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.

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.

This collection consists of a disbound commonplace book created by Isaac N. Seymour circa 1813. Contents of the book include copied or transcribed poetry and speeches, along with what may be original poetry by Seymour. Also includes 3 tipped-in newspaper articles (housed in separate envelope).

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.

This folder consists of one stock loan certificate for Jacob Gould in 1853.

This collection consists of 7 cartons and 2 boxes of photographic prints, both black and white and color, from the studio of Rochesterian James Barclay. A professional photographer, Barclay produced these images for sale by his business. They include images of Rochester buildings, scenes and landscapes from the 1990s to the end of the 2010s. A total of 642 images are physically included in the collection. Digital surrogates are also available.

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.

This collections consists of Jamie and Sally S. Whitback's personal collection of ImageOut programs and ephemera. The materials date between 1993 and 2022. The collection consists of festival guides, published anthologies, ephemera, correspondence, newsletters, and news clippings.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This collection contains a series of reciepts and letters for John G. Wather between the years of 1887-1888