The Edward Walter Clark Papers are housed in 2 boxes. Box 1 contains the correspondence of Edward W. Clark and the Clark family, including Edward's parents Hiram and Susan (Reed) Clark, his brothers Charles V. Clark (b.1849) and George H. Clark (b.1855), and various other family members. Edward's letters are written in an attractive and legible hand, and reflect his personal experiences while serving in the Navy. Other letters include a recommendation from the superintendent of schools of Rochester, NY, naval assignments, and condolences to the Clark family from Navy personnel.

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 collection consists of notebooks, which contain material for the sisters' acts, scrapbooks of their reviews, programs of theaters and events at which they performed, scripts, photographs, and printed ephemera.

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.

The Ellen Laura Todd Photograph Collection consists of the mounted photographs taken by Ellen Laura Todd (1907-1998) on a Mediterranean vacation with her family in 1926.

The Ellwanger and Barry Papers includes the records of Ellwanger and Barry Nursery to 1918, including correspondence, order books, sketchbooks, stock record books, catalogs, price lists, inventories, and account books; records of Ellwanger and Barry Realty Company to 1963, including financial and legal papers, account books, payroll records, and blueprints for houses on the Ellwanger and Barry tract. Also business and personal correspondence, account books, and financial records of Patrick Barry, Charles P. and Julia Wald Barry, Bernard and Harriet Barry Liesching, and Arthur A. Barry, including much information about Rochester banks and civic organizations. Also family photographs and scrapbooks; memorabilia; diaries of Patrick Barry, 1857-72; and record of soldiers' bounties, 1862-1863.

A collection of material by and about Elwell Stephen Otis (1838-1909), University of Rochester, Class of 1858. A soldier by profession, he held various positions including that of commander of the Department of the Pacific; and military governor of the Philippines, August 29, 1898 - May 5, 1900.

The Emma Biddlecom Sweet Papers includes correspondence from her friend, Carrie Chapman Catt, as well as other correspondents, including Lucy E. Anthony, Mary S. Anthony, Susan B. Anthony, Mary T. L. Gannett, William Channing Gannett, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Maud Nathan, Rush Rhees, Anna Howard Shaw and Booker T. Washington. Many of the letters are in connection with a lecture series sponsored by the Political Equality Club. Other material in the collection consists of manuscript and printed records of the national and local suffrage movement and photographs. Suffrage pamphlets that were also part of the collection are now cataloged and shelved with the Department's book collection. Also found in the collection are personal legal papers, financial records, and photographs related to Emma B. Sweet, her family, and her husband Fred G. Sweet, who was an employee of the City of Rochester.

The collection consists of original oil and water-color sketches and photographs and printed reproductions of the paintings of Emma Lampert Cooper and Colin Campbell Cooper. Many of the reproductions exist in more than one copy, but different processes were used and therefore all copies are preserved.

The Ernst Family Papers, 1911-1963, consist of a scrapbook and a photograph album.