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Captain Richard Langslow's transcripts
Carey H. Brown Papers
Carey H. Brown was a former Chamber of Commerce committee chair and secretary of the Rochester Civic Improvement Association. Materials in this collection are related to city and industiral planning, largely in the context of the National Industrial Recovery Administration and the Public Works Administration during the New Deal era. They date from 1933 to 1935. They include memoranda, reports, and other administrative documents.
Carlo E. De Santis Slide Collection
Carson family papers
This collection consists of various documents from the Carson family including: Birth Certificate of Dorothy Carson, a Mortgage certificate, Deeds, and a gift from Adella Lampert Carson and Delight Carson. The contents dating from between 1851 to 1890.
Charles Kittredge papers
This collection consists of the papers of Reverend Charles Kittredge, a Presbyterian minister in Greece, New York. The records were created between 1793 and 1889. They consist of letters, school papers, and professional documents related to his career in the ministry.
Charles Meinert Collection on Cycling in 19th Century Rochester
This collection consists of materials assembled by Dr. Charles Meinert in his research on cycling in 19th century Rochester, New York. The materials include notes, articles, images, newspaper articles and ephemera (many are photocopies of the originals), along with the typescripts of his publications. There are detailed files on two major local cycling personalities of the time - Reuben Punnet and Elsa Von Blumen. The materials date from 1869 to 1996.
Charles Perkins papers
This collection consists of papers from early Rochester lawyer Charles Perkins, dating between 1825 and 1850. The papers include letters, deeds and other legal documents.
Chester and Charles A. Dewey Papers
This collection consists of two scrapbooks, two notebooks and one folder housing the papers of Doctors Chester and Charles A. Dewey, father and son. Chester's papers include materials on botany, zoology and the Ayrault family (collateral relatives of his wife Olivia), while Charles' papers are concerned with local history and genealogy.
Children's Alliance of Monroe County Records
The Children's Alliance of Monroe County was a child welfare organization in Monroe County, New York. Its records consist of minutes, correspondence, board member lists, bylaws, press releases, records of the State Youth Advocacy Workshop. They date from 1977 to 1984.
Children's Playground League records
This collection consists of the records of the Children's Playground League, a citizen's group that promoted and assisted in developing municipal playgrounds in the city of Rochester, N. Y. The contents of the collection date from 1903 to 1913. The records include letters, other documents, reports, ledger books and lantern slides.
Citizens Committee to Study Public Welfare in Rochester and Monroe County Collection
This collection consists of correspondence, reports and meeting minutes of the Citizens Committee to Study Public Welfare in Rochester and Monroe County Collection. The materials date from 1936 and 1937.
City Club of Rochester Records
Civil War Prisoner Ledger
Ledger from a Union prison in Alexandria, Virginia, that documents the transgressions of Union soldiers. Includes prisoners' name, regiment, company, charges, charging official, and remarks. Includes prisoners from the following regiments: 5 NY, 16 NY, 109 NY, 28 MA, Colored, 11 US, 44 NY, 3 MD, 112PA, 15 CT, and many others.
Cohen family collection on the Workmen's Circle
This collection consists of materials related to the Rochester Workmen's Circle and its founder, Harry Z. Cohen. These materials date between 1961 and 1973, and include newspaper clippings, a typescript history of the organization, event programs and other ephemera.
Collection of Backus family papers
This collection consists of papers of the Backus family and includes genealogy hand written and typed, and the "Memorables of the Montgomeries" manuscript. It also includes a daguerreotype of Gerrit Fitzhugh Backus and his mother. the collection also contains a copy of "Sonnets of War and Peace and Other Poems" by Thomas Rochester Shepard, 1929. The book is signed by Thomas Rochester Shepard to Mr. and Mrs. Backus.
Collection of Bills and Receipts
This is an artificial collection comprised of bills and receipts collected by the Rochester Public Library's Local History Division over several decades. The materials in the collection date between 1808 and 1971, and represent hundreds of Rochester businesses.
Collection of Cabinet Card photographs
This collection consists of seven cabinet card photographs taken in Rochester, New York, circa 1885-1890. The cabinet cards are all anonymous portraits, but 6 of the 7 identify the photographer.
Collection of Early Photographic Materials
Collection of Lantern Slides of Early Rochester Maps
This collection consists of two sets of lantern slides of images of early maps of the Rochester area. A few slides show political cartoons and photographs of early Rochester. The origin of this collection and the date of its creation is unknown, but some of the maps and images contained therein may be unique.
Collection of Miscellaneous Glass Negatives & Lantern Slides
This is an artificial collection that provides a home for glass plate negatives and lantern slides that lack provenance. The collection consists of two groups of materials: The first includes 23 glass negatives of the interior of a house on Mt. Hope Avenue and the people who lived there. The second contains 11 lantern slides depicting various European sites.