DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, Ithaca, N.Y. publications, 1947-1977.
Collection Number: 2693

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, Ithaca, N.Y. publications, 1947-1977.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2693
Abstract:
Pamphlets and clippings relating to people, events, and local landmarks in Tompkins County and surrounding region.
Creator:
DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County
Quanitities:
.5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Pamphlets and clippings relating to people, events, and local landmarks in Tompkins County and surrounding region.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, Ithaca, N.Y. publications, #2693. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County
Subjects:
Tompkins County (N.Y.).
Historical societies -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Contents
Scope and Contents
Box 1
Over My Shoulder. Genieva B. Pauling. A Backward look at life in a Steuben County rural community before the twentieth century's changes. Ithaca,
1969
Box 1
Diary of Abner H. Thomas. Notes. Town of Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York, 1963-1865. Transcribed by his daughter, Eva Thomas, 1948. New York,
1960
Box 1
Early Kitchens. Ruth B. Kane. New York,
1966
Box 1
The Ballad of Bertie. From His Journal, by Barbara Bell. (2 copies; 1 copy has 55 verses, and the other one has 57 verses). New York,
1966
Box 1
Carrie Manning's Diary, 1869. Edited by William Heidt, Jr. Adapted for Junior Historians by Curtis Pfaff, Head of Citizenship Education Department, Ithaca High School. New York,
1956
Box 1
Pioneer Hunters and Their Game. Edited by William Heidt, Jr. New York,
1960
Box 1
Jeffrey Ferris Family Genealogy. Floyd I. Ferris. New York,
1963
Box 1
The Early Years of Leland Stanford. New Yorker Who Built the Central Pacific Railroad, by Dr. Norman E. Tutorow. (2 copies) New York,
1969
Box 1
Tom Quick, Early American. Frederick W. Crumb. New York revised
1969
Box 1
A Sentimental Journey, 1968. W. Glenn Norris, Tompkins County Historian. New York,
1968
Box 1
Ruloff: The Great Criminal and Philologist. DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County. New York, 1906 . Pub. #1
1906
Box 1
A History of the Railroads in Tompkins County. Hardy Campbell Lee. Pub. #4, DeWitt Hist. Soc. of Tompkins County. New York, 1947 (2 copies)
1947
Box 1
From A Local Historian's Notebook. Collected by Hazel M. Shear, formerly Allegheny County Historian. New York,
1969
Box 1
Brigham Young in Cayuga County. Mary Van Sickle Wait. New York,
1964
Box 1
Addie Smiley's Letters from the West, 1882-1886. Edited by William Heidt, Jr. The original letters are on the archives of the DeWitt Hist. Soc. New York,
1955
Box 1
The Pioneer Clevelands. Edited by William Heidt, Jr. From the Journal of Adaline Cleveland Hosner and the family records preserved by her granddaughter, Mrs. Jessie Agard. New York, 1956 (See Acc. #6005)
1956
Box 1
The Origin of Place Names in Topkins County. W. Glenn Norris, Tompkins County Historian, Tompkins County Clerk. Publication #6 of the DeWitt Hist. Soc. of Tompkins County. New York,
1951
Box 1
Early Explorers and Travelers in Tompkins County. W. Glenn Norris, Tompkins County Historian. New York,
1961
Box 1
Forests and Farms in Caroline. Compiled from various historical sources by William Heidt, Jr., with an introduction by W. Glenn Norris, descendent of Caroline pioneers, Tompkins County Historian. New York,
1965
Box 1
Remembering Ithaca, 1930-1970. Jessamine Kelsey Johnson. New York,
1971
Box 1
Simeon DeWitt Founder of Ithaca. William Heidt, Jr.; Carol K. Kammen, Editor. New York,
1968
Box 1
Simeon DeWitt and Miliatry Tract Township Names. Albert Hazen Wright. New York,
1961
Box 1
The Godfather of the Christen'd West: Who Was He?. George P. Philes. New York,
1961
Box 1
In the Wake of the Horton.Roy C. Shurger. The story of the Col. J.H. Horton as told to his wife, Delena. New York,
1969
Box 1
The Old Courthouse. William Heidt, Jr. New York,
1968
Box 1
The Blue-Eyed Lassie and the Rewick's in Ithaca. William Heidt, Jr., Ithaca City Historian. New York,
1970
Box 1
Henry Walton: An Early Artist Historical Settings of Ithaca Paintings. Leigh Rehner, Adapted from John G. Brooks' 1942 Manuscript. New York, 1969 (2 titles on pamphlet)
1969
Box 1
West Hill and Some of Its Historic Homes and Families. Elizabeth Genung, Robert Flinn and William Heidt, Jr., New York,
1964
Box 1
The Enduring Clinton House: An Account of Its Life and Times. Elizabeth B. Rogers. New York,
1970
Box 2
Beyond the Footlights Story of Dryden Opera House, 1893-1946. Samuel A. Cloyes, Curator, DeWitt Hist. Soc. New York,
1968
Box 2
The Healer. The Story of Dr. Samantha S. Nivison and Dryden Springs, 1820-1915. Samuel A. Cloyes
Box 2
The Old Cemetary of Dryden Tompkins County, New York, Records of Inscriptions and Geneological Notes. Complied by Charles M. Sandwick, Sr., New York, 1966 , revised 1970
1966
Box 2
Some Spenser History. Floyd I. Ferris. New York,
1958
Box 2
The West Danby Baptist Church 1810-1963. Gerald P. Holmes. New York,
1963
Box 2
Danby Historical Sketches. Tresa Cotright, Town Historian. New York,
1968
Box 2
A Romance Come to Dandy. William Heidt, Jr., Studies in Tompkins County History #1. New York,
1967
Box 2
It Happened in Lansing. Isabelle H. Parish,
1964
Box 2
This, Too, Happened in Lansing. Isabelle H. Parish, Town Historian. New York,
1967
Box 2
Echoes of Lansing Yesteryears. Jennie H. Conlon. New York,
1970
Box 2
More Bits and Pieces of Lansingville History. Nellie Tucker Minturn,
1971
Box 2
Kingdom Farm and Gilead School. Adapted by William Heidt, Jr. City Historian, New York,
1971
Box 2
Silently They Stand. Jennie H. Conlon. New York,
1966
Box 2
O-We-Nah and Other Indian Stories. Adapted by William Heidt, Jr., New York,
1962
Box 2
O-We-Nah: A Legend of Lake Eldridge and 16 Other Iroquois Indian Legends. Adapted by WIlliam Heidt, Jr., New York,
1971
Box 2
The Story of Count Frontenac and the Iroquois, 1672-1700. Mary Van Sickle and William Heidt, Jr. New York,
1970
Box 2
The Cayuga Indian Reservation and Colonel John Harris. John Van Sickle. New York, 1965 (2 copies)
1965
Box 2
The Logans and Other Iroquois Accounts. Mary Van Sickle Wait, with Doris Sutherland and William Heidt, Jr., contributors. New York,
1968
Box 2
Old Indian Trails in Tompkins County. W. Glenn Norris. New York, 1944 and 1969 (2 copies)
1944, 1969
Box 2
The Leni-Lenapes Became Delawares and Citizens. William Heidt, Jr., New York,
1971
Box 2
The Catskill Turnpike: A Wilderness Path. Almyra H. Morgan. New York,
1971
Box 2
Book of Records. For the Richford Branch of the Freewill Baptist Church in Dryden, N.Y.. H.R. Neff, copied by Carol Willsey Bell,
1970
Box 2
In Memoriam. Benton Sullivan Monroe, 1873-1969 ; W. Glenn Norris, 1895-1969 ; Ralph Claude Smith,
1873-1969, 1895-1969, 1892-1970
Box 2
California Ho! By Sail Boat and Mule Train, 1849. Adapted by William Heidt, Jr., Tompkins County Historian,
1972
Box 2
For Whom the Wine Was Poured and Other Poems. Edith Horton, 1971 , 47 pp.
1971
Box 2
A Child in the Nineties. Edith Horton, 1971 ; 30 pp.
1971
Box 2
Early Boyhood Days in Ithaca. Lawrence H. Jacobs, 1971 ; 67 pp.
1971
Box 2
The Honorable Jacob Willsey's Journal, 1831-1860. Copied by Carol Willsey Bell
Box 2
The Evray Quadruplets, Born 1855. Barbara Bell, (Location Connecticut Hill)