson case and was a pioneering civil rights activist. This collection includes his correspondence, as well as legal documents, articles, and photographs.
![Charles Stoll Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR222.jpg?itok=nPfZoWKf)
Archival materials from the life of Charles Stoll with emphasis on the Stoll-McCracken Expedition to Alaska in 1928.
![A History of the Black Community of Syracuse](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SRR027.jpeg?itok=3qBf9ipq)
Photographs and documents from the mid-1800s to early-1900s, relating to African American life and history in Central New York.
![Je Me Souviens...I Remember: Presenting and Preserving the Heritage of Upstate New York's Franco-American Communities](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/je_me_souviens.jpg?itok=4DWFbjpa)
Images reflecting the Francophone culture and history of New York State.
![Jewish Buffalo Image Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/JBIC532_Pine_Street_Shul_and_the_young_Harold_Arlen_1910s.png?itok=5Mlzjw9f)
A collection of photographs documenting the Jewish community in Buffalo and the Greater Niagara region from the early 20th century to present day.