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Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

Ithaca pamphlet collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5135D
Abstract

Pamphlets, circulars, legal documents, and leaflets documenting various aspects of life and thought in Ithaca, New York.

Dates: 1863-1915.

Ithaca Rotary Club Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3067
Abstract

Records created or assembled by the Rotary Club of Ithaca, New York. Including correspondence, publications, and material related to the functioning and activities of the club.

Dates: 1914-2016.

Ithaca theater papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3995
Scope and content

Twenty-eight scrapbooks of programs from Ithaca, New York theaters, including the Lyceum (1893-1900, 1902-1917, 1924-1925); Library Hall; Wilgus Hall; Town Hall; and Cascadilla Hall. Also, one scrapbook of Cornell Masque (1894-1925), sample tickets, papers relating to the sale of the Lyceum, newspaper clippings, and several glass slides of local theaters. Also, two copies of the thesis, "A Sketch of the Theatres of Ithaca, 1842-1942,", 1942, one with photographs affixed.

Dates: 1869-1942.

Ithaca Womans Club records

 Collection
Identifier: 2743
Abstract

Records include three manuscript volumes containing constitution, by-laws, list of charter members; treasurers' records (1897-1909); and minutes of the Home Economic Section of the Ithaca Woman's Club (1902). Also miscellaneous items including receipts, programs, historical summaries, news clippings. One scrapbook containing a history of the club, lists of charter and early members, photographs of club presidents and copies of presidents' speeches and club brochures (1897-1949).

Dates: 1897-1963.

Jessica Tyler Austen items

 Collection — Manuscript box 35 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065248118]
Identifier: 1364m
Scope and content

Letter to Mrs. Austen from Albert C. Dieffenbach, praising her for her work (July 26, 1928); poem addressed to her by her friend Gertrude (February 4, 1925); and newspaper clipping from the Ithaca Journal News on her Braille work and that of her group of volunteers (November 29, 1932). The newspaper article appeared two years after her death.

Dates: 1925-1932.

Johnson family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1200
Abstract Family and business papers of Benjamin Johnson, including early Tompkins county deeds; bills; gristmill, teamsters', and personal accounts (1816-1878); correspondence and papers relating to the interest of Jesse Johnson and Charles D. Johnson in the Ithaca Calendar Clock Company and in a brick-making venture (1867-1870); membership papers of Charles D. Johnson in the Royal Templars of Temperance (1880); numerous letters written to family and business associates by Benjamin Johnson, a...
Dates: 1816-1936.

Julia Mack Riley reminiscences: Growing up in Cascadilla

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065184644]
Identifier: 47-2-1078
Scope and content

Reminiscences of Julia Mack Riley, entitled "Growing up in Cascadilla"; sections include "Through Cascadilla Windows With the Eyes of a Child," "Through Cascadilla Doors With the Feet of a Child," and "Northern Lights." Includes typescripts, some with revisions, and handwritten notes. Riley discusses Ithaca, New York and Cornell University, mainly between 1882-1893.

Dates: [ca. 1950-1962]

Lyceum Theatre records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2084
Scope and content

Pamphlets, brochures, broadsides, clippings, tickets, photographs, steroscopic slides, construction specifications, and other material pertaining to the Lyceum Theatre and its predecessor, the Wilgus Theatre. The photographs show orchestras, casts, the Elks Minstrels, and other groups. A record of plays and moving pictures at the theatres covers the years 1893-1924.

Dates: 1890-1925.

Mary A. Boughton album

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4572
Scope and content

Album of poetry, autographs, apothegms, remarks, and printed engravings; Ithaca and Cortland (N.Y.).

Dates: 1869-1880.

Michael J. Ellis papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7615
Abstract Correspondence, subject files, audiocassettes, and other materials documenting the shift from gay liberation to gay and lesbian activism, and concerning the establishment of organizations, programs, and issues at Cornell and in Ithaca, including the Cornell University Library's Human Sexuality Collection, Ithaca's Fair Practice Ordinance, the adoption of Local Law C, the addition of sexual orientation to the University's Equal Opportunity statement, and the development of AIDS awareness and...
Dates: 1975-1993.