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Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Politics and government.

 Subject
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Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

John Marcham papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2876
Scope and content

Includes printed material from the 1968 Democratic Convention; a letter from vice president Hubert H. Humphrey, 1968; correspondence, notes and publications pertaining to Ithaca schools, and Ithaca and Tompkins County politics; Alumni News mementos; papers relating to Marcham's service in the army, and financial and Veterans Admininistration records while he was a student at Cornell; correspondence and other materials from the Cornell Daily Sun; and other items.

Dates: [ca.1935-1983]

Mayor's Citizens Advisory Committee reports and minutes

 Collection — Manuscript box 54 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924252136]
Identifier: 2995m
Scope and content

Minutes of the Mayor's Citizens Advisory Committee meeting of December 11, 1969, and reports presented to the Committee on December 18 by committees on education; industrial development; public utilities, municipal services, and transportation; youth and employment; and Youth Court.

Dates: 1969 December 11-18.

Municipal Administration Class reports

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 26-3-m.840
Scope and content

Reports compiled by the class include: “Unofficial 1951 Annual Financial Report of the City of Ithaca, N.Y.,” February 1953 (32 pp. mimeo) and “Report on Municipal Government of the City of Ithaca,” 1955 (86 pp. carbon copy).

Dates: 1953, 1955.

New York State Route 327 collection

 Collection — Manuscript box 81 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065254405]
Identifier: 3664m
Scope and content

Newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, chronology, petition, memoranda, minutes, and drawing relating to Route 327 and the controversy surrounding the widening of the road. Includes several articles and editorials from the Ithaca Journal. The chronology was compiled by Peggy (Marguerite J.) Pack. Correspondents include Assemblyman Gary A. Lee, resident Boyd Pack, engineer R.W. Strain, and David Powers of the Town of Ithaca Zoning Board of Appeals.

Dates: 1965-1976.

Pauline Layton papers

 Collection
Identifier: 7620
Abstract

Documents from the creation and early years of Cornell's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered student groups, and the Cornell Women's Studies Program (1968-1981). Pamphlets, articles, and other documents on the women's, sexual liberation, and gay liberation movements of the late 1960's and 1970's. Layton's reflections on her own gender and sexual identity. Videos concerning AIDS and equal rights for gays and lesbians.

Dates: 1967-1999.

Perception of change in the Ithaca City School district documentation project

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 13-6-1487
Scope and content In 1966-68, William Cutler, III (Ph.D. candidate in the history of education) interviewed nine people (13 interviews), including four members of the Board of Education, together with the dismissed superintendent and his successor were interviewed to no vote on the referendum and to consider possible relationships between these events. The interviews provide information for the study of interaction of major interest groups in the Ithaca area and the dynamics of the relationship between...
Dates: 1966-1974.

Political campaign materials, New York State

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2246
Scope and content

Broadsides, pamphlets, form letters, sample ballots, trade cards, campaign cards, bumper stickers, and other printed and mimeographed materials, as well as buttons and novelties documenting various New York State and local elections 1962-1964, distributed by the two major parties and the Liberal Party. In addition a frisbee supporting Morgenthau and Donovan and a Connie Cook pot holder.





Dates: 1895-1987-(bulk 1962-1964)

The industrial development of Ithaca, New York

 Collection — Manuscript box 53 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065251955]
Identifier: 2934m
Scope and content

Typewritten report detailing the industrial needs and resources of Ithaca, New York, with recommendations for how the city might go about encouraging development. Attached at the front of the report is a resolution passed at the January 28, 1969 meeting of the Mayor's Citizens Advisory Committee, commending the report and proposing next steps to be taken.

Dates: 1969.

Tompkins County political campaign materials

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064943107]
Identifier: 2985
Scope and content Campaign materials from candidates in the elections of 1969 and 1977, running for various positions in Tompkins County, New York, including Mayor, City Judge, and aldermen for Ithaca, Judge for Tompkins County, and Town Supervisor for the Towns of Danby and Ithaca. Candidates represented include Gould P. Colman (for Danby Town Supervisor), Beverly Livesay (for Ithaca Town Supervisor), and Betty Friedlander (for Tompkins County Judge), among others. Materials consist mainly of brochures and...
Dates: 1969-1977.

Tompkins County Public Library items

 Collection — Manuscript box 53 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065251948]
Identifier: 2933m
Scope and content Typescript, leaflets, and newspaper articles concerning the laying of the cornerstone for the Tompkins County Public Library in 1968 and the dedication of the new library building in April 1969. The typescript document is a transcript of the proceedings at the dedication ceremony. The newspaper articles include a multi-page "Library supplement" to the Ithaca Journal from February, 1969, including historical information on the Cornell Public Library and the transition to the new county-run...
Dates: 1968-1969.