The subjects of the collection are the letters and communications of Former Mayors of the City of Albany to others. This collection contains receipts, licenses, property deeds, supply queries, and correspondence.

Although not an active runner, George Mahar was the founder, president, coach and primary organizer of the Albany Mercury Club.

A collection of newspapers, sports yearbooks, programs for a variety of Albany-related sports including soccer, football, arena ball, ice hockey, and baseball. There is also a collection of Capital District Sports newspapers for 1997 and a collection of The Source, a weekly entertainment newspaper for 1997.

The Albany Symphony Orchestra is a professional orchestra based in Albany, New York. This collection includes records of and recordings by the Albany Symphony Orchestra from composers such as Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Mozart, Haydn, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner.

This collection is composed of letters written by brothers Albert and Garrett Vander Veer to family members. Garrett and Albert were the fifth and seventh children, respectively, of Abraham Harris and Sarah (Martin) Vander Veer and were officers in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The majority of the letters are addressed to the Vander Veer’s sister and brother-in-law, Esther and John Craig.

An almanac is an annual publication that lists current information about one or more subjects. This collection includes almanacs.

Lawson Annesley founded Annesley and Co. in Albany, New York in 1802. After a few years taking on different partners, Annesley’s sons took over the business, which remained headed by the family until 1909. The company was known for selling fine furniture, looking glasses, and artist’s supplies, and was often referred to as the “Albany Art Gallery.” Annesley and Co. closed in the 1940s. This collection contains a daybook, advertisements, and a price list.

Lawson Annesley founded Annesley and Co. in Albany, New York in 1802. After a few years taking on different partners, Annesley’s sons took over the business, which remained headed by the family until 1909. The company was known for selling fine furniture, looking glasses, and artist’s supplies, and was often referred to as the “Albany Art Gallery.” Annseley and Co. closed in the 1940s. This collection contains business records of Annesley and Co., and includes invoices for items received by the company from 1898 to 1900 and business correspondence from customers, suppliers and artists from 1905 to 1911.

The Banks Family Papers collection consists of personal and legal papers of Robert Lenox Banks and his family, primarily his daughter, Mary Decamp Banks Moore. These include correspondence to and from the Banks Family by local businessmen, politicians, such as New York Governor, John T. Hoffman, and William Vanderbilt, President of the Hudson River Railroad. The documents are mostly personal in nature, describing the private life of a prominent local family of the 19th Century. Also in this collection are photographs, genealogical information, and other items relating to the Banks, Lenox, and Corning families.

This collection includes family papers for the Bedlow, Corpron, and McRae families, who were related through marriage and adoption. The Bedlow family was originally from Massachusetts before settling in Plattsburgh, then Champlain, New York. The collection contains correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, personal papers, ephemera, and photographs.