The Paul J. Zimmer Papers includes his extensive correspondence, published and unpublished poems, essays and articles, as well as audio and video tapes of his interviews and readings.
The Young Women's Christian Association of Rochester and Monroe County Collection is comprised of six series:
The Adam Clark Works Papers contain correspondence from his family and friends. Also included are diaries belonging to Adam Clark Works, his first wife, Mrs. Elida I. (Van Sickle) Works, his second wife, Mrs. Ellen (Mihill) Works, his daughter, Ruth Elida Works, and his brother, George Washington William Works. The collection also contains memorabilia, photographs and a china figurine, "Three O'Clock in the Morning." The bulk of his papers are from the 1860's. The family correspondence includes letters from his mother, Mrs. Julia (Coolidge) Works Crouch, his brothers, George Washington William Works, Robert Miller Works, Obadiah Works, his halfbrothers, James Chesterfield Crouch, Benjamin F. Crouch, and his uncle, George Griswold, who raised him after his father, George W. Works, died in 1839. The collection includes courtship and marriage letters, from both wives of Adam Clark Works. His first wife, Elida, died in 1869 after a prolonged illness. Her letters are filled with descriptive detail concerning methods of medical treatment at the Castile Water Cure Sanatorium in 1868. Adam Clark Works' in-laws, Mary and Henry C. C. Van Sickel (or Van Sickle), referred to as "Ma" and "Pa," and the Rev. Norris and Mellissa (Lamson) Mihill (or Mihills) carried on an extensive correspondence with him. The sisters of his second wife, Ellen, Mrs. Emma (Mihill) Marsh and Mrs. Caroline (Mihill) Lengfeld also wrote often. Adam Clark Works' correspondence also includes letters from many friends. Several were from former students and teaching acquaintances. The Rev. Herbert Franklin Fisk, President of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary (1868-72) and Principal of the Preparatory School at Northwestern University wrote frequently. Another close friend that he corresponded with throughout his adult life was James M. Hodge, a professor of natural science at Fort Edward Collegiate Institute, Fort Edward, N.Y. and later a partner in Ogelsby and Hodge, Plumbers, Gas & Steam Fitters of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also corresponded with Joel Dorman Steele (1836-1886), author of several scientific and historical books. Of special interest are the letters from Robert H. Skinner, which give a detailed account of the Civil War from his enlistment in the 77th Regiment, N.Y. Volunteers, Company D, from November 7, 1861 until his release on March 12, 1863. Lt. Skinner's letters describe his company's march to Washington, the camp conditions, Army supplies, military engagements, medical treatment of the wounded, and the attitude of the men toward the war.
These papers are concerned primarily with the club from the time of its disbandment in the fall of 1930 to the final disposition of its property in 1935. Included in the collection are business letters, bills and statements, treasurer's reports, bank statements and cancelled checks, four bank books, a check book, and a financial ledger which includes a list of the members of the club.
The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, speeches, and clippings from Wilson's participation in numerous business and community organizations. The bulk of the collection is dated 1959-1971, a period of growth for Xerox as well as the city and University of Rochester.
The Papers consist of 16 letters written by the Countess of Rochester to her grandson Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield, five letters to his wife Lady Charlotte (Fitzroy) Lee, Countess of Lichfield, and one to his mother Elizabeth (Pope) Lee Bertie, Countess of Lindsey. Also in the collection is a letter to the Countess from James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon, and a letter to her from a "Cosen Bowyer".
This scrapbook includes photographs, wedding and baby announcements, newspaper clippings and notes related to life events of the women who worked in the Ordering Department.
The papers of David Rhys Williams contain correspondence, manuscript sermon notes, speeches, prayers, meditations and tributes, newspaper clippings, church bulletins, church membership and mailing lists, Forum material, church publications, articles by David Rhys Williams appearing in journals such as The Christian Register, Unity, The Churchman, Advance, The Christian Leader etc., printed and manuscript material on his three published books, a few books from his personal library and a composite list of books contained in his library (since dispersed), a few portraits, photographs and sketches, documents and memorabilia, a tape recording of his tribute to Albert Einstein and over fifteen hundred numbered sermons with cross references to other related sermons - all relating to his career as a Congregational and Unitarian Minister. Some of his correspondents were John Haynes Holmes, Frederick May Eliot, Steven Fritchman, Frank Gannett, the Beacon Press, Corlias Lamont, Kenneth B. Keating and Justin Wroe Nixon, and Philip S. Bernstein.
The collection includes Civil War letters written by Albert B. Williams to his parents, and miscellaneous papers
The collection consists of samples of the company's products, advertisements, sheets of package labels, correspondence with the company's agents, contracts, legal papers pertaining to litigation in which the company was involved, invoices for raw materials, and payroll records. Also included is a copy of History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills, by Robert B. Shaw, Associate Professor of Accounting and History at Clarkson.
This collection includes the correspondence and other papers of Louis Wiley. The bulk of the correspondence has been indexed and includes letters written to Wiley by persons prominent in government and newspapers, and in the business, social and entertainment worlds from the early 1900s until Wiley's death in 1935. Correspondents include Franklin D. Roosevelt, Walter Duranty, David Belasco, Fiorello H. LaGuardia, William Allen White, Sir Thomas Lipton, Nicholas Murray Butler, Alfred E. Smith, Edna Ferber, Andrew Mellon, William S. Hart, Carrie Chapman Catt, William E. Werner, Cardinal Hayes, Admiral Byrd, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Bourke-White, James Farley, Adolph S. Ochs, and Lord Beaverbrook. A great portion of the letters are concerned with Society of the Genesee meetings or are birthday and congratulatory letters to Wiley. The collection also includes biographical material about Wiley and his family, articles and speeches written by Wiley, and by others about Wiley, newspaper clippings and articles about various dinners honoring Wiley, and about the New York Times and its publisher Adolph S. Ochs. There is a large collection of photographs of Wiley and his friends and family at home and abroad. Also, a group of his decorations from foreign countries, honorary college degrees and various testimonials given him on birthdays and business anniversaries.
The Papers reflect the many interests of Dr. Wile, particularly public health and social medicine. There is much material relating to the early birth control movement in the United States, many letters from the founder of the American Birth Control League, Mrs. Margaret Sanger, and one letter from deafblind author, activist, and lecturer, Helen Keller. There is also material from Dr. Wile's extensive study of left and right handedness, and copies of many of his articles and speeches on psychology, social and mental hygiene, birth control, and pediatrics.
This small collection of family papers contains correspondence of Warham Whitney, early Rochester miller, and members of his family. The correspondence (letters and invitations) is arranged chronologically. Also present is a portrait of an unidentified woman, which is placed at the end of the arrangement.
The Curtis White Papers consists of 35 boxes and 1 oversize folder of White's personal papers, including 6 boxes of correspondence; 21 boxes of manuscript and printed material by White; 1 box of interviews and works by other authors; 2 boxes of audio/visual material; 1 box of speeches and presentations; and 4 boxes and 1 oversize folder of personal ephemera.
The collection includes correspondence (chiefly carbon copies of letters from Werner to friends and associates), speeches, briefs, opinions, and scrapbooks of clippings covering his legal career.
The collection consists of secretary's minutes from the Club's founding in 1890. Also included are member biographical information forms, which the organization sent to its membership as part of its centennial celebration, and schedules and announcements of meetings which document the longevity of the Club. Most valuable in this collection are the surviving reading copies of papers presented. The research papers chronicle the opinions of middle and upper-class women related to a variety of topics including travel, disarmament, gender limitations, welfare reform and the domestic arts. Most notable were those read by Alice Wood Wynd, Harriet Steele Rhees, and Rose Alling. Papers presented by guest lecturers are also included in this collection. Correspondence, as well as materials related to the Club's Centennial Celebration, and photographs document the development of the organization.
