Predominant in this collection is the correspondence (1932-1952) between vertebrate zoologist Sherman C. Bishop and wildlife artist Hugh P. Chrisp. In their letters the men discuss the details of their work -- specimen collecting and illustration particulars -- as well as their personal lives. Frequent topics include: family, fellow artists, scientists, and authors; the University of Rochester biology department; the effect of World War II on the men's professional and personal lives; Bishop's declining health; and Rochester society - including the lakeside community in Naples, NY, where the Bishops had a cottage and Chrisp was visitor. The collection also contains letters from members of the Bishop family and others to both Sherman Bishop and Hugh Chrisp, as well as newspaper articles, printed ephemera, and photographs related to the life and careers of both men.

The Tindall Family Film Collection consists of 16-millimeter footage shot by Dr. Herbert L. Tindall, UR1936, the father of Dr. Robert Tindall, UR1965. Included are scenes of the River Campus only a few years after it opened in 1930, up to 1940, the year Herbert's younger brother Harry graduated. The rest of the collection shows three generations of the Tindall family and their friends at home and on vacation.

There are 15 boxes in the Virginia Moscrip Papers: 2 boxes of correspondence dating from 1818 through 1962, 3 boxes of Charles H. Moscrip ephemera reflecting his theological and theatrical interests as well as his time spent at the University of Rochester; 2 boxes of Virginia Moscrip ephemera from childhood through her years as a student and educator; 2 boxes of miscellaneous family ephemera; and 4 boxes of photo albums. Much of the family ephemera and correspondence are associated with Minerva (Lamareau) DeLany (1837-1919) and her husband, Amos N. DeLany (1832-1895), Virginia Moscrip's maternal grandparents, who had lived in Clyde, New York, since 1852. The DeLany's are buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York, along with their grandchildren, Lydia Bell Moscrip, Minerva L. Moscrip, and Charles B. Moscrip and his wife, Elsie (1890-1912). The personal papers of Virginia Moscrip's mother, Lydia Bell DeLany Moscrip, are held at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. Also included are Liberty Loan flyers and advertisements, membership cards and a service flag, food rationting campaign items and recipes, knitting patterns, two undated clippings, including an editorial by Anna Howard Shaw; and a commemorative booklet celebrating Susan B. Anthony's eightieth birthday.

The papers consist of four large scrapbooks containing original letters (including some from his friend George Eastman), photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, etc. relating to Hubbell and his life, family and career. Also with the papers are eighteen letters and telegrams not with the scrapbooks from such people as Theodore Roosevelt (10 items), William C. Bryant (1 item), Booker T. Washington (1 item) and Susan B. Anthony (1 item). These eighteen letters are indexed in the Department's card catalog index to individual manuscripts.

The papers include Mr. Sage's correspondence, manuscripts dealing with the founding of the University of Rochester, and early University financial and legal papers. The correspondence of Oren Sage, John N. Wilder, and Smith Sheldon are also contained in the collection.