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.
![Emily Howland Papers](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YSW002.jpg?itok=-w1HHdVy)
Items from the personal papers and library of abolitionist, suffragist, and peace activist Emily Howland, including her collection of political pamphlets, posters, and program documents.
![Gar Wood Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Screen%2520Shot%25202017-05-24%2520at%25204.14.58%2520PM.png?itok=N_ySdPZE)
Gar Wood was a successful speedboat racer and business owner. This collection relates to his racing career and his business,GarWood Industries, which specialized in building motorboats.
![Isabel Howland and Friends Having Tea](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/hssm.jpg?itok=JaDR2uPo)
Correspondence of Isabel Howland's and ephemera from the Howland Store Stone Museum's collection.
![Island Trees Public Library](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR248.jpg?itok=_WHBaNu6)
Documents and photographs from the library’s history.
![John S. Apperson Jr. and Paul Schaefer Collections](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZWU010.jpeg?itok=rpTksvQ_)
A collection of photographs, pamphlets, letters, and other materials highlighting 20th century citizen political activism, grassroots conservation, daily life, and outdoor recreation in the Adirondacks in New York State.
![Portrait of Lucy Carlisle Watson](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/4.5b.2_Watson%20Lucy_0.jpg?itok=2dIpt6Qv)
This collection of letters, diaries, and ephemera documents Lucy Carlile Watson, a prominent suffragette and philanthropist from Utica, NY.
![Bulletin of the Shelter Island Historical Society, June 1924](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR241.png?itok=d7M7pOLx)
Documents relating to the founding of SIHS in the 1920s & 1930s.
![Town of Ballston Digital Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/XHZ001.jpg?itok=qkfxqgnC)
This collection contains photographs, documents, and a book sharing the history of the Town of Ballston.