This is an artificial collection consisting of documents containing the autographs of notable people. The individual letters are organized alphabetically by signer's last name. Includes signature of Adlai Stevenson, letters from Clifford Ulp, Jonathan Child, Henry Clune, Oliver Culver, Theodore Dreiser, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Harper Sibley, William McKinley, Jenny Marsh Parker, and others.
Carey H. Brown was a former Chamber of Commerce committee chair and secretary of the Rochester Civic Improvement Association. Materials in this collection are related to city planning, and date from 1933 to 1935. They include
This is an artificial collection that provides a home for glass plate negatives and lantern slides that lack provenance. The collection consists of two groups of materials: The first includes 23 glass negatives of the interior of a house on Mt. Hope Avenue and the people who lived there. The second contains 11 lantern slides depicting various European sites.
This collection consists of an agreement for the sale of the Fourth Range in Township Number Thirteen from Daniel Penfield to Salmon Fuller and Caleb Hopkins. Signed by Zachariah Seymour for Penfield. (Seymour was brother-in-law to Oliver Phelps.) This document laid the basis for the foundation of the town of Penfield. It dates to 1805.
This collection consists of a deed for the 100-acre tract, including existing mills, dated 1792. Signed by Ebenezer Allan.
A collection of about 106 mounted albumen prints created by George W. Rafter, a practitioner of high-powered photomicrography. In addition are a report by Rafter documenting his work and a modern reprint of an article he wrote for the Society of Microscopists. Plates 1-88 are described by a detailed inventory in folder 1; the descriptions here are abbreviated. Items 89-106 are smaller format prints, solely described from notes on the items themselves. Dated materials are from 1888.
This collection consists of ephemera from Rochester, New York's annual lilac festival The contents consist of 1 empty bottle Casa Larga Lilac Hill wine; purple Lilac Festival t-shirt; 1 bottle of Highland Lilac perfume; 1 Highland Lilac perfume sample foldout. The materials are not dated, but are likely from around 2010 to 2014.
This collection consists of important photographs and drawings found loose in the collections of the Local History Division. The materials present include a large sepia portrait of young Henry Lomb; large picture of the Mercury statue; and a drawing of Rundel Library, along with various drawings and lithographs.
Signed by George Clinton, 1st governor of New York State (later the 4th vice-president of the United States) naming Joseph Blackmore to the rank of Lieutenant in the Herkemer [sic] County militia. Also signed by George Hopper, Secretary.
The Monroe County Library CLub was a social and professional organization for librarians and other library staff in all Monreo County libraries (public, academic, special). The organization held regular meetings, organized lectures and social gatherings, and advocated for library needs. Materials in the collection consist of surveys, minutes, correspondence, membership, clippings, officers, newsletters, constitution, and Harold Hacker notes/1980 25th anniversary materials. The materials date from c. 1955-2000.
