The Academic Regalia collection contains robes, hoods, and caps worn by University of Rochester administrators, faculty, students, and trustees at formal events. Descriptions of regalia include the name of the manufacturer (Cotrell and Leonard, for example) when this information is known. Each set of regalia has been assigned a number, which appears before the title of the item(s).

The Adolph Julius Rodenbeck Papers contains essays and speeches by Rodenbeck, mostly written during his last year as a student at the University of Rochester (1885), his term as mayor of Rochester (1902-1903), and as New York State Supreme Court Justice (1916-1932).

The Adrian Waterstraat Papers are comprised of one series: Personal Papers. This series documents Waterstraat's service during World War II. Included in this collection are Waterstraat's military record, items related to his prisoner of war status, as well as one letter he wrote to his wife during his internment. Also included in this collection are several medals and awards.

The Dietch Collection consists of clippings, photographs, and ephemera related primarily to the history, preservation, and renewal of the City of Rochester in the 1960s and 1970s.

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 Alternatives for Battered Women Collection consists of two scrapbooks compiled by Lura Carstens and Marion Strand of material that documents the history of Alternatives for Battered Women. Many of the records are from the files of Helen French. The scrapbooks include originals and photocopies of news clippings, meeting minutes, speeches, reports, and other relevant materials.

The Alternatives for Battered Women, Inc. records, 1977-2003, is quite extensive, ranging from administrative records and materials which speaks to daily shelter operations, to client services, community outreach, special programs, and research on domestic violence. The bulk of the content is from 1979 to 1998, during which time Phyllis Korn acted as executive director. The strength of this collection is that it documents and underscores the intricacies and endurance of beginning and operating a non-profit domestic violence shelter in New York State.

Correspondence (incoming and outgoing) of Hugh A. Smith, Alumni Association Secretary. Subjects of correspondence include the awarding of local alumni association scholarships in Rochester, New York, Buffalo, and Chicago; arrangements for the annual meetings of the Schoolmaster's Club (alumni in the field of education); and fraternity housing on the Oak Hill Campus.

Letters (1942-1946) of University of Rochester servicemen to Chuck Dalton, who edited the News Letter to University of Rochester Men in the Service .

Manuscript constitution and minutes (1854-1913) of the Alumni of the University of Rochester (362 pages of which pages 221-362 are blank).

Mimeographed agendas and minutes of the Board of Governors of the Alumni Federation. Includes minutes of the Board's Executive Committee, as well as reports and correspondence.

Correspondence and summary statistics of the Alumni Gymnasium Committee fund drive of 1897 to raise money for a gymnasium on the Prince Street campus.

The collection includes family letters of Mr. and Mrs. Anson Colman, those from Dr. Colman being written from Boston, Paris, London, etc., describing his medical studies, and those from Mrs. Colman being written from Rochester and points in New England and New York, describing family matters and events at home. The letters have not been indexed.

The collection consists of family memorabilia of the Eugene Herbert Arnold family and drawings and photographs of the work of James B. Arnold, Rochester architect from 1897 to 1957.

The collection consists of letters written to Arthur Barry by his sons H. Brewster Barry and H. Pomeroy Barry, other relatives, and friends. There is also correspondence with the officials of the schools the boys attended, as well as letters concerning the property Barry owned, and his financial and business affairs. The rest of the collection includes Barry's private journals, personal financial and tax records, and the reports and correspondence of the charities and clubs with which he was affiliated. The correspondence and records of the East Side Savings Bank, the Community Savings Bank, and the Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Company make up the balance of the collection.

The materials in this collection comprise the deconstructed contents of a scrapbook/photo album documenting LGBTQ+ life at the Backstreets Neighborhood Bar and Grill in Rochester, NY, during the 1980s. A flash drive with digital images of the original layout of the scrapbook and a spreadsheet with some identification information is present. Other materials include photographs of bar patrons, staff, event decorations, food and flowers, advertisements for the opening of the bar in the September 1983 Empty Closet newspaper, and fliers for events. Highlights of the photograph collections include the 1983 Halloween party, the 1984 Mr. Backstreets competition, and various drag performers in the 80s-90s.

The papers include correspondence to her mother, Mrs. Charles Duncan, while she was abroad on purchasing trips for the Sibley Music Library. Also included are essays concerning: her European buying trips; Philip Hale, the music critic; Anthony Philip Heinrich, the American composer; a critique of Irving Babbitt's article "New Laokoon: An Essay on the Confusion of the Arts"; and French melodrama.

The Benjamin Olney Papers document Olney's career as an acoustical engineer in the Rochester, New York area. Included in this collection are correspondence, design sketches, as well as industry periodicals and meeting programs.

The Blake F. McKelvey research collection on Joseph C. Wilson consists of research notes, correspondence, documents, and printed materials accumulated by McKelvey while conducting research for his book Business as a Profession: The Career of Joseph C. Wilson (Rochester, New York: Office of City Historian, 2003). The collection, spanning the dates 1936-1984, documents Joseph Wilson's role in business, including Xerox, and community, including the University of Rochester and Metropolitan Housing Committee.

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.

The Bond Bread banner reads, "10th BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK – more than ever housewives appreciate home-like Bond Bread." The label "Sweeney Litho Co., Bellevue, N.J." in the lower right corner has been covered over with black marker ink.

The Boulls-Baker Family Records and Memorabilia is comprised of one box containing wedding and autograph books, programs, deeds, certificates, correspondence, and three handwritten poems by William M. Lewis.

The portfolio contains both photographs and reproductions of renderings designed by Travers.

The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, tapes, phonographic records, films, phonographs, and other memorabilia of Mr. Hallauer's career.

This collection is comprised of 3 boxes of memorabilia and medals concerning the life of Carl S. Hallauer, President and Chairman of the Board of Bausch & Lomb Optical Company. This information is additional material of the Carl Swift Hallauer Papers (D.105).

The Carl W. Peters Papers consists primarily of his sketches and sketchbooks, but also include material related to his life, career, and artistic legacy.

The Collection contains minutes of Board of Directors' and stockholders' meetings and a stock ledger of the Charles C. West Coal Company, Inc. of Rochester, New York, a private stock company whose shares were owned exclusively by family members, the general manager, and the firm's attorney. The company had a long and varied existence previous to its incorporation, however. It was first begun by Charlotte A. Heacock in 1883 and was called the C. A. Heacock Coal Company. In 1890 Charles C. West became a partner in the firm and it became known as Heacock and West. The following year Charlotte Heacock retired and Edward L. Heacock became head of the firm.

The collection includes papers relating to Charles England's career as Head Usher at the Eastman Theatre in Rochester, N.Y. Included are his memoirs and correspondence, as well as programs, schedules, photographs, ephemera, etc. related to the theater.

The collection consists of a chronological record of sermons, baptisms, marriages and funerals.

Includes material on the University's Ten-Year Plan, the Educational Policy Committee, comprehensive examinations, and material reflecting Watkeys's interest in orientation courses, including student papers and exams.

The papers include manuscript drafts of reports on the biological condition of the Rochester water supply, and printed material mentioning Dodge or his books. Also, two papers, "Vital Economics" (1916) and "Making Diphtheria Anti-toxin Serum..." (1930) which Dodge read before "The Club."

This collection is comprised of over 1700 images housed in 11 archival boxes and 4 scrapbooks and one oversized folder. These images depict the lives of Chester and Dorris Carlson, from early childhood through adolescence and young adulthood, and include their extended families. The images also reflect their lives together as husband and wife, and Dorris' life after the death of Chester Carlson in 1968.

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.

Livingston's papers consist of a one volume manuscript, titled "'Itchy Feet, a Sort of Autobiography." It was written by Mr. Livingston in 1953, and describes the construction of the Eastman Theatre and of the River Campus. It also tells of his many trips of different parts of the world. Also in the collection is the typescript of the diary Livingston kept between July 22, 1925 and May 20, 1930 describing his activities as General Superintendent of Eastman Theater.

The material in the Claude Bragdon Architectural Drawings collection consists of original sketches and studies, working drawings on linen and paper, blueprints, and some full scale drawings of details and specifications produced by Bragdon and his associates as part of the firms' architectural work in the greater Rochester area. Business records or correspondence is scant, except for that related to the Chamber of Commerce building, which is housed in the Bragdon Family Papers (A.B81 Boxes 91-93).

The collection consists of minutes of meetings, manuscript histories, printed records, correspondence, papers given at meetings, and similar materials relating to the Club.

The Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning collection is comprised of two main series. The first series, Organizational Files, contains correspondence, meeting minutes and other papers related to the administration of the organization and its subcommittees during the years 2000-2004. The second series, Outreach, holds content related to CPLP's work in the community, on projects, and applying for grants during the years 2000-2004. In addition to manuscripts, the Outreach series also includes a CD-ROM for which CPLP was a partner, as well as a t-shirt and posters. A 2013 accrual to the collection consists of minutes, initatives, correspondence, New York State Advisory Council on Lead Poisoning Prevention material, reports, data, articles and clippings, floppy discs, and CDs (1999-2013). The Websites series (2016-ongoing) contains archived websites created by or about the organization.

The collection consists of information about the organization of the Corner Club, its constitution, membership, and activities. Letters from Philip Barry, Paul Horgan, and Rouben Manoulian have been indexed.

The Fellows Collection consists of a scrapbook compiled c. 1934-1935 by Dan and Marvel Fellows. It is made up of striking photographic images from newspapers and magazines showing natural scenery, buildings, and people from Rochester and other areas in Western New York.

The papers of David Rhys Williams contain correspondence, manuscript sermon notes, speeches, prayers, meditations and tributes, newspaper clippings, church bulletins, church membership and mailing lists, Forum material, church publications, articles by David Rhys Williams appearing in journals such as The Christian Register, Unity, The Churchman, Advance, The Christian Leader etc., printed and manuscript material on his three published books, a few books from his personal library and a composite list of books contained in his library (since dispersed), a few portraits, photographs and sketches, documents and memorabilia, a tape recording of his tribute to Albert Einstein and over fifteen hundred numbered sermons with cross references to other related sermons - all relating to his career as a Congregational and Unitarian Minister. Some of his correspondents were John Haynes Holmes, Frederick May Eliot, Steven Fritchman, Frank Gannett, the Beacon Press, Corlias Lamont, Kenneth B. Keating and Justin Wroe Nixon, and Philip S. Bernstein.

Material related to the events leading up to and following the November 8, 1967 Dow Chemical Company job interview at which students and faculty blocked the way of those wishing to be interviewed.

The Dr. Charles Came Papers consists primarily of Dr. Came's correspondence to his family and articles written long after his death, demonstrating his legacy in regional history.

The material in this collection is comprised of papers related to the work of various Pakistani-American and Islamic-interest organizations in which Dr. Salahuddin Malik was an active member during the mid-1980s through the early 2000s, including several for which he was vice president, president, or served in another executive or advisory role. Writ large, the focus of the several organizations is Muslim life in America, ranging from those with a more theological and philosophical focus, interfaith issues, and community-building, to those more outright concerned with political advocacy, the national relationship between Pakistan and the United States, and the handling of international human rights issues affecting Muslims in communities around the world. The collection represents the deep investment of Dr. Malik in the Muslim and Pakistani-American community in not only Rochester but across the United States as a whole.

The collection is very extensive, containing everything from report cards at the age of twelve to surveys of Rochester city schools in the 1960's to materials related to the 2009 founding and ongoing programs of the Dr. Walter Cooper Academy. Processing of this collection is now in progress. Due to high interest in the papers, the Rare Books and Special Collections Department is releasing this register in successive parts to facilitate public access to the collection as portions are organized and described. As processing continues, there will be periodic additions to the register until the collection is fully processed. The materials which are currently available include information on Dr. Cooper's personal history, the 1964 Rochester Race Riots, the school integration/urban-suburban transfer plan in Rochester, and the Small Business Administration. The types of materials in the collection include Dr. Cooper's writings, newspaper clippings, various organizations meeting minutes and newsletters, photographs, and letters.

Introduction

This collection includes a group of about 75 letters, mainly from the 1840's, to various Rochester businessmen. Although acquired together, it appears that the items are not all related. Recipients include Isaac R. Elwood, A. & T.F. Mason Dry Goods Merchants (Allen Mason and Thomas F. Mason), and Dwinelle and Campbell Counsellors at Law (John W. Dwinelle and James C. Campbell). John W. Dwinelle, 1816-1881, later became a prominent San Francisco lawyer.

The Eastman-Butterfield Collection consists of a series of notes in nine notebooks, four boxes, and one package. Roger Butterfield assembled the notes in the early 1950s to serve as the resource material for a proposed biography of George Eastman. Although Butterfield never wrote the Eastman biography, he did publish an article, "The Prodigious Life of George Eastman," in the April 26, 1954 issue of Life magazine.