Collection contains scrapbooks, memorabilia of the Marsh family of Rochester.

The Mary E. Laird Papers are comprised on two series: Personal Papers and Career Materials. The series, Personal Papers consist of correspondence between Laird and a fellow nurse and former colleague, Mary Keith. Included in Career Materials are documents related to the formation of the Rochester Public Health Nursing Association, her involvement and connection with the Rochester Female Charitable Society, Laird's service in France, photographs of co-workers and newspaper clippings.

Math, Physics, Education, History, Philosophy, and Political notes taken by Mary Moulthrop, Class of 1909, while she was a student at the University of Rochester. Also a draft and a carbon of ther MA thesis (1911).

The Max Lowenthal & Sons Inc. Papers contain financial and tax papers of the Lowenthal Reality and the Max Lowenthal & Sons business, as well as literature regarding the history of Max Lowenthal & Sons Incorporated. The collection includes the New York State and Federal Tax Returns of the corporation in the years 1938-1961 and its financial examinations of 1941-65. In 1968 the company celebrated its Centennial Anniversary. Much coverage of this event was given by the press and the factory. The collection contains several articles regarding this anniversary and its history. There is also information about the opening of a new plant, Lowenthal-Tennessee Incorporated, in 1967 which added a new line of boys sweaters, as well as financial examinations from that time until the company's closing in 1971.

A correspondence file of Rush Rhees, president of the Memorial Art Gallery, covering such topics as gifts, memberships, the opening and inaugural exhibition of the gallery, art works, lectures, facilities, and shipping. Mostly copies of outgoing letters from Rhees and George L. Herdle, secretary and art director of the gallery, with some incoming correspondence from members, donors, other museums, and Memorial Art Gallery board members and officers such as Julius M. Wile.

Receipted bills and related correspondence. Gives an insight into purchases and activities of the Memorial Art Gallery during the early years of its existence.

The collection consists of 6 boxes of manuscript materials and 69 bound volumes, most of which concentrates on materials from the first half of the twentieth century. The manuscript material is arranged chronologically within each box. Box 1 contains a small but varied range of historical and printed materials about Michaels-Stern & Co. Box 2 contains various legal documents and financial materials concerning the company. Correspondence involving several legal disputes of the early 1900s can be found in Box 3, along with miscellaneous company correspondence. Box 4 contains the records of over 700 Michaels-Stern & Co. employees, arranged alphabetically. Many names are of Eastern European origin, showing the large quantity of European immigrants working in the clothing industry at the turn of the century. The employment cards also reflect the financial ups and downs of Michaels-Stern & Co., evidenced by wage cuts and workers' strikes. Boxes 5 and 6 contain Michaels-Stern & Co. style model books from the early 1900s, which show both the endurance of several suit styles as well as the abrupt changes to some styles by the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Material related to and prepared for the accreditation visit of the Middle States Association to the University of Rochester in December 1959.

A small collection of material relating to Middle States Association evaluation of the University of Rochester in 1959 and 1970.

Boxes 1-2 consist of original materials. The remainder of the collection was printed off a flashdrive.