Personal letters, news clippings; Army booklets, diplomas, and official documents; books and pamphlets.

John Dunn Murphy worked at the Municipal Gas & Light Company, the Albany Fire Department, the New York State Civil Service Commission, and was an Albany County Court attendant until 1997. This collection contains correspondence, clippings, publications, ephemera, photographs, and photograph albums.

This collection contains various media related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Media includes newspapers, clippings, magazines, books and a print of the late president.

John Mason Clarke was the Director of the New York State Museum from 1904 until his death in 1925. This collection includes correspondence, clippings, and diaries.

Personal papers of June Laura Bjorklund Martin. Contains personal records, correspondence, vacation materials, photographs, and other personal materials created by June B. Martin. Also contains a few documents reflect her career in New York State government, including newspaper clippings or personal letters between co-workers.

The Mansion Neighborhood Association (MNA) was formed in 1974 and incorporated in 1975. This collection consists of correspondence, memos, reports, newspaper clippings and other materials relating to Albany's Mansion neighborhood.

Helen Fay (Juneman) “Aunt Helen” was one of the owners of the John Mistletoe Bookshop in Albany, New York. Olga H. Briggs was a teacher of English at New York State College, which is where the two women met and became friends. This collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and transcripts.

Parker Dunn was a winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor. The bridge over the Hudson River was named in his memory. An American Legion Post was named for Parker Dunn.

The material that now comprises the African-Americans in Albany Research Collection began in 1967 as a research project at Guilderland Junior/Senior High School where Ruth Winne Roberts was teaching at the time. The collection contains brochures, notes, photocopied documents, clippings, invitations, programs, articles, bibliographies and photographs relating to the history of African Americans in Albany.

The Street Academy formed in 1970 as a partnership between the Albany Chapter of the Urban League and a group of nuns from the Kenwood Academy of the Sacred Heart. This collection includes photo albums, VHS tapes, yearbooks, commencement programs, building plans, a history of the school, newspaper clippings, a collection of student writings, slides, a plaque, and certificates.