This collection was named so by the creator, but is actually for the Ontario Glass Works which was located in what became Glass Factory Bay.

The collection covers the years 1905 to 1953 and contains one letter from 1995. The bulk of the letters belong to Margaret McCarthy, but a couple are addressed to Francis Wallace (brother or father). There are many greeting cards addressing anniversaries, birthdays, baby announcements, and holidays.

This collection covers the entirety of American Can Company’s years of business, from 1901-1989, with a large number of photos (many duplicates of the same company distributed photos). It also includes personal reference books of former employees, publications distributed by the company, and tools of the trade. Blueprints, correspondence, articles, and photographs make up the bulk of the collection.

This collection covers the years that America was involved in World War II and Geneva’s efforts on the home front, plus the years the ‘Our Boys Fund’ Committee was still going into the 1950s. There are publications made for the home front and for soldiers, ration books, articles, and photos; documents related to Our Boys Fund and the Geneva City Defense Council.

The Clark family lived in Geneva for several generations, living on South Main Street and in New York City.

This collection focuses on the family of Beverly Chew, president of Shuron Optical. He resided at 543 South Main Street from the 1920s through 1960 when he and his wife Edith gifted the building to the Geneva Historical Society as a permanent home for the Geneva History Museum.

These materials cover Hobart College, William Smith College, and the combined colleges from the time they were founded through the 21st century.

The papers of William Barden and his son George.

The Historical Society possesses quite a few pieces of Hotel Seneca that have been left behind including menus, wine lists, pamphlets, a napkin, and even pieces of wallpaper. There is not much material from the days of the Nester Hotel but rather the time period during which the building was Hotel Seneca, 1912-1982.

The Dox family were residents of Geneva in the 19th century.