This collection of material by and about L. Frank Baum is an adjunct to the collection of first editions of Baum's writings made by Roland O. Baughman over a period of many years. An important part of the collection consists of the correspondence and papers related to the exhibition of L. Frank Baum. This exhibition was mounted at the Columbia University Libraries in 1956 to mark the centenary of Baum's birth. Baum manuscripts, original drawings by illustrators of Baum books, and issues of periodicals in which Baum pieces appeared constitute the core of the collection

This collection contains material relating to the Wise Forgeries and to the Grey Bow Press, Roland O. Baughman's (1902 - 1967) lecture notes, articles and publications.

A collection of notes and manuscript drafts of studies made by Rood, concerned with the theory and practice of painting, art criticism, esthetics, and related subjects. Some of the results of these studies were published in 1941 under the title, COLOR AND LIGHT IN PAINTING.

Letters of a business and personal nature, to and from Roland Russell Dennis. Also in the collection are European and American patents, legal and financial papers concerning patents, corporate and personal statements of accounts, bills and receipts, Civil War appointments and an appointment as a special agent to investigate trade conditions in Europe, letter press copy books, account books, an address book, advertisements, clippings, and miscellaneous memorabilia. Letters have been indexed from William Henry Seward, William Henry Seward III and William Henry Seward IV, Anna D. Meyers Seward, Andrew Dickson White, Wendell Phillips Garrison, Charles Dana Gibson, Oscar Solomon Straus, William Renwick Riddell, Frederick James Volney Skiff, and Albert Bigelow Paine.

Materials created and collected by Roland Schmitt during his time as the head of the General Electric Research Laboratory and as the president of Rennsselaer Polytechnic Institute. Mainly consists of article and speeches

Correspondence and typescripts relating to the publication of his Martial, a translation of epigrams by Marcus Valerius Martialis, by Rutgers University Press.

Collection of materials from R. Oliver Gibson, created while Gibson was a professor at the University at Buffalo. The collection includes academic papers, correspondence, journal articles written by R. Oliver Gibson and others, magazines, newspaper articles, DVDs, U-matic cassette tapes and VHS tapes.

Books, clippings, notes, memorabilia, relating to the four-term mayor of Syracuse, New York.

Papers of the American painter, sculptor (1886-1970). Copies of letters received, 1952-1964; exhibition notices and photographs of work; manuscript 'Laws of Proportion', 1964; also published materials.

Scrapbook pages containing photographs of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus and student activities such as freshmen hazing and sports. Compiled by Rollo Hungerford, RPI Class of 1928.