Guide to the Moravia Area Items (Leslie L. Luther, collector and compiler),
1882-1966

Collection Number: 1934

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Leslie L. Luther, collector and compiler, Moravia area items, 1882-1966.
Collection Number:
1934
Creator:
Leslie L.(Leslie Leon), Luther 1886-1976,
Quantity:
.4 cubic ft.,
Forms of Material:
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Alphabetized tombstone inscriptions for cemeteries in the Towns of Locke, Genoa, Moravia, Niles, Scipio, Sempronius, Summer Hill, and Venice in Cayuga County and for the Van Etten Cemetery in the Town of Skaneateles, Onondaga County, New York; scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1921-58), sketches, and notes concerning people, events, and churches and other institutions in central New York (1794); genealogical data on the Alley (Allee), Luther, Spafford, Sparks, Youngs, Thayer, and Sawyer families; and a copy of a journal (1824) kept by William Slade during a journey from Sempronius to Swansea, Massachusetts.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Alphabetized tombstone inscriptions for cemeteries in the Towns of Locke, Genoa, Moravia, Niles, Scipio, Sempronius, Summer Hill, and Venice in Cayuga County and for the Van Etten Cemetery in the Town of Skaneateles, Onondaga County, New York; scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1921-58), sketches, and notes concerning people, events, and churches and other institutions in central New York (1794); genealogical data on the Alley (Allee), Luther, Spafford, Sparks, Youngs, Thayer, and Sawyer families; and a copy of a journal (1824) kept by William Slade during a journey from Sempronius to Swansea, Massachusetts.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Luther, Leslie L.1886-1976,
Alley family.
Luther family.
Sawyer family.
Spafford family.
Sparks family.
Thayer family.
Young family.

Subjects:
Cemeteries--New York (State)--Genoa.
Cemeteries--New York (State)--Locke.
Cemeteries--New York (State)--Moravia.
Cemeteries--New York (State)--Niles.
Cemeteries--New York (State)--Scipio.
Cemeteries--New York (State)--Sempronius.
Cemeteries--New York (State)--Skaneateles.
Cemeteries--New York (State)--Summer Hill.
Cemeteries--New York (State)--Venice.

Places:
Cayuga County (N.Y.)--Genealogy.
Cayuga County (N.Y.)--History.
Cayuga County (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
Onondaga County (N.Y.)--Genealogy.
Onondaga County (N.Y.)--History.
Onondaga County (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.

Form and Genre Terms:
Genealogies.
Scrapbooks.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Leslie L. Luther, collector and compiler, Moravia area items, #1934. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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