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Pam Barrale papers

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 2019-014
Abstract

This collection consists of newspaper clippings and legal documents pertaining to the first same-sex couple allowed to adopt children in Monroe County, New York. The materials date between 1993 and 1996.

Dates: 1993-1996
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Pamela Barres collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2017-022
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers collected by Pam Barres, a Rochester area LBGTQ advocate. The materials date between 1990 and 1996. The materials consist of newspaper articles regarding same-sex adoption, as well as, newsletters and journals regarding the transgender community.

Dates: 1990-1996
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Patricia Coury-Doniger papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-033
Content Description

Consists of the papers of Patricia Coury-Doniger, Rochester, New York based nurse practitioner of infectious diseases and founder of the Center for Community Practice at the University of Rochester. The materials are comprised of slides, books, binders, booklets, correspondence, and articles and are related to the prevention and treatment of STI's, HIV and AIDS, and training materials.

Dates: 1993-2009
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Patricia Terziani papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2024-031
Content Description This collection consists of the papers of Patricia Terziani, Program Director for Action Front Center at Action for a Better Community, Rochester, New York and are related to the HIV/AIDS crisis in the Rochester, New York community and efforts by Action for a Better Community to create and support programming to combat the disease and its related issues. The materials dated from 1991-2012. The papers are comprised of workshop, conference, and program materials, grant applications and letters...
Dates: 1991-2012
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Paul H. Neumann Rochester Products Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2015-005
Scope and Content Paul H. Neumann was an engineer employed by the Rochester Products Division of General Motors. The collection consists of ephemera and publications from his time with the company, including union newsletters and announcements; product engineer newsletters, Neumann's technical drawings for various products; pamphlets and brochures; book of RP's efforts in WWII; training materials; new employee orientation materials. The materials in the collection date from 1944 to 1983, with the bulk dated...
Dates: 1944-1983; Majority of material found within 1951 - 1959
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Pearl Harbor Memories Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2014-040
Abstract

Democrat & Chronicle readers' memories of where they were when Pearl Harbor was attacked.

Dates: 1991
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Pharmacy ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: 2024-029
Dates: 1875-1882
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Phillis Wheatley Oral History Project

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2025-049
Content Description This collection consists of recordings from the Phillis Wheatley Oral History Project, which was carried out at the Phillis Wheatley Branch of the Rochester Public Library between 1978 and 1980. This collection comprises 113 interviews on 115 audio cassette tapes (two interviews use two tapes each). All interviews in this collection exist in duplicate, bring the collection to a total of 230 audio cassette tapes. Also included are 6 Beta video cassette tapes with interviews. Finally, there is...
Dates: 1978-1981
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Philosophers' Club Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2014-014
Scope and Contents

Minutes, correspondence, authors, and members' papers, with the last forming the bulk of the collection. The materials date between 1937 and 1996.

Dates: 1937-1996
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Photographic Heritage Association/Photo Archives Belong in Rochester (PHA/PABIR) Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2013-002
Abstract The Photographic Heritage Association/Photo Archives Belong in Rochester (PHA/PABIR), a grassroots citizen’s action committee, was organized after the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography (GEH/IMP) decided to offer its 500,000-photographic item collection to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History due to a continuing budget deficit. Their goal was to keep the photographic collections in Rochester. The records document both the PHA/PABIR’s efforts...
Dates: 1947-1993 ; 1984 - 1992
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Plymouth Congregational Church Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2015-018
Scope and Contents

Theis collection consists of records from Plymouth Congrgational Church, a congregation that met in Rochester, New York from 1852 to 1904. The collection includes the contents of the 1853 cornerstone (see inventory), correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes. Materials in the collection date from 1852 to 1921.

Dates: 1852-1921, undated; Majority of material found within 1853 - 1904
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Police Commission Meeting Records

 Collection — Box: 1-2
Identifier: 2012-004
Dates: 1865-1899
Found in: Office of the City Historian

Political Prints Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2014-075
Scope and Content Note

This is an artificial collection that assembles together mid-nineteenth century political prints from several publishers. The prints include the work of several publishers, primarily Currier & Ives; but also Phelps & Watson, Taylor & Co., Hilton & Co., Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. Co., T.W. Strong Lith., Geo. Whiting, Joseph Godfrey. Publication dates of the materials range from 1858 to 1876.

Dates: 1858-1876
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Presentation of Flags to the Public Schools of Rochester, N.Y. by George H. Thomas Post, No. 4 records

 Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: 2017-003
Content Description Bound volume produced by the George H. Thomas Post No. 4 of the Grand Army of the Republic to commemorate their presentation of national flags to the schools of Rochester, N.Y. on Washington's birthday, February 22, 1889. The volume was published by the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper, and two copies have been cataloged as part of the general collection. This copy, however, was placed in special collections due to the presence of multiple autographs on paste down and flyleaf. The paste down...
Dates: 1889
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Pulteney Estate Ledgers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2014-029
Abstract

This collection consists of ledger books recording land transactions in the Pulteney Estate holdings from the 1820s to the early 1900s.

Dates: 1820s-early 1900s
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

P.W. Handy Papers

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: 2025-022
Content Description

This collection consists of a series of reciepts for bank loans not paid from 1847-1852

Dates: 1845-1852
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Ralph Carter papers

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-003
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers of Ralph Carter, a gay and civil rights activist in Rochester, New York. The papers date from 1984 to 2009, with the bulk from 2001 to 2009. The materials include personal and organizational papers, books, serials, pamphlets, photographs and VHS tapes.

Dates: 1984-2009; Majority of material found within 2001-2009
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Reynolds Arcade Rent Book

 Item — Volume: 1
Identifier: 2014-026
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a ledger book recording rents paid in the Reynolds Arcade, a major Rochester, New York office and commercial building between 1914 and 1931.

Dates: 1914-1931
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Reynolds Family Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2014-012
Scope and Contents Abelard Reynolds was a promnient early Rochester businessman, best known for dveloping the Reynolds Arcade commercial building. His sons William Abelard and Mortimer Fabrius continued to manage the Arcade, along with running successful businesses of their own. Papers in this collection date from 1814 to 1910. They include two handwritten contracts drawn up by Nathaniel Rochester, along with estate documents of Mortimer F. Reynolds, legal documentation, tenant agreements, contracting...
Dates: 1814-1910
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Reynolds Library collection

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2014-027
Abstract

This collection consists of records from and materials related to the Reynolds Library of Rochester, New York. Due to a lack of provenance, this may be an artificial collection. Materials in the collection include ledger books, operating records, manuscripts, and correspondence. The materials date from 1879 to 1935.

Dates: 1881-1929
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

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Rochester Association of Performing Arts (Rochester, N.Y.) 1
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