The heart of the collection documents Thomas D. Burrall's career as an inventor. Present are eight U. S. Patent Certificates, complete with much technological detail and, in four cases, drawings for a clover seed cleaning and hulling machine, 1923; a thrashing and winnowing machine for wheat or small grain, 1830; a cook stove, 1835; a threshing machine, 1832/1837; a reaping and mowing machine, 1856; and a corn shredder, 1863, for which a metal scale model and an advertising card are also included. In four cases, the patent certificates are signed by historic figures: James Monroe, John Q. Adams, or Andrew Jackson. Three diplomas, from Union College, Schenectady, NY and Yale, New Haven, CT, document Burrall's academic career. An 1850 listing of Yale graduates show that Burrall's was an old Yale family with graduates in 1771, 1781, and 1826. Also present is Burrall's appointment as an attorney in New York in 1810 and two books owned by Burrall: Cowper's poems and the biography of a Litchfield, CT missionary. Also included is ancillary material on a Burrall family ancestor, John Howell Wells: a Wells' family tree, an 1837 public land sale document to Margaret Mott, Ontario County, NY, two Rev War-period appointments, and an indenture of Apprenticeship between two Geneva, Ontario County, NY men.

This collection comprises of photos, ephemera, and articles related to many different nursery companies which operated out of Geneva in the 19th and 20th centuries.

This collection of photos and articles relates to Edward Smaldone, an Italian immigrant, who opened a chocolate shop on Exchange Street and branched out into a corner store as he grew successful.

This collection relates to the Park Lane Dress Shop which was in business on Seneca Street from 1938 until 1954. The building was demolished as part of Geneva's urban renewal project in the 1960s.

The Geneva Mineral Springs Collection encompasses all iterations of the company from 1886 to the 1920s.

Gerald and Viacita Fowler were residents of Geneva from the late 1920s for the rest of their lives and were very involved in the Geneva community and political spheres.

Kathryn Baker Blodgett grew up in Geneva and Oaks Corners, NY.

Elizabeth Boswell was a locally respected artist and former social worker. She was married to Professor Foster Boswell who worked at Hobart College.

This is a photograph collection was created by Elizabeth Erti Calabrese who documented her family and their lives in Geneva from the 1930s through 1980s.

Elizabeth Rose Carson was a lifelong resident of Geneva. Her collection of diaries give insight into Geneva in the 20th century.