This is a collection of documents, scrapbooks, published works, and ephemera relating to the history of Saratoga Springs collected by Robert Joki.

Frustrated that the history of the Jewish citizens of Saratoga Springs was not well represented, and memories were failing, Sophie Goldstein and Florence Susman began the Saratoga County Jewry History Project. The two librarians designed and conducted oral history interviews of the Jewish community members. The collection also contains papers and ephemera collected by Sophie about the Jewish population of Saratoga.

These compositions were handwritten by Mella Mott as a youth in Saratoga Springs, NY.

The McKelvey Family were a prominent Saratoga Springs family who were active in the development of several cultural associations. The father, Lawrence was a Judge. One son, Richard, was an academic and author, and another Robert was active in the development of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and the local YMCA. The third son, William was developmentally disabled and a well-known personality around town.

This collection contains four electroplate printer’s engravings of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floor layouts of the Grand Union Hotel on Broadway.

Newsclippings, photographs, and ephemera saved by John R. Putnam in a scrapbook.

Ephemera and photographs of the Saratoga Springs High School class of 1910 and its most famous son, Frank Sullivan, compose the bulk of the collection. Included is information on the Hall, Ennis and Walters families.

This artificial collection contains papers pertaining to the activities of Hathorn & Co. regarding the development of the Spa State Reservation and others regarding the Grand Union Hotel. They were found at a garage sale and donated to the Saratoga Room.

The Edward J. Coughlin Papers includes a large collection of personal correspondence between his wife and daughter, greeting cards, scrapbooks and US Veteran letters. The Senator’s wife and daughter resided in Saratoga Springs through most of Edward Coughlin’s years in State Assembly and as New York State Senate 1923-1944.

This scrapbook was compiled by Marion Satchel and contains items she collected during her years at St. Faith’s School in Saratoga Springs, NY.