The Dietch Collection consists of clippings, photographs, and ephemera related primarily to the history, preservation, and renewal of the City of Rochester in the 1960s and 1970s.
This collection houses a variety of items directly related to George Eastman (1854-1932). There are several scrapbooks, the drafts and a final copy of The University of Rochester
The Eastwood-Bigelow Family Papers includes letters written to and from the Eastwood-Bigelow family members and friends, and are chiefly personal in nature. Included are letters written by Albert Bigelow Paine and Lewis Nathaniel Chase, as well as letters written about the Civil War and trips to California and Europe. Also in the collection are family financial papers, diaries, account books, invitations and calling cards, photographs, newspaper clippings, literary items and recipes.
The collection consists of correspondence between Elizabeth M. Fisher, and elderly people who resided in Monroe, Livingston, Ontario and Wayne Counties for many years. She requested them to send her information and/or photographs concerning the old (1785-1850) town church buildings. Also included are letters from her father, F. W. Fisher, requesting similar information from his correspondents. The collection also consists of notes, photographs., drafts of papers, newspaper clippings and other material on local architecture.
A scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs compiled by suffragist Florence Harmon, with material dating from October 1912 through 1933. Many of the photographs of the suffragettes are labeled with their names and the dates and locations of the photos, and include candid shots from demonstrations, speeches, and events. There are also studio portrait photographs of several of the suffragists, including Florence. Other materials include a large amount of correspondence, event cards, fliers, a praise poem, certificates of achievement and recognition, and awards presented to Florence for her work. The beginning of the scrapbook has been very well organized, where the bulk of the material is arranged chronologically and dates 1912-1917, but hereafter the articles, letters, photographs, cards, etc. which had been pasted down in the beginning are interleaved loosely with the scrapbook pages. Other notable figures include Alva Belmont, Katherine Sophie Dreier, Irene Corwin Davison, Maud Cabot, Inez Milholland, Mary Ritter Beard, Blair Niles, Hazel MacKaye, and Georgiana Howland.
The Frances Angevine Gray Keef Papers consist of two series: Personal Papers and Writings. Personal Papers includes correspondence between Keef and her family as well as several pieces of professional correspondence related to her career as a teacher and writer. This series also includes family photographs, of Keef as well as her immediate family between the late nineteenth century through the mid- twentieth century. The second series, Writings includes several examples of Keef's poetry, as well as essays and articles. This series also contains newspaper reviews and articles about Keef and her work.
The collection contains correspondence from theatrical people requesting George Spencer Edwards to publish personal news items concerning their activities in future columns of the Referee. Portraits of Lady Helena Saville (Faucit) Martin and J. B. Buckstone, theatrical newsclippings and autograph signatures from fragmented letters are included in the collection.
The collection consists of correspondence, documents, clippings, music programs, photographs, scrapbooks, and memorabilia relating to the musical career of Hermann Dossenbach. Also present in the collection is Dossenbach's masonic Corinthian Temple Lodge pin.
This collection is housed in one box, consisting almost entirely of historical material about the company. The materials are arranged chronologically, and include photographs of Jeremiah G. Hickey, several printed articles about the history of Hickey-Freeman Co., newspaper clippings, and a limited amount of research correspondence. Folder 14 contains an orientation packet for a visit to Hickey-Freeman by Jennifer Tirone, daughter of CEO Gasper Tirone, in May 1987.
The Hillside Children's Center Papers contain historical materials such as records of the children cared for by the Rochester Orphan Asylum and later, Hillside Children's Center; original legal documents and by-laws of the institution; correspondence; committee/board minutes and reports (printed annual reports and various other printed materials have been removed and catalogued); financial documents; property maps, floor plans, and blueprints; audio-visual materials such as videotapes and slides; photographs; newspaper clippings; and miscellaneous printed materials and ephemera.
