Cornell Public Library manuscript collections
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Ezra Cornell papers include minutes of a citizens' meeting (February 5, 1863), at which Cornell's proposal for building the Cornell Public Library was considered, and letters to Cornell, 1863-1874, from William Hodgins, the library architect, and John Henry Selkreg, Francis Miles Finch, and others concerning the operation of the library; records of the Ithaca & Owego Railroad, 1834-1845, later the Cayuga Division of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, include a letter from William Ross Humphrey to his father, Charles Humphrey, discussing some of the problems that were faced in starting the railroad, correspondence, financial statements, vouchers, bonds, and minutes of Board of Directors' meetings; land records include War of 1812, Black Hawk, and Seminole Wars bounty warrants, 1851-1864 and letters patent for lands in Illinois and Dakota Territory, 1818-1887; records concerning the Edward H. Rulloff murder trial and appeal, 1847-1860, include copies of indictments, briefs, notes on the selection of jurors, testimony, writs of error, New York State Supreme Court opinions, and letters from Rulloff to Douglass Boardman and Francis Miles Finch; the "Nautical Journal from River Plate [La Plata] to Pacific Ocean on Board Brig Laura of Salem" (ca. 150 pp.) contains a narrative of John Holman's voyage along the coast of South America, 1822-1824, and includes a sketch of the LAURA laying to off Cape Horn in a tremendous gale.
Also, cipher book of John Munson, ca. 1807; two letters from Lyman C. Draper to members of the Cantine family concerning their family history, 1878, and other Cantine items, 1822; thirty pencil drawings by Mary Hibbard; and miscellaneous manuscripts,and newspapers and printed items relating to Ithaca and Tompkins County.
1824 cider mill accounts, and miscellaneous bills, checks, envelopes, insurance policy, pamphlets, etc.
Dates
- 1818 - 1905
- Majority of material found within 1818 - 1887
Creator
- Cornell Public Library (Ithaca, N.Y.), (Collector, Organization)
- Hibbard, Mary. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
216 items. (216 items.)
Abstract
Various manuscripts related or belonging to the Cornell Public Library (now Ithaca Public Library).
Physical Description
Correspondence, financial and legal records, manuscripts, artwork, and microfilm.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- EAD encoding:
- Marcie Farwell, March 2016
- Date modified:
- Marcie Farwell, May 2018
- Boardman, Douglass, 1822-1891.
- Bounties, Military -- United States.
- Cantine family.
- Cider industry -- New York (State)
- Cornell, Ezra, 1807-1874.
- Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company. Cayuga Division
- Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891.
- Finch, Francis M. (Francis Miles), 1827-1907.
- Hodgins, William.
- Holman, John.
- Humphrey, Charles, 1792-1850.
- Humphrey, William Ross, 1820-1901.
- Ithaca and Owego Railroad Company
- Land titles -- Dakota Territory -- Registration and transfer.
- Land titles -- Illinois -- Registration and transfer.
- Library architecture -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- Munson, John, 1798-1871.
- Public libraries -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- Railroads -- New York (State)
- Rulloff, Edward H. (Edward Howard), 1819-1871.
- Selkreg, John H.
- South America -- Voyages and travel.
- Trials (Murder) -- New York (State)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- February 2016
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu