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Tompkins County (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.

 Subject
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Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur Queal scrapbook

 Collection — Volume 1: [Barcode: 31924064723145]
Identifier: 1821
Scope and content

Broadsides, postcards, church and theatre programs, and clippings pertaining to local events and such occurrences as the Frontenac disaster and other disasters and events in Seneca and Tompkins County, New York.

Dates: 1884-1928.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Arthur Queal scrapbook

Camp Barton Development Fund records

 Collection — Manuscript box 44 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065249876]
Identifier: 2114m
Scope and content

Records of the Camp Barton Development Fund, including memoranda to the "Bartoneers" (fundraising volunteers for Camp Barton) and a list of voters in the Town of Dryden in 1967.

Dates: 1967-1968.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Camp Barton Development Fund records

Central New York state social invitations

 Collection — Manuscript box 25 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065244950]
Identifier: 630m
Scope and content

Printed cards and notes inviting the recipient to balls and parties in Varna, Locke, Genoa, Lansing, Jacksonville, Freeville, Libertyville, Peruville, and Venice, New York. Several of them are invitations to "cotillon" [sic] parties. A few of the events have an admission charge.

Dates: 1847-1850.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Central New York state social invitations

Charles Henry Hull papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-17-249
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts, printed materials, regarding his professional career and financial accounts pertaining to Ithaca, N.Y. organizations. Additional records include deeds, mortgage and survey (1733-1803) on lands in Albany and Montgomery Counties and newspaper clippings and handwritten notes about the early Ithaca "Moral Society". One box of lantern slides.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1850-1945.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Charles Henry Hull papers

Gussie Gaskill papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 13-6-2336
Scope and content Biographical material, including student papers from Kansas and Cornell; correspondence with colleagues and students, including Mr. and Mrs. Carl Becker and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hodder, ca. 1920-1980; Chinese language training materials from ASTP; notebooks with a record of personal expenses, 1921-1984; records of checks drawn, 1963-1984; and files on Ellis Hollow community activities. Also, "Ruth Gaskill Woodbury Family History, 1636-1900." Also, records pertaining to the Wason Collection...
Dates: [ca. 1920-1984]
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Gussie Gaskill papers

History of Tompkins County (N.Y.) student scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4998
Scope and content

Scrapbooks compiled by students in Professor Carol Kammen's History 203 class at Tompkins Cortland Community College, commenting on issues and features of community history. Compilers include Ingrid H. Schmidt, Ray Wheaton, Mary Wheaton, Sara Shenk, Jason W. Hastings, Eniko Farkas, Sandra G. Palmer, Yvonne Roykouff, and Alanna Houston.

Dates: 1997
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / History of Tompkins County (N.Y.) student scrapbooks

Ithaca and Cornell University women's clubs papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064942984]
Identifier: 2397
Scope and content Programs, constitutions and by-laws, yearly calendars, historical sketches and membership and mailing lists for nine Ithaca women's clubs and four Cornell University women's clubs. The Ithaca clubs are American Association of University Women (1959-1960), Belle Sherman P.T.A. (1943-1945); Child Study Club (1944-1951); City Federation of Women's Organizations (1945-1949, 1960); Ithaca Council of Church Women (1960); Ithaca Women's Club (1949, 1958, 1962-1963); Northwest Club, Thimble Club...
Dates: 1932-1964.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Ithaca and Cornell University women's clubs papers

Ithaca and Tompkins County (N.Y.) printed material

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065216834]
Identifier: 1074
Abstract

Included are photographs, maps, brochures, booklets, programs, broadsides, invitations, historical outlines, and other printed items pertaining to subjects including local politics and government, urban renewal, religion, civic and social events and organizations, musical and dramatic productions, transportation, educational institutions, and geology of the region.

Dates: 1858-1992.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Ithaca and Tompkins County (N.Y.) printed material

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.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Ithaca Womans Club records

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.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Johnson family papers

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