The Council of Albany Neighborhood Associations (CANA) is a nonpartisan federation of neighborhood and community organizations founded in 1976. This collection contains organizational records, clippings, financial records, meeting minutes, and related Albany information.

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.

The Mansion Neighborhood Association (MNA) was formed in 1974 and incorporated in 1975. This collection consists of correspondence, memos, reports, newspaper clippings and other materials relating to Albany's Mansion neighborhood.

The Street Academy formed in 1970 as a partnership between the Albany Chapter of the Urban League and a group of nuns from the Kenwood Academy of the Sacred Heart. This collection includes photo albums, VHS tapes, yearbooks, commencement programs, building plans, a history of the school, newspaper clippings, a collection of student writings, slides, a plaque, and certificates.

The material that now comprises the African-Americans in Albany Research Collection began in 1967 as a research project at Guilderland Junior/Senior High School where Ruth Winne Roberts was teaching at the time. The collection contains brochures, notes, photocopied documents, clippings, invitations, programs, articles, bibliographies and photographs relating to the history of African Americans in Albany.

The Capitol Hill Choral Society was a mixed choral group created by Judson Rand (conductor) in spring 1953, with its premiere performance on December 18, 1953. The Society’s constitution from 1953, states that it was created to educate both the members of the organization and the outside community through the study and artistic presentation of choral music of the highest quality. This collection contains songbooks, a photograph, and performance programs.

Records of the Center Square Association consisting of correspondence, meeting minutes, legal documentation, photographs, printed material and newspaper clippings re: to issues of concern to the Association, including zoning, code enforcement, parking, neighborhood and community affairs.

Papers from the Kingsmen, an African-American social/civic club in Albany, NY from 1956-1958, collected by Larry Johnson, the Secretary of the club. Papers include meeting minutes; greeting cards; social invitations including an invitation to The Kingsmen’s first event; a 24-page program from their first event; official correspondence; and a photograph of Larry Johnson.

The Albany Civic Theater formed in 1955 when the Ilium Players of Troy and the Albany Dramatic Group joined. This collection contains Programs, Committee Meeting Minutes, and Education material related to the Albany Civic Theater.

The collection contains audition posters for the years 1961-1984, performance posters for the years 1960-1987, the 1986 Albany High School 45th Anniversary Reunion program, 1969 reprints of Metropolitan Opera House Performance posters from 1907 and 1931, and four bound scrapbooks which contain letters, newspaper clippings, thank you letters, organization constitution, outline of plans for organization, photographs of performances and rehearsals.