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Invitation and Calling Card Collection
This artificial collection contains event invitations, calling cards and other slice of life invitations. The dates of the material range from 1839-1963 with any undated material alphabetized. Within this artificial collection, there are also a variety of invitations and calling cards sent to several families identified at the series level, such as: Badger, Clarke, Montgomery, Smith, Wright, and a variety of other families.
Iola Sanitarium photographs
Ira C. Sapozink papers
This collection consists of papers collected by Ira C. Sapozink, Director of Public Relations for the Times-Union newspaper of Rochester, New York. The materials date between 1934 and 1963. The materials consist of scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, newspaper articles, and ephemera.
Irene M. Conole Collection
The Irene M. Conole collection consists of materials dating between 1942 and 1992 and includes correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, yearbooks, and a WAVE handbook.
Iris Bassett Scrapbook
This collection consists of a scrapbook created by 1911 West High School graduate Iris Bassett. It includes photographs, event programs, ephemera and other materials reflecting her experiences as a student. The contents of the scrapbook date between 1909 and 1912; there is considerable undated material present.
Irving Booth papers
Irving Booth was the son of James E. Booth, who was the president of the Monroe County Savings bank and a trustee to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) during the 1890s. Papers include letters and awards of merit related to James Booth's parents, Peter and Phebe; Cooper genealogy information; chattel and deeds; several ribbons; Irving Booth's Cornell University and Alpha Delta Phi ephemera, and miscellaneous ephemera.
Irving Koval American Bicentennial Papers
Isaac Adler Papers
Various personal papers of Isaac Adler, including financial documents, minutes of the Municipal Government Plan Committee (on which he served) and a journal of his time as a Jewish welfare worker during World War I.
Isaac Butts Papers
This collection consists of the papers of Isaac Butts. The papers date between 1852 and 1881. The materials include letters from H. Sibley, Freeman Edson, Samuel Selden, and others associated with Western Union. Incoming Western Union correspondence. It also includes a Powers Banking House account book.
Jacob Gitelman Papers
The papers of Jacob Gitelman, which includes personal items related to his tenure as a judge and attorney and records of and papers presented to the Philosophers’ Club, offer insight into a progressive thinker and social advocate who used his position to make positive changes in Rochester, a city already known for its history of reform. The papers date between the years 1936 and 1991.
James Barclay Photograph Collection
James DeVinney/Corn Hill Historian Papers
This collection consists of serials, papers of the Corn Hill neighborhood historian and blueprints of buildings in the Corn Hill neighborhood of Rochester, New York. Materials in the collection date between 1843 and 2021. The collection was donated to the Rochester Public Library by the estate of James DeVinney in 2021.
James W. Phelps Collection
Jane Bennett Collection of Scottsville (N. Y.) Ephemera
This collection consists of a small group of ephemera, the majority of which is from Scottsville, New York, and its environs. The ephemera was collected by Jane Bennett as part of her genealogical research, possibly during an April 1984 visit to Scottsville. Material in the collection includes 6 postcards (not all depicting Scottsville and environs scenes), two letters sent to Phillp Garbutt of Scottsville in 1837 and 1838, and an envelope addressed to Mrs. A. N. (Anna) Garbutt in 1876.
Jarvis E. Smith papers
This collection consists of the records of a store operated by pharmacist Jarvis E. Smith in Clyde, N.Y. The materials date from 1854 to 1888. They consist of 26 bound ledger books, including account books, day books, and other forms of record keeping, along with Smith's pharmacist license and a Smith family registry.
Jean Vance Clarke Papers
The Jean Vance Clarke collection represents the wide range of Jean Vance Clarke’s philanthropic contributions to both nationwide and Rochester-area organizations. The collection includes three cubic feet of correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, programs, and other publicity materials for the committees and organizations with which she was involved.
Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester Collection on Holocaust Survivors in Rochester
This collection consists of documentary and audiovisual materials documenting Holocaust survivors, liberators and memory in the Rochester, New York area. The materials date between 1943 and 2005; many are undated.
Jewish War Veterans Auxiliary David J. Kauffman Post 41 scrapbooks
This collection consists of 16 scrapbooks created by Rochester, New York based Jewish War Veterans Auxiliary David J. Kauffman Post 41. The materials date between 1954 and 1990. The materials consist of scrapbooks that include newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, correspondence, event programs, memorandums, resolutions, by-laws, and meeting minutes.
Joan Giuffre papers
John Adams Lowe papers
This collection consists of the records of John Adams Lowe, noted library administrator and director of the Rochester (N.Y.) Public Library from 1932 to 1952. The materials date from 1916 to 1950. The records include typescripts of two of his books, a scrapbook, and other personal papers.