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Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Genealogy.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Hazen Wright papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-26-1382
Abstract Correspondence, field notes, lecture notes, study notes, typescripts of articles, genealogies of the Wright family and of Noah Downs, negatives, slides, photographs, clippings, drawings, census reports, maps, New York publications and printed material, transcripts of oral history interviews with Wright, manuscripts of his scientific books, and other material pertaining to his career as a zoologist, university professor, lecturer, and author. Other subjects include the Cornell Natural History...
Dates: 1779-1965.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Albert Hazen Wright papers

Dorothy Cornell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 744
Scope and content

Letters from Dorothy Cornell of Ithaca, New York, to Eva Thomas of Oswego, largely on the history of Ithaca families. Also photographs and negatives relating to her painting of the home of John Thomas Pettigrove in Owego, N.Y. Also, architectural drawings and blueprints prepared for Cornell, for Charles and Eunice Cornell Taylor, and for Professor A. J. Eames.

Dates: [ca. 1925-1941]
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Dorothy Cornell papers

Harry Clifford Reed papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1580
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts of articles, genealogical notes, clippings, and photographs pertaining to Reed's secretaryship of the Hobasco Masonic Lodge in Ithaca, New York; correspondence related to the early history of Cornell University, and the city of Ithaca; also, genealogical material pertaining to the Stevenson and Dumont families.

Dates: 1948-1952.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Harry Clifford Reed papers

Ithaca (N.Y.) miscellany

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064926615]
Identifier: 4557
Scope and content

Notes on the origin of Trip-Hammer (sic) Falls; notes on Ithaca Fire Department; notes of the founding of Cornell University; genealogy of Simeon DeWitt; list of theses on Ithaca and vicinity. Also, mention of B. S. Monroe, the Bloodgood property, census data on Ithaca, and two patents for Moses Cass. Includes a pamphlet concerning the Reconstruction Home, a facility for the care of persons with poliomyelitis.

Dates: 1821-1938.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Ithaca (N.Y.) miscellany

McWhorter family miscellany

 Collection — Manuscript box 36 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065247367]
Identifier: 1449m
Scope and content

Manuscript leaves and newspaper clippings documenting births, deaths, and marriages in the McWhorter family. Also, leaflet from Libbie J. Sweetland's campaign as the Prohibition and Democratic candidate for School Commissioner for the second commissioner district of Tompkins County, New York.

Dates: 1822-1945.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / McWhorter family miscellany

Sumner family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065230645]
Identifier: 4174
Scope and content

Family letters describing 19th century Ithaca; chart and genealogical information on the Sumner family.

Dates: 1839-1925.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Sumner family papers

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