RBSCP holds many books about the people, places, organizations, and history of Rochester, Monroe County, and the surrounding counties. Our areas of strength include:
- Visual material, including broadsides, postcards, and maps of Rochester, Monroe County, and Western New York from 1770 to the present
- County, town, city, and village histories, and upstate travel accounts
- Books about Rochester businesses, churches, non-profits, and clubs
- Books and pamphlets printed through 1860 in Auburn, Buffalo, Canandaigua, Ithaca, Rochester, and other upstate communities
- Newspapers from Rochester and other New York State cities and towns
