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


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

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