Financial and legal records, blueprints and preliminary sketches, manufacturers’ catalogs and advertisements, account books, and clippings relating to the business activities of Geneva, New York boilermaker Alfred Catchpole’s various manufacturing companies; as well as the personal interests and endeavors of Catchpole’s nephew, Franklin Robert Smith.

Volumes include letterpress copybooks including letters sent from the London to the New York office, invoices, quotations, shipments, and other accounts; also included are orderbooks, ledgers, journals, and cashbooks. Papers include advertisements for goods sold by the company, catalogs and price lists, as well as a small number of personal papers including a birth certificate, patent, agreements, and leases.

30 sales catalogs and 1 handbook from records distribution label Mordam Records’ Sacramento era, dating from 2002 to 2004.

One catalog in the format of a photo album containing images mostly of Cornell University's campus and surrounding area, including Ithaca area gorges, 4 images from Watkins Glen, and one sail boat.