The papers of the Rochester Preservation Board consist mainly of agendas, minutes and staff reports compiled from meetings of the board between 1972 and 2001, along with applications for designation of historic districts and landmark status. The papers provide detailed information on buildings located within Rochester's Preservation Districts, including sketches of proposed alterations to properties reviewed by the board.

The City Club papers, 1951-1954, consists largely of materials related to the guest speakers invited to talk at the Club.

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 Claude Bragdon Theatre Drawings collection consists of illustrations for costumes and set design done by Claude Bragdon during his time as a theater designer in New York, subsequent to his career as an architect. The collection is linked to A.B81, the Bragdon Family Papers, which also contains many items related to Bragdon's theatre career.

The bulk of this collection consists of letters from John McGraw to his wife Mary from September, 1863 - March, 1865 while he was serving in Company E of the 140th NY Volunteer Infantry. The letters discuss McGraw's unit's movements and where they made camp, his feelings about the war, things he witnessed in battle and at the hospitals he was a patient in, news of fellow soldiers from Rochester, the death of two of his young sons at home, his own illnesses and injuries, along with more mundane topics like sending money home, the weather, and food. Most letters contain a plea for more letters from Mary and more news of home. The collection also contains research the McGraw family compiled about John McGraw, including a McGraw family tree, photocopies of his military service records, and transcriptions of the letters.

The collection consists of 131 posters advertising attractions coming to Rochester, New York theatres during the early 1880s. The lithographed posters are a graphic record of the public amusement available in Rochester during this period and provide a broader view of the theatrical offerings of the era including drama, comedy, melodrama and vaudeville.

The Rochester Clothiers' Exchange Collection is comprised of one series: Business Materials. There are meeting minutes from 1961-1968, letters written among Exchange members from 1961-1976, financial records, several press releases announcing new board members and two newspaper clippings.

The William Feinbloom and the Champion Knitwear Company papers, 1931-2010, consist of correspondence, photographs, newspapers, magazines, company information, and ephemera relating to the Feinbloom family and the Champion Knitwear Co.

The Photographic Papers Collection includes four folders of price lists, product descriptions, and instructions that document the first decades of wide-spread professional and amateur photography in both the United States and England, from 1899-1927. There are several items that have blue pencil marks on them, attributed to George Eastman's notetaking process. The description of these items include information about what Eastman wrote on each document.

The collection consists of internal church documents and correspondence, Spears' personal writings, correspondence, and sermons; Spears' activism is well documented by correspondence, publications, photographs, and pamphlets. Materials date from 1936-2008.