Guide to the Records Of The Ithaca College Study Center For Early Religious Life In Western New York,
1978-1981

Collection Number: 6000

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:
Julie Lonnberg
Date completed:
July 2001
EAD encoding:
Peter Martinez, May 2004
Date modified:
RMC Staff, October 2011

© 2004 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Records of the Ithaca College Study Center for Early Religious Life in Western New York, 1978-1981.
Collection Number:
6000
Creator:
Ithaca College Study Center for Early Religious Life in Western New York.
Quantity:
3.4 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Office files, lists of contact persons, record files, and field inventory files.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Office files, lists of contact persons, record files, and field inventory files of the Ithaca College Study Center for Early Religious Life in Western New York.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Study Center for Early Religious Life in Western New York compiled a series of collections of church and church-related records generated in the area of New York State known as the "burned-over district" due to the concentration of religious revivals there in the first half of the 19th century.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Office files, lists of contact persons, record files, and field inventory files of the Ithaca College Study Center for Early Religious Life in Western New York.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Ithaca College.

Subjects:
Religious institutions--New York (State).

Places:
New York (State)--Religion.
New York (State)--Religious life and customs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Records of the Ithaca College Study Center for Early Religious Life in Western New York, #6000. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

See a listing of church collections that are part of this project here: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/eguides/lists/churchlist1.htm.
See a listing of additional church collections here: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/eguides/lists/churchlist2.htm.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Internal Files
Paper by Judith Wellman- SUNY, Oswego
 Box 1 Folder 1
List of townships and counties
 Box 1 Folder 2
Microfilming record
 Box 1 Folder 3
Visiting researchers
 Box 1 Folder 4
Catalog Authority List
 Box 1 Folder 5
Restrictions forms
 Box 1 Folder 6
Receipts (microfilming)
 Box 1 Folder 7
Bills (microfilming)
 Box 1 Folder 8
Future Possible Collections
 Box 1 Folder 9
Original accessions sheets (with incomplete or inaccurate information)
 Box 1 Folder 13
Photocopy of Accessions Log (6001-6081)
 Box 1 Folder 14
Research inquiries
 Box 1 Folder 15
Correspondence not related to research
 Box 1 Folder 16
Paper by William Siles
 Box 1 Folder 17
Report: March 1981
 Box 1 Folder 18
"Signposts on the Psychic Highway..." by Glenn Altschuler and Jan Salzgaber
 Box 1 Folder 19
Paper by Sarah Lee
 Box 1 Folder 20
Brackey-Siles correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 21
Microfilm Copies Produced by the Study Center Housed Elsewhere
 Box 1 Folder 22
Documents Located and Accessions by county
 Box 1 Folder 23
A non-manucsript donation
 Box 1 Folder 24
Information on Millerism and Adventism
 Box 1 Folder 25
Access and Reference Policy
 Box 1 Folder 26
Receipts for negatives delivered to C.U.
 Box 1 Folder 27
Descriptions of the Study Center Project
 Box 1 Folder 28
Miscellaneous archival information
 Box 1 Folder 29
Sarah Lee: talk re: Study Center
 Box 1 Folder 30
Alphabetical listing of towns in western New York (incomplete)
 Box 1 Folder 31
Alpha. List of townships and villages, by county
 Box 1 Folder 32
Information on protestant denominations
 Box 1 Folder 33
Information on "Annihilationism"
 Box 1 Folder 34
A history of the Baptists- Torbet
 Box 1 Folder 35
Photocopy of 1827 document, "Confession of Faith"
 Box 1 Folder 36
Article from the "American Archivists"
 Box 1 Folder 37
Kathy Haynie: Notes for Speaking Engagements
 Box 1 Folder 38
Paper: "Growth of the Church on the Northwestern Frontier" 1955
 Box 1 Folder 39
"The Upper New York Synod and its Origins"
 Box 1 Folder 40
"A Filing System for Historical Information"
 Box 1 Folder 41
Examples from documents
 Box 1 Folder 42
Miscellaneous histories
 Box 1 Folder 43
Notes of collection descriptions
 Box 1 Folder 44
Microfilm copies billing list
 Box 1 Folder 45
Weekly reports - June 29-Sept. 30 1981 (Cont. below)
 Box 1 Folder 46
Newspaper articles, related correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 1
Historical Society Information
 Box 1 Folder 2
County lists of accessions
 Box 1 Folder 3
Daily record of student hours
 Box 1 Folder 4
Collections Grant Proposal
 Box 1 Folder 5
Research Project Grant Proposal
 Box 1 Folder 6
Annual Progress Reports
 Box 2 Folder 7
Sample form letters
 Box 2 Folder 8
Supply lists & info., reciepts
 Box 2 Folder 9
Anti-Masonry in S.C. collections
 Box 2 Folder 10
Calendars, field notes
 Box 2 Folder 11
Budget: July-September, 1981
 Box 2 Folder 12
P.W. Description notes (summer ’81)
 Box 2 Folder 13
Descriptions Progress Chart
 Box 2 Folder 14
Church Information
Baptist Churches
 Box 1 Folder 1
Congregational
 Box 1 Folder 2
Episcopal
 Box 1 Folder 3
Evangelical - United Brethren
 Box 1 Folder 4
Free Methodist
 Box 1 Folder 5
Friends
 Box 1 Folder 6
Lutheran
 Box 1 Folder 7
Mormons
 Box 1 Folder 8
Presbyterian
 Box 1 Folder 9
Roman Catholic
 Box 1 Folder 10
Seventh Day Adventist
 Box 1 Folder 11
United Church of Christ
 Box 1 Folder 12
United Methodist
 Box 1 Folder 13
Universalist
 Box 1 Folder 14
Wesleyan Methodist
 Box 1 Folder 15
Contact Records by County
Broome
 Box 3
Cayuga
 Box 3
Chemung
 Box 3
Chenango
 Box 3
Erie
 Box 3
Genesee
 Box 3
Livingston
 Box 3
Madison
 Box 3
Monroe
 Box 3
Montgomery
 Box 3
Oneida
 Box 3
Onondaga
 Box 3
Ontario
 Box 3
Oswego
 Box 3
St. Lawrence
 Box 3
Schuyler
 Box 3
Seneca
 Box 3
Steuben
 Box 3
Tioga
 Box 3
Tompkins
 Box 3
Wayne
 Box 3-4
Yates
 Box 4
-Unknown/Miscellaneous
 Box 4
Field Inventories by County
Cayuga
 Box 4
Cortland
 Box 4
Chemung
 Box 4
Erie
 Box 4
Genesee
 Box 4
Livingston
 Box 4
Madison
 Box 4
Monroe
 Box 4
Onondaga
 Box 4
Ontario
 Box 4
Oswego
 Box 4
Schuyler
 Box 4
Seneca
 Box 4
Steuben
 Box 4
Tioga
 Box 4
Tompkins
 Box 4
Wayne
 Box 4
Wyoming
 Box 4
Field Inventories
 Box 4
Yates
 Box 4
Unknown/Miscellaneous
 Box 4
Unprocessed Materials
 Box 5