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.

Assorted material related to the early days of the town of Brookfield in Madison County, New York; majority related to business transactions (ledgers, receipts, agreements, promises to pay, etc.)

Ledger from Hommel's rock and stone wholesale business in Wibur, New York. Wilbur is in Ulster County, near Kingston.

Ledger of money paid out. In addition to cotton and cloth, the ledger includes mention of a distillery and a foundry, as well as wine, cattle, grain and other goods.

Records of the musical instrument retail business in Syracuse, New York; founded in 1889. Correspondence (1889-1960); memoranda (1921-1960); and merchandising and financial records (1894-1960), including bank statements, inventories, ledgers, price lists and catalogs, repairs records, and marketing information.

Account book of merchants in 18th century New York. Eastern New York State, Dutch families represented.

Papers, mostly financial, illustrating the business activities of Jedediah Commins (Commins) in Central New York.

John Dana Archbold (1910-1993), philanthropist and trustee emeritus of Syracuse University. The contents consist of personal and business correspondence, as well as research notes and manuscripts on Archbold family genealogy and the life and career of John Dana's maternal grandfather, John Dustin Archbold (1848-1916.)

Record of sales of goods, ships and banking transactions, by an unnamed New York City merchant.

Ledger kept by Richard Pell Hunt, a wealthy farmer, businessman, and Quaker in Waterloo, Seneca County, New York.