The Elizabeth Hollister Frost Papers consist mainly of newspaper reviews of her books of poetry and novels. The papers also include correspondence, material relating to the poem "Revolving June" written by Mrs. Frost for Rochester's centennial in 1934, and biographical material pertaining to Mrs. Frost.

The Elizabeth Van Santvoord Papers represent a collection of her manuscript essays, poems and writing fragments.

These papers were originally part of A.C. Kendrick Papers, but not processed as part of that collection.

The collection consists of four boxes of miscellaneous biographical material from early education through Plutzik's years as a professor at the University of Rochester; four boxes of correspondence; twelve boxes of manuscripts of poetry, published and unpublished; three boxes of manuscripts of critical essays and fiction; eleven boxes of lectures, exams, and miscellaneous material from courses he taught at the University of Rochester; two boxes of material from poetry recitals and public lectures; and two boxes of miscellaneous academic and departmental materials.

The Collection consists of letters written by Lowell and a bound volume entitled The Day of Small Things. The volume contains two of Lowell's poems written in his hand: The Day of Small Things (later published under the title "To William Lloyd Garrison"), and possibly the first and only draft of "Letter from Boston" which describes the Boston Anti-Slavery Bazaar held in December of 1846. Bound with the poems are portraits and manuscript letters of the abolitionists Lowell wrote about in "Letter from Boston": William Lloyd Garrison,, Marie Weston Chapman, Eliza Lee Follen, Edmund Quincy, Wendell Phillips, Parker Pillsbury, Stephen S. Foster, and Abigail Kelley Foster. Also bound in the volume are one letter from Lowell to William Lloyd Garrison and two letters to Frances Jackson Garrison.