The Alternatives for Battered Women Collection consists of two scrapbooks compiled by Lura Carstens and Marion Strand of material that documents the history of Alternatives for Battered Women. Many of the records are from the files of Helen French. The scrapbooks include originals and photocopies of news clippings, meeting minutes, speeches, reports, and other relevant materials.

The collection consists of family memorabilia of the Eugene Herbert Arnold family and drawings and photographs of the work of James B. Arnold, Rochester architect from 1897 to 1957.

The materials in this collection comprise the deconstructed contents of a scrapbook/photo album documenting LGBTQ+ life at the Backstreets Neighborhood Bar and Grill in Rochester, NY, during the 1980s. A flash drive with digital images of the original layout of the scrapbook and a spreadsheet with some identification information is present. Other materials include photographs of bar patrons, staff, event decorations, food and flowers, advertisements for the opening of the bar in the September 1983 Empty Closet newspaper, and fliers for events. Highlights of the photograph collections include the 1983 Halloween party, the 1984 Mr. Backstreets competition, and various drag performers in the 80s-90s.

The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, tapes, phonographic records, films, phonographs, and other memorabilia of Mr. Hallauer's career.

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.

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 documents collaborative efforts within the religious community to meet human need, achieve mutual understanding, and work for social justice. Concerns addressed have included: hunger, poverty, housing, public education, religious education, family supports, political empowerment, criminal justice, community organization, refugee resettlement, racial justice, and police-community relations.

This collection consists of the personal, business, and family papers of Edmund Lyon (1855-1920), a noted Rochester inventor, humanitarian, philanthropist, and manufacturer. It includes family and business correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscripts of books and articles, financial records, photographs and memorabilia of Lyon, his wife Carolyn Hamilton (Talcott) Lyon, Harriet E. Hamilton (her aunt), and a few other members of the family.

The Edward Mott Moore Papers includes documents and personal letters addressed to Dr. Moore and members of his family, concerning his medical training, early career as a doctor in Rochester, New York and family life. There is also a copybook with poetry, as well as three day books with clippings mounted over manuscript documents.