This collection depicts personal memories of Charles Douglas Allen’s life, family and friends summarizing his WWII service, High School and college sports activities. The collection also includes religious ephemera.

The Fairchid Family Papers are comprised of materials that were assumed to have been compiled by members of the Fairchild Family, although it's unknown as to who compiled them.

The Fanny Ward Papers date from 1878 to 1895, with the bulk of the letters dating from 1879 to 1893. The collection consists of over 100 letters discussing the mental illness of this young woman and showing the development and range of her illness over a period of fourteen years. The collection has no series and needs to be reprocessed.

In 1885, George Henry Rickard was admitted to a workhouse in Middlesex, England and found to be of unsound mind. The collection is legal in nature and consists primarily of documents pertaining to Rickard’s estate, and for the most part, handled by his brother Richard Rickard through legal channels. The collection has no series and needs to be reprocessed.

The Meadows collection is comprised of documents, papers, and photographs collected by the families that owned The Meadows mansion in Cazenovia, NY. These families include The Ledyards, The Hubbards, and The Oakmans, providing a snapshot of the personal life of an upper class family during the mid 1800s to the 1950s. Please see the scope and content note for a more in depth description of the collection.