Carey H. Brown was a former Chamber of Commerce committee chair and secretary of the Rochester Civic Improvement Association. Materials in this collection are related to city planning, and date from 1933 to 1935. They include

This collections consists of letters, business documents, property information, drawings, blueprints and maps created by or belonging to Rochester, New York-based architect C. Storrs Barrows. These materials were created between 1923 and 1935.

This collection consists of correspondence between HIram Haskell Edgerton and diverse correspondents between 1910 and 1921. The collection consists primarily of letters, telegrams and notes.

This is a collection of photographic albums and other materials primarily regarding the construction of the Rochester subway system, under the direction of Mayor Clarence D. Van Zandt. A few items are related to Van Zandt's personal and political life. The materials date between 1909 and 1925.