The papers include manuscript drafts of reports on the biological condition of the Rochester water supply, and printed material mentioning Dodge or his books. Also, two papers, "Vital Economics" (1916) and "Making Diphtheria Anti-toxin Serum..." (1930) which Dodge read before "The Club."
The Elizabeth Brayer Papers consists of two series: Draft Manuscripts and Printed Materials. Within the first series there are four complete drafts of Brayer's biography of George Eastman. Johns Hopkins University Press published Brayer's book titled, George Eastman, a Biography, in 1996. In 2006 the University of Rochester Press reprinted it. The second series consists of a photocopy of the script: George Eastman in Focus.
The collection consists of correspondence, including letters from such notables as Herbert Hoover, H.L. Mencken, Billy Rose, and Walter Winchell. Also included are the manuscripts of his books, copies of the "Seen and Heard" columns and his other publications, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Some correspondents include Samuel Hopkins Adams, Louise Brooks, Carl Carmer, Jacob Robert Cominsky, Eva Gabor, Frank Gannett, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, Beatrice Kaufman, Claire Boothe Luce, Jerre Mangione, Irene Castle Mc Laughlin, Henry Lewis Mencken, Frank Sullivan, Booth Tarkington, Gene Tunney, Walter Winchell.
The Jean S. Lindsay Papers contain three series: Career, Community, and Family Papers. The Career series includes typescripts, manuscripts, correspondence, research, notes, and photographs relating, with only a few exceptions, to Lindsay's work at the Watson Archives (1980-1982). The Community series consists chiefly of correspondence and notes for the Now Nameless Bibliophiles group and a small amount of material relating to the Friends of the University of Rochester Libraries (1980s). The Family Papers series contains photographs, diaries, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, and research relating primarily to Jean S. Lindsay's paternal ancestors (the Lindsay, Hatch, and Curtice families) and her maternal ancestors (the Courter and Sampson families).
This small collection consists of materials related to the research, publication, and distribution of Robert M. Adler's book. It includes historical materials such as newspaper clippings and photographs pertaining to the history of the clothing industry in Rochester, NY, as well as Adler's correspondence, research notes and original manuscripts for the book.
The Whitney Rogers Cross Papers includes carbon copies of his M.A. thesis, Creating a City: the History of Rochester from 1824 to 1834 (University of Rochester, 1936), and of his Ph. D dissertation, The Burned-Over District, 1825-1850 (Harvard University, 1944).
