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Tompkins County (N.Y.) -- History, Local.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Baker and Wells families papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3601
Abstract

Includes research material on Elizabeth Baker Wells' biography of Albert W. Force and other material relating to Cornell history, as well as papers of the Baker and Wells families.

Dates: 1897-1990.

Caroline and Speedsville, New York items

 Collection — Manuscript box 54 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065252060]
Identifier: 2976m
Scope and content

Photographs and typescript relating to the history of Caroline and Speedsville, New York. The typescript item is the text for a self-guided historical tour. Photographs, taken by Prudence Mix and annotated by Nancy Dean, show local historical structures, people working on historical restorations and a town history, and a quilt featuring a map of Caroline Township.

Dates: 1976.

Pease family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 12
Scope and content

Estate papers and scrapbooks of the Pease family, Trumansburg, Tompkins County, N.Y., including Augustine H. Pease, Cynthia Markham Pease, Lucy S. and Ida Pease, and Samuel D. Hopkins; also an indenture of Joseph Begna.

Dates: 1789-1919.

Strand Theatre plans and miscellany

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3949
Scope and content

Copies of plans of the Strand Theatre, including 1977-1986 renovation plans. Also, 17 page photocopy of "The Strand Theatre" (1978), by Elaine Harrington, including information concerning the architectural and cultural history of the Ithaca, New York theatre and notes by the author.

Dates: 1977-1986.