Collections
![Before Hudson: 8,000 Years of Native American History and Culture](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/before%2520hudson%2520square.jpg?itok=NkSxZyuf)
Photographs of Native American artifacts found in New Paltz, including pottery, beads, and projectile points.
![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.
![Black Oral History Collection of Chemung County](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VX7002.jpg?itok=jPWLWqCM)
This collection contains oral histories of members of Chemung County’s Black community, as well as whites involved in the Civil Rights movement.
![Brentwood Historical Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR007.jpg?itok=ckZ87nz1)
History books on Brentwood and Long Island, NY.
![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.
![Historical African American Experiences at Cherry Hill](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/CherryHill_AfAmExp.jpg?itok=cVvktuiI)
Documents and artifacts related to enslaved people and African American servants at Cherry Hill, a historic house located on South Pearl Street in Albany, New York, United States.
![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.
![Overseas Relief Papers](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VX7001.jpg?itok=bEYmMcp8)
This collection contains documents relating to the resettlement of displaced persons in the Twin Tiers following World War II.
![The Messenger](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR307.jpg?itok=rTsRKc4R)
This collection highlights Freeport's Jewish community, focusing its members' life accomplishments including marriage, birth, death and bar mar mitzvahs.
![Union College Aaron J. Feingold Judaica Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZWU002.jpeg?itok=vQT49t-d)
This collection contains North African Postcards of Jewish women, children, and families dating back to the early 20th Century.