The New York temporary cofferdam construction photographs, October 28, 1912, show images of the dam that existed prior to the construction of the dam destroyed in 1912 pursuant to Barge Canal Contract No. 37. Each of the four silver gelatin photographs depicts scenes of the progress as of October 1912 in the dredging of a canal in the Oswego River and the removal of Battle Island and High Dams. There are identical descriptions written by the photographer, Frederick W. Modry, on the back of each photograph. The photographs include scenes of a small steam locomotive moving a steam shovel back and forth, large piles of rubble behind the newly constructed temporary coffer dam, and the scale of the massive project with workers against the backdrop of the construction and factory buildings overlooking the project.

The Chicago Dzviti photographic collection includes photographs taken in the early 1990s by Chicago Dzviti in Zimbabwe, the United States, and Europe. The collection includes negatives, contact sheet, prints, color slides, and related print materials. The earliest known date for an image in this collection is October 4, 1991, and the latest photographs in the collection were taken shortly before Chicago Dzviti's death in 1995.

The National Organization for Women, Rochester Chapter Records represents local examples of action women organized during the 1970s- 2000s. This collection is divided into four series: Chapter Records, Issue Campaigns, Printed Materials and Women Against a Violent Environment. The Chapter Records include by-laws, board of director meeting minutes, a member survey and issues from the chapter newsletter. Issue Campaigns includes materials related to supporting women's reproductive health rights, welfare, equal rights and pay equity. The third series includes pamphlets and newspaper clippings documenting various issue campaigns associated with the local chapter. The Women Against a Violent Environment series includes meeting minutes and newspaper clippings from this active sub-group of NOW.

The Samuel Greenlee Papers consists of Greenlee's typescripts, printed material, correspondence, photographs and awards. Biographical material in the collection highlights Greenlee's life and published works. The correspondence featured contains many letters written by Greenlee to his close friend, "Smalley," Mike Cook. In the letters, Greenlee discusses his work and travels in Europe. Ephemera in this collection includes magazines, newspapers, and reviews of Greenlee's work. The photographs in this colleelction show Greenlee as an older man surrounded by friends and family.

The Charlie Arnold print collection (1959-2012) consists of three series containing nine boxes that predominately house matte prints of artwork created by Charlie Arnold, with the exception of three photographs by his wife, June Arnold, which were exhibited March 6-27, 1989 in the Arnolds' joint exhibition at RIT entitled "Xerographs and Color Photographs." Majority of the matte prints in this collection are from Charlie Arnold's period of work in the 1980s. His artwork in this collection ranges from Xerox prints of found objects (which Arnold notes as "original objects" on the back of one print) including his first print ever produced by the Xerox copy machine, to prints of illustrations. Additionally, there is also a mounted photograph of Arnold's RIT class, a mounted poster of the film "Just Call me Charlie" directed by George M. Cochran, and an invitation to the March 9th, 1989 opening reception of "Xerographs and Color Photographs." The Charlie Arnold Collection provides a glimpse into the innovative printing techniques Arnold used in the process of creating his artwork.

The William James Papers is comprised of three series: Personal Papers, Business Records and Printed Materials. The first series includes correspondence written from and to James from ca. 1942- 1953, a draft and final paper written in 1935 while at the University of Rochester, and a birthday tribute poem presented by Mabel Gleason. Business Records is made up of financial receipts from James's career as a film director and producer. Also in this series are photographs James took while traveling in Japan, India and other parts of Asia. Many of these photographs have captions on their versos. Printed Materials include the November 1939 issue of Travel that features a series of James's photography shot in Kerbela, Iraq, as well as other trade journals that address trends in photography and the film industry. Also in this series in a folder with a memorial service program, a newspaper clipping, Christmas card designed by James and other items.

The Fellows Collection consists of a scrapbook compiled c. 1934-1935 by Dan and Marvel Fellows. It is made up of striking photographic images from newspapers and magazines showing natural scenery, buildings, and people from Rochester and other areas in Western New York.

This collection contains correspondence and printed material on Jaeckle's political career locally in the Buffalo area; then statewide as NY State Chairman of the Republican Party and then on a national level; running Governor Dewey's campaign for the presidency.

The portfolio contains both photographs and reproductions of renderings designed by Travers.

The collection contains correspondence, speeches, press releases, tapes, phonograph records, picture files, films, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and printed material.