The American Locomotive Company was incorporated in 1901, the result of the merger of the Schenectady Locomotive Engine Manufactory with seven small companies. In 1955 it became Alco Products, Inc. and was acquired in 1964 by the Worthington Corporation. In addition to steam and diesel engines and generators, the American Locomotive Company also manufactured high quality steel and military tanks, with unsuccessful ventures in automobile manufacture (1905-1913) and the production of nuclear energy (1954-1962). Collection contains advertising and publicity, correspondence, financial records (annual reports, ledgers, etc.), technical drawings and technical manuals, maps, news clippings, personnel records, photographs, sketches and drawings, and more.

Collection of catalogs, trade cards, merchants' scrip, letterhead, photographs, and other ephemera from businesses in and around Syracuse, New York. Towns represented include Elbridge. Syracuse, Marcellus, Litchfield, Morristown, Scipio, and others. Also includes records and ledgers from some businesses, including L. C. Smith Typewriter (forerunner of Smith-Corona).

Papers of the New York businessman and manager of fundraising events for Butler Lodge 504 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, South Butler, N.Y. Collection includes correspondence, financial records, photographs, broadsides and advertisements, reflecting Wilson's management of fraternal organization fund-raising events which included fairs, plays, minstrel shows, and various entertainments for the lodge.

The collection consists of business correspondence and a few items of printed material of mostly promotional nature.

Collection of material related to printers, publishers, and booksellers in New York State, including both printed (broadsides, catalogs, forms, etc.) and non-printed material (correspondence, invoices, etc.)

American engineer, worked for American Locomotive Company (ALCo). Correspondence, technical reports and drawings, cost information, etc., most of which relates to ALCo and its production of diesel engines.

Scrapbook relating to two companies that manufactured presses for the textile and garment industry, Hoffman Machinery Company and Syracuse Triplex Presser Company, both located in Syracuse, New York.