Rushville (N.Y.) -- History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Mapes family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2309
Scope and content
Mainly papers of Arlington Mapes concerning his school days in Rushville (1870-78) and at Cornell University, the latter including notes taken at Professor William Dexter Wilson's lectures in the philosophy of history, his undergraduate scrapbook, correspondence (including one letter from Moses Coit Tyler), and his senior essay on American history, 1883; and records concerning his activities in later life, including two Republican Party canvass books (1890s), accounts (5 v., 1890-1925), a...
Dates:
1820-1927.
Robert Moody papers
Collection
Identifier: 2473
Abstract
Letters, programs, deeds, newspaper clippings, notes, cemetery records, a diary (1881), a history of Rushville (1788-1934), and other records pertaining to early settlers, local families, and events in Rushville. Also, "Centennial Celebration of the Congregational Church of Rushville, N.Y." (1902) and "The Pioneer Church, 1802-1952," a sesquicentennial history of the Rushville Church by Robert Moody. Also, farm records, diaries, local government records, Mapes estate papers, and Ringer...
Dates:
1842-1991.
Rushville, New York collection
Collection — Manuscript box 81 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065254322]
Identifier: 2496m
Scope and content
Collection consists mainly of newspaper clippings concerning Rushville, New York, especially Rushville history and the lives of Rushville citizens. Includes many articles about Marcus Whitman, as well as some about Rushville businesses and schools. Some of the articles were written by Mabel Blodgett. Also included are a few letters to or from New York State Assemblyman Vernon W. Blodgett (dated 1953) concerning the unveiling of a statue of Marcus Whitman in Washington, D.C., and a visit to...
Dates:
1897-1953.