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Antiquarian Study Club Records
The Antiquarian Study Club Records document the 69-year history of a local organization of like-minded individuals interested in engaging with history by means of group interaction and activities. Group members were also active collectors. The records consist of scrapbooks, bylaws, meeting minutes, photographs, programs, and member lists dating from the organization’s founding in 1942 to 2005.
Aristarchus Champion papers
This collections contains legal documents, business documents, and letters relating to Aristarchus and father Henry Champion. The legal documents relating to Aristarchus and Henry Champion date from 1806-1830. The other documents relate to Aristarchus Champion and his business and estate, and they date from 1831-1892 with some undated material.
Art in Buttons Inc. Correspondence
Article of agreement E. Willard Frisbie and Richard Hallett
This item is an article of agreement dated September 4, 1834 between E. Willard Frisbie and Richard Hallett for the planting and harvesting of crops on Frisbie's land in Phelps, New York. It details ownership of land bordering the property. It also discusses types of crops to be grown on the property and standards by which the land will be farmed.
Ashley Sampson land contracts
Consists of mortgages, deeds, indentures, and other property documents of Ashley Samson, Rochester New York based Judge and founder of the first temperance society in Western New York.
Association of City Employees Collection
Documents pertaining to the creation of the Association of City Employees in 1986 and the first performance of the choir it hosted, City Sprit, along with newsletters and related material from 1993.
Autograph Collection
This is an artificial collection consisting of documents containing the autographs of notable people. The individual letters are organized alphabetically by signer's last name. Includes signature of Adlai Stevenson, letters from Clifford Ulp, Jonathan Child, Henry Clune, Oliver Culver, Theodore Dreiser, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Harper Sibley, William McKinley, Jenny Marsh Parker, and others.
Avis Brooks Bliss research papers
This collection consists of various research notes and sketches on cast iron stoves from the 1840s and 1850s, history of Hervey Ely and the Hervey Ely house in Livingston Park, and a manuscript titled "The story of a House."
Bachman/Bossert family photographs
This collection includes photographs, postcards and ephemera related to the Bachman and Bossert families of Rochester from the early 20th Century.
Badger Family Papers
Base Hospital 19 records
This collection consists of materials related to the history of Rochester, New York's Base Hospital 19, a Red Cross-affiliated U. S. Army reserve unit. The materials between 1915 and 1918. The materials consist of a typescript history of the unity, letters, telegrams and photographs.
Beech-Nut Packing Company: The Family Album
This collection consists of a three-volume set of binders containing photographic prints and newspaper clippings from Beech-Nut Packing Company history. Beech-Nut Packing had a plant in Rochester from 1912 to 1970. Materials in the collection range from 1913 to 1966.
Bentley Family Photographs
This collection consists of 68 photographs of members of the extended Bentley family of Rochester, New York, descendants of Sardius DeLancey Bentley and Martha Burr Cogswell Bentley. The photographs also include images of family friends and business associates.
Better Housing Association Records
The Better Housing Association was a non-profit organization dedicated to local housing issues that operated in Rochester, New York from 1945 into the early 1950s. The records in the collection include minutes, member lists, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and membership cards.
Black Rose Productions records
This collection consists of the records of BlackRose Productions, a Rochester, New York based production company. The materials date between 1987 and 1989. The materials consist of VHS tapes, photographs, production planning materials, resumes, scripts, show-related documentation, programs, and ephemera.
bobby johnson Papers
bobby johnson (1929-2022) was a poet, musician and activist in Rochester's Third Ward (Corn Hill) active during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The collection consists of photographs, an oral history interview, and copies of his publications, along with other relevant published material. Material in the collection dates from 1967 to 2020.
Bonazza Family Papers
This collection consists of photographs, postcards, a Y.M.C.A. pamphlet and a charcoal portrait from the Bonazza family of Rochester, New York. The materials date between 1914 and 1937.
Bradley Tillinghast land contracts
Consists of mortgages, deeds, and other land contracts of Bradley Tillinghast.
Brandon Family papers
This collection consists of documents, items, and photos obtained by the Brandon family over a series of years. The contents range from the 1930s to the 1990s and detail the lives of an African-American family during these times.
Brown's Race Commissioners Collection
This collection comprises records of and related to the Brown's Race Commissioners between 1880 and 1910. It comprises two bound volumes, one of meeting minutes and the other a New York State Supreme Court decision regarding water rights on the race.