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James Boyd (1742-1832) and Jane MacMaster Boyd (1751-1831) arrived in Albany, New York, from Scotland in 1774. In 1796, James founded the Arch Street Brewery, which would later become the Albany Brewing Company. This collection contains correspondence, personal papers, and photographs.

The Fairchid Family Papers are comprised of materials that were assumed to have been compiled by members of the Fairchild Family, although it's unknown as to who compiled them.

John Roberts was born on March 16, 1914, in Massachusetts. During World War II, John was assigned to the Signal Corps Photo Center on Long Island. Once discharged, John was sent to the Near East by Lowell Thomas to make a complete film for the Near East College Association. In 1948, John covered the Winter Olympics and met Clayton Ballou, who would be his business partner for the next 50 years. Together they released a 30-minute color short of Andrea Mead Lawrence, and titled it “Born to Ski”. John also worked on several assignments for Lowell Thomas in Persia, Tibet, Calcutta, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Macaoe, Japan, Hawaii, and Alaska. In 1954, Clayton Ballou and John Roberts formed Associated Film Producers Inc., and produced 19 travel documentaries and commercials. This collection consists of materials created or saved by John Roberts and contains documents from his trip to the Middle East on behalf of Lowell Thomas, the correspondence of John Roberts, and materials from the production of travel films, including film proposals, scene outlines, film scripts, and the associated promotional materials, programs, and booklets. There are also a significant number of photographs in this collection.