Henry N. Hinckley papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 37-5-3589

Scope and content

Travel diary, 1904; diaries, 1907, 1909; Cornell and Ithaca High School student scrapbook; architecture student notes, 1910; photograph album, 1904-1911, and loose photographs; World War I items; and biographical materials relating to Henry N. Hinckley. Also, two Civil War letters from his father, Henry L. Hinckle, and letter and envelopes relating to Noble family members.

Dates

1863-1917.

Creator

Hinckley, Henry Noble. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Henry N. Hinckley was born in Trumansburg, NY, the son of Henry L. and Nellie Noble Hinckley. The family moved ot ithaca and Henry attended Cornell University, graduating with a degree in architecture in 1911. He worked as an architect and for the Thomas Morse Air Craft Corporation. During World War I, he served in the Signal Corps and with the Air Force in France. After the war, he returned to Ithaca and worked as an investment banker, city building commissioner, owner and manager of residential properties, and collector and authority on antiques. After Henry's death in 1969, his house became the Hinckley Foundation Museum. The museum closed in the 1990s.