The entire collection is comprised of nine black and white photographs of the Richardson Corporation, showing various stages of the industrial process of preparing, washing, cooking, packing, and shipping fruits and nuts. Industry workers and equipment are featured.
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 collection consists of advertising materials for the manufacturers and retailers in the clothing industry, mainly of Rochester, NY. Men's, women's, and children's fashions and accessories from the turn of the century to the 1960s are represented. A wide variety of materials are found in the collection, including style model books, posters, photographs, brochures, catalogs, circulars, and sample fabrics. Box 1 contains the materials of several clothing manufacturers, primarily Michaels-Stern & Co. (and its associated Australian retailer) and Levy Bros. & Adler-Rochester, Inc. Large advertising poster boards for these two Rochester firms can also be found in Box 3. Also of interest in Box 1 are photographs and display posters for a manufacturing facility in France, showing the differences between clothing manufacturing in the United States and France. Box 2 contains a broad range of advertisement materials for many clothing retailers located in Rochester and other locations. A significant amount of this material concerns women's fashions. Also included in this box are miscellaneous materials relating to laundering, sewing, and fabric use. Box 4 contains lithographic prints advertising men's clothing made by Adler-Rochester.
Boxes 1 and 2 contain about 250 letters, dating from 1780 to 1910, with a concentration of letters between 1800 and 1830. The correspondence is mainly to and from Nathaniel Rochester, with some other family members represented. The papers contain a few letters from well-known national figures, including Henry Clay (two letters, along with material concerning Clay's burial in Box 3 folder 10), James Madison (one letter signed), Albert Gallatin (one document signed), and Alexander Hamilton (one document signed). Other important correspondents include Charles Carroll and William Fitzhugh, Rochester's partners in the 1803 Western New York land purchase. There are also retained copies of Rochester's own letters, written in his own hand along with correspondence from several of his sons, including William B. Rochester, who served as a Congressman. Also included are 17 letters Nathaniel Thrift Rochester wrote to his mother and sisters during a tour of Europe in 1832. Letters dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are to and from descendants of Rochester.
This collection includes 181 photographs from the late 1930s depicting streetcar trolleys in Rochester, New York. Notable landmarks include the Frederick Douglass statue as well as University Avenue, South Avenue and North Goodman Street.
This collection is comprised of photographs taken of sites in and around the city of Rochester. The collection documents the first half of the twentieth century, which was Rochester's largest period of growth. Included in this collection are photographs of Mount Hope Cemetery, area parks, and buildings in the city center.
The first box contains newspaper clippings arranged chronologically--starting on July 25, 1964, the day after the rioting began, and ending in the summer of 1966. These clippings are culled primarily from Rochester's two daily newspapers, the Democrat and Chronicle and Times-Union. There are also some pieces from the New York Times and a considerable number of clippings from the Los Angeles Times documenting events in Watts the following summer.
The Rocky Simmons photographs (1920s-2008) are comprised of photographs originally assembled by Simmons in an album, plus additional materials donated by his children and family. The photos feature Simmons, his family and friends, and various locations central to his life. It also contains photographs he took as a professional photographer, featuring local events, weddings, musicians, sports teams, beauty contests, award ceremonies, and new businesses. The photographs are a unique window on the lives of Rochester's African American community at mid-20th century.
This collection contains materials related to the University Rowing program (formerly the Crew team). It consists of five series: Correspondence and Meeting Minutes, Newspapers and Clippings, Stickers, Regatta Booklets, and Photographs. Photographs are divided into subseries that focus on Social Events, Practices and Workouts, and Regattas.
The Ruth H. Scott Papers are comprised of three series: Career Materials, Civic Activism, and Personal Papers. The majority of the items in Career Materials document Scott's terms serving on the Rochester City Council, from 1977-1989. A small group of materials in this series includes items from her unsuccessful 1993 campaign for Rochester City Mayor. There are additional materials related to her consulting work for banks, and non-profit companies. Most of the consulting material dates from 1989, when she began Scott Associates Consulting, Inc. The second series, Civic Activism, documents Scott's participation and interest in a variety of community organizations, locally and nationally. This series includes three subseries: Leadership America, Housing and Urban Development, and Education. The materials on education also include consulting work and positions held within the Rochester City School systems, beginning in the 1950s. The final series, Personal Materials, includes family photographs, documents related to Scott's primary, secondary and college education. There are also awards, invitations, and birthday cards from the 1940s-2000s.
