The Alling and Cory Company Papers consists of 11 boxes and additional flat objects of company records, the majority being photographs from the mid-20th century; business records documenting product development, and company departments; and price lists of products made by the company, and other printing companies.
The archive of the New York State Division of the American Association of University Women consists of agendas and minutes for board meetings and conventions, information sent to branch presidents, reports, and printed material.
Included in the collection are correspondence and other material related to Leroy Snyder, including his work in labor relations and involvement with the Rochester City Club.
His papers contain his daily meteorological records for Rochester, 1837-1867. The correspondence section of his papers contains 95 letters, from various correspondents including William Boott, James Dwight Dana, Ebenezer Emmons, Joseph Henry, Benjamin Silliman, Joseph Torrey, and Edward Tuckerman. The letters have been indexed in the card index for letters in the Department, and each folder of correspondence in his papers has a cover sheet listing the letters in the folder.
The Dryer Architectural Collection of added material is comprised of eight archival boxes and complements the existing collection of the Dryer Architectural Collection (D.242). This added material was uncovered by Robert L. Fitch, grandson of O.W. Dryer when he was cleaning out his grandparents' home.
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.
The collection consists of correspondence, business records, ledgers and account books, notebooks and diaries, and blue prints.
The Gordon and Kaelber Papers are comprised of one series: Business Papers. This series contains pages from the firm's design books that include buildings the architects designed themselves, as well as examples of structures they admired.
