The LBA (Lesbian Bisexual Alliance) Papers cover the groups' activities on the Wells College campus from the years between 1988 and 1995. Included are meeting minutes, programs, educational material, as well as information on UNYGALIN (Upstate NY Gay and Lesbian Intercollegiate Network).

The Bruce Bennett Collection contains correspondence, material related to the Wells College Book Arts Center, the Victor Hammer Symposium that was held at Wells College, as well as miscellaneous material.

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.

This is an artificial collection containing two volumes of lecture notes.

The J. Christopher Jaffe papers consist of personal and professional papers belonging to J. Christopher Jaffe and pertaining mainly to his work with acoustic design.

The Student Life collection (MC50) is an artificial collection created by the archives. The collection covers activities initiated by students, participated in by students or existing for the benefit of students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. As student activities are ongoing, the collection is always being updated. The earliest items in the collection date back to 1865; however the majority of the collection dates from the 1960s to the present. The material is categorized into series for ease of access. Within each series the material is arranged alphabetically; within each folder the material is arranged chronologically whenever possible. There is also one box containing oversized items.

Minicomics--sometimes called "small press" or "short run" comics--are generally self-published and often quite small. They may be photocopied and stapled by the creator, or they may display sophisticated techniques such as silkscreen, risograph, or elaborate bindings. Because minicomics are often the entry level for comics creators they can indicate the earliest work of creators who have gone on to be quite well known.They are generally sold at independent comics festivals, directly from the creator. Some very small-press comics publishers may also choose to publish and/or distribute these comics.

Manuscript and research materials of Ekaterina Alekseeva, correspondence regarding her book on Zinaida Volkonskaia.

An unpublished series of letters recording a visit to the United States and Canada in 1841-1842. Following in the footsteps of Harriet Martineau (Society in America, 1837) and coinciding with Charles Dickens's visit to the United States and the subsequent publication of American Notes (1842), these letters provide an invaluable account of life in Antebellum America.