Guide to the Carol Sisler Papers,
[ca. 1944-1990]

Collection Number: 4925

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
N. Dean
Date completed:
October 1997
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2003

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Carol Sisler papers, [ca. 1944-1990].
Collection Number:
4925
Creator:
Carol U. Sisler, 1929-
Quantity:
6.4 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, subject files, clippings and background information, scrapbooks, photographs and awards.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, subject files, clippings and background information, scrapbooks, photographs, awards, and other material of the personal life and professional career of a writer, historian, and director of Historic Ithaca. Subject files compile research on subjects of local interest and local history. Family papers of Sisler's parents, Eleanor and Frederick Untiedt.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, subject files, clippings and background information, scrapbooks, photographs, awards, and other material of the personal life and professional career of a writer, historian, and director of Historic Ithaca. Subject files compile research on subjects of local interest and local history. Family papers of Sisler's parents, Eleanor and Frederick Untiedt.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Sisler, Carol U., 1929-
Untiedt, Eleanor.
Untiedt, Frederick
Historic Ithaca.

Places:
Ithaca (N.Y.)--History.
Ithaca (N.Y.)--Description.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Carol Sisler papers, #4925. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Organizational files
 Box 1
Family correspondence and postcards
 Box 2
"Cayuga Lake" research files
 Box 3
"Enterprising Families" alphabetical research files and photographs
 Box 4
Scrapbooks, framed and unframed photos and documents
 Box 5
Letters to the Untiedt family; photos and volumes
 Box 6
Eleanor and Frederick Untiedt letters and photos
 Box 7