Scope and content
Ithaca Calendar Clock Company catalogue and price list, 1880; a description of J.E. Young's patented calendar clock, manufactured by Genoa Calendar Clock Company, 1880; pamphlet on the commencement of construction of the Auburn and Owasco Canal, 1835; pamphlet on the 27th annual reunion of the "Old Bucktails," or First Rifle Regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps (42nd Pennsylvania Regiment in the Civil War), 1914; patent issued to four Ithaca, New York residents (Eugene M. Mix, Henry B. Horton, John Gauntlett and John H. Selkreg) for an improvement in breech-loading firearms, 1864; patent issued to Ezra Cornell for an improvement in the mode of operating the telegraph, 1845; typewritten notes on gunmaker Morgan Lewis Olmsted of Rochester, New York, made by Edward L. Eich in 1979; and Eich's typewritten notes on gunmaker Theodore Deschner, 1964 (2 copies).
Dates
- 1835 - 1979
- Majority of material found within 1864 - 1880
Creator
- Eich, Edward L. (Collector, Person)
- Cornell, Ezra, 1807-1874. (Person)
- Mix, Eugene M. (Person)
- Horton, Henry B. (Person)
- Gauntlett, John. (Person)
- Selkreg, John H. (Person)
Language of Material
In English.
Extent
.2 cubic feet. (.2 cubic feet.)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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