Guide to the Newfield Public Library Manuscript Collection,
1811-1965

Collection Number: 3046

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:
M.E. Morrison
Date completed:
May 1973
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, January 2004

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Newfield Public Library manuscript collection, 1811-1965.
Collection Number:
3046
Creator:
Newfield Public Library.
Quantity:
3 reels of microfilm.
Forms of Material:
Minutes, catalogues, records, proceedings, constitution, bylaws, a directory, a census book, a "death book," and periodicals.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Minutes of the Newfield School Board, District 5, 8 and 18; Newfield Public Library minute book and catalogues, and Newfield Town Library Association, program; records and proceedings of the Town of Cayuta, Tioga County, New York; constitution, bylaws, and minutes of the Newfield Literary Society and Debating Club; constitution, by laws, minutes, and list of ex-presidents of the Newfield Ladies Monday Club; directory of the Newfield and Trumbull's Corners Methodist Episcopal Church and Sunday School; undertaker's census book and "Death Book" (annual list of people buried); Grant's Petersburg Progress (Virginia), Vol. l, No. 4, April 10, 1965; and issues of the Newfield Tribune and the Newfield Home News.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Minutes of the Newfield School Board, District 5, 8 and 18; Newfield Public Library minute book and catalogues, and Newfield Town Library Association, program; records and proceedings of the Town of Cayuta, Tioga County, New York; constitution, bylaws, and minutes of the Newfield Literary Society and Debating Club; constitution, by laws, minutes, and list of ex-presidents of the Newfield Ladies Monday Club; directory of the Newfield and Trumbull's Corners Methodist Episcopal Church and Sunday School; undertaker's census book and "Death Book" (annual list of people buried); Grant's Petersburg Progress (Virginia), Vol. l, No. 4, April 10, 1965; and issues of the Newfield Tribune and the Newfield Home News.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Newfield Public Library.
Newfield and Trumbull's Corners Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School.
Newfield Ladies Monday Club.
Newfield Literary Society and Debating Club.
Newfield Town Library Association.

Titles:
Grant's Petersburg progress.
Newfield tribune.
Newfield home news.

Subjects:
Libraries.
Women--Societies and clubs.
School boards.
Sunday-schools.

Places:
Tompkins County N.Y.)
Newfield (N.Y.)
Tioga County (N.Y.)
Cayuta (N.Y.)
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Newfield Public Library manuscript collection, #3046. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Newfield School Board Minutes
School District #8. Oct. 4, 1831-Oct. 13, 1868 (1855 not in order)
Reel 1
School District #18. Oct. 12, 1869-Aug. 5, 1902 (1876 and 1886 missing)
Reel 1
School District #5. Aug. 3, 1897-Aug. 1, 1905, Aug. 4, 1908, May 5, 1925
Reel 1
Newfield Public Library
Newfield Library Minute Book. June 24, 1889-Dec. 3, 1900
Reel 1
Newfield Library Catalogues. 1892, 1899, 1901
Reel 1
Newfield Town Library Association, Programme. 1889
Reel 1
Newfield Miscellaneous Items
The Records and Proceedings of the Town of Cayuta, Tioga County, N.Y. 1811-1862 . (Dates and type of entries not in consecutive order)
Reel 1
Newfield Literary Society and Debating Club, Constitution and By-Laws, Minutes, Oct. 17, 1896-Apr. 23, 1897
Reel 1
Newfield Ladies Monday Club, Constitution and By-Laws, Minutes, Oct. 11, 1948-Mar. 15, 1965 ; list of Ex-Presidents, 1893-1947 .
Reel 1
Newfield and Trumbull's Corners Methodist Episcopal Church and Sunday School Directory, July 1, 1880
Reel 1
Census Book, A.R. Allen (Undertaker), 1898
Reel 1
"Death Book," A.R. Allen (Undertaker), 1903-1920 (Annual list of people buried)
Reel 1
Grant's Petersburg Progress (Virginia) Vol. 1, No. 4, Apr. 10, 1865
Reel 1
Newfield Newspapers
Newfield Tribune. Vol. I Apr. 21, 1888-Apr. 13, 1889
Reel 2
Newfield Tribune. Vol. II Apr. 20, 1889-Apr. 12, 1890
Reel 2
Newfield Tribune. Vol. III Apr. 19, 1890-June 28, 1890
Reel 2
Newfield Home News. June 7, 1941 (Sourvenir Edition) (with Vols. II and III)
Reel 2