The Liu-Chiang family papers document the multigenerational immigration stories of the Liu and Chiang families from China to Cuba, Thailand, Taiwan, and then to the United States, dating from 1938 to 1967. The materials primarily consist of school, military, and travel documents, photographs, and memorabilia.

The Li Zongren papers consist of materials on the life and political career of Li Zongren dating from 1944-1951. The materials were given to the Chinese oral history project during the oral history interview with Li Zongren. The papers primarily documented the period when Li was the Acting President of the Republic of China from 1949 to 1951 in the U.S. urging for assistance to stabilize the internal conflicts in China.

This collection contains nearly sixty letters by Ball to his wife, Lois, in Rochester, and to several others. They were written between March 31 and December 10, 1918 while on ship and as he served in the Personnel Department of the YMCA in Paris during the First World War. He writes of his work and experiences, responds to news in his wife's letters, asks for news of various kinds, and sends his love to his wife and children.

Collection contains the documents, reports and other materials used in the writing of the book Location, Location, Location: A Special History of the University of'/at Buffalo by William R. Greiner and Thomas Headrick.

The Loren (Bill) Smith collection consists of letters written by Smith to his parents, who lived on Pontiac Drive in Rochester, New York, during World War II. The letters begin in March of 1941, and continue through the end of the war. There are a few letters written by Smith between 1953-1957, when he worked as a cook in various restaurants.

The collection consists of family correspondence and correspondence and material relating to student life at Geneva Medical College, Livingston County politics, especially the campaign of 1874, the Republican party, Ames' experiences during the Civil War in Virginia, the sanitary drainage project in Mt. Morris and Livingston County, and Dr. Ames' professional connection with the Medical College of Syracuse University. There are also manuscript copies of addresses to the Livingston County Medical Society, a newspaper article of reminiscences, admission cards to lectures at Geneva Medical College, and one bound volume containing records of the Mt. Morris Anti-Slavery Society and the Liberty Party Association of Mt. Morris.

The collection contains the typescript with manuscript additions and corrections of Louis Bromfield's novel The Rains Came, published in 1937 by Harper & Brothers. It consists of 335 leaves, plus 71 leaves entirely in manuscript and 77 additional typescript leaves.

The Louis C. Jones Papers consist primarily of the circular letters sent by Jones during World War II to former students of the State Teachers College and replies to these letters from service men and women. Jones was employed by the New York State College for Teachers, first as an Instructor (1934-42) and later as an Associate Professor of English (1942-46).

The original collection consists of boxes containing articles, correspondence, photographs, and other materials, related mostly to Lasagna's medical career, but also to his personal life. The collection retains the chronological order established by Lasagna. The addition to the Lasagna Papers consists of subject files and video tapes.

Four notebooks of Louis C. West listing and describing ancient Roman coins, and a letter regarding a Gallienus aureus purchased from the Apostolo Zeno collection