This collection consists of the records of Rochester, New York based merchant, entrepreneur and contractor Albert G. Smith. The materials date between 1805 and 1916, with the bulk dating from 1839 to 1842. The records include letters, bills, receipts, contracts, mortgages, deeds, bonds, legal briefs and filings, title and judgement searches, cancelled checks and other documents.

This collection consists of eight items of memorabilia, four philatelic first day covers and four coins, collected by Mr. Al-Farabi Ishaq of Washington, D.C. The items date between 1967 and 2020.

This collection consists of one file including: letters, a thrift card, a certificate of naturalization, regulations on permits for German immigrants, and work papers. The materials included details of life for a German immigrant family during the years of 1898-1919.

This collection documents the activities of Alice Lee Bourne, a professional harpist from Lyons, New York. This collection documents the activities of Alice Lee Bourne, a professional harpist from Lyons, New York. While it is clear that she toured earlier in her life, these materials date from a period when she was mostly performing regionally across western and central New York. The dateable materials are from 1959 to 1992, but some undated items (including photographs of her parents) are clearly considerably older. The materials include a scrapbook, postcards, photographs, and documents.

Correspondence, catalogs, advertisements, stock reports, and other papers from Alling DeForest, a landscape architect who assisted in the design of several Rochester-area institutions. The materials date between 1916 and 1947, with the bulk between 1926 and 1941. Box 1 consists of personal materials related to DeForest's work and investments. Box 2 includes periodicals, product catalogs sorted by material type, and further information on DeForest's investments. Box 3 includes product information sorted by type of product. Box 4 consists of sales letters and solicitations sent to DeForest by manufacturers, sorted alphabetically.

This is an artificial collection consisting of 65 almanacs published in the vicinity of Rochester, New York between 1812 and 1938 (accession 2020.011). An additional group of 47 almanacs donated by the Honeoye Falls-Mendon Historical Society (accession 2021.018) was added to the collection in 2021. The almanacs in the original collection have been housed individually in acid-free envelopes. They are arranged in chronological order. The Honeoye-Falls-Mendon donation consists of almanacs mostly bound together with simple chain stitching. The have been wrapped as a group and placed in a box.

This collection consists of the records of the Alpha Reading Club, a women's literary group that operated from 1901 to 1992. The materials present date from 1901 to 1992 and include:

Five scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and ephemera related to publicity for the Rochester Branch of the American Association of University Women and its projects. The scrapbooks date between 1930 and 1936,

This collection consists of the records of the Rochester Chapter of the American Institute of Banking from 1903 to 1946, with the bulk dating from 1905 to 1935. The American Institute of Banking is an educational and social organization, and this collection documents the first 3 decades of its presence in the Rochester, New York area. The records consist of correspondence, operating records and 4 minute books.

Anah Babcock Yates was a historian and genealogist, one of the first people to research the history of Rochester, New York through archival sources. Her papers include genealogical research, correspondence, clippings, photographs, legal documents, a hair album, information on early (white) Rochesterians, documents on Ebenezer Allen, early probate records, and genealogy information. The papers date from 1839 into the 1930s.