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Ithaca (N.Y.) -- History.

 Subject
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Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Ezra Cornell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1-1-1
Scope and content The earliest papers, 1828-1843, cover the years when Cornell worked in Ithaca and travelled for Barnaby and Mooers plows. They include letters, accounts, and other papers concerning his employment by Jeremiah Beebe, the owner of a flour and plaster mill on Fall Creek in Ithaca, N.Y. and his other business interests in Ithaca. Family letters contain information about his work, plans and opinions; news about his growing family; and reports of events in Ithaca. After 1838, there is...
Dates: 1746 - 1888; Majority of material found within 1844 - 1870
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Ezra Cornell papers

Frank Sullivan collection

 Collection
Identifier: 4618
Abstract

Correspondence and other papers of Frank Sullivan, an American journalist, humorist and author who was long associated with the New Yorker magazine.

Dates: 1910-1972.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Frank Sullivan collection

George S. Kephart family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3268
Abstract

Legal documents, 1790-1897, include articles of agreement, deeds, mortgages, and property titles in and around Ithaca, New York; family material includes photos and correspondence

Dates: 1790-1989.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / George S. Kephart family papers

Gerald M. Best reminiscences

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064933728]
Identifier: 3742
Scope and content

Typewritten manuscript of Best's reminiscences of the early days of motion pictures in Ithaca, New York, as well as photographs from films made at the time.

Dates: 1976.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Gerald M. Best reminiscences

Henry Edward Abt papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065193454]
Identifier: 37-5-1710
Scope and content

Includes a pamphlet of poems by Henry Abt, entitled MIRRORS OF DREAMLAND, 1926; two unpublished manuscripts entitled "The Movement to Aid Crippled Children" and "A Study of Wholesale Trades under the NRA"; and a thesis.

Dates: 1924-1936.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Henry Edward Abt papers

Historic Ithaca, Inc. publications

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064943024]
Identifier: 3043
Scope and content

Maps, articles, essays, brochures, and other items of Historic Ithaca, Inc., including "A Walking tour of East Hill residences designed by William Henry Miller."

Dates: 1970.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Historic Ithaca, Inc. publications

History of the First Congregational Church of Ithaca, New York, 1830-1930

 Collection — Manuscript box 42 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065249157]
Identifier: 1863m
Scope and content

Two copies of a typescript history of the First Congregational Church (15 pages each).

Dates: 1930.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / History of the First Congregational Church of Ithaca, New York, 1830-1930

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 Centennial Commission and Great Ithaca Write-In records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4415
Scope and content

Forms completed by individuals as part of the Great Ithaca Write-In as well as records pertaining to the event. Also, permission sheets, typescript, and paperback edition of ONE DAY IN ITHACA. Also, an Ithaca 100 coffee mug. Also, one DVD entitled "April 9, 1988 Ithaca Centennial Opening Celebration." Also one DVD entitled "They Made a Movie in Ithaca," showing the making of the movie on the previous DVD.

Dates: 1988.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Ithaca Centennial Commission and Great Ithaca Write-In records

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

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