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Henry N. Hinckley local history ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: 6749

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Printed and manuscript ephemera relating to canals, commerce and banking, education, politics and elections, religion, smoking, theater, travel and transportation, and technical equipment, primarily in Ithaca and Tompkins County.

Dates

  • 1823-1976.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Henry N. Hinckley was born in Trumansburg, NY, son son of Henry L. and Nellie Noble Hinckley. The family moved to ithaca and Henry attended Cornell University, graduating with a degree in architecture in 1911. He worked as an architect and for the Thomas Morse Air Craft Corporation. During World War I, he served in the Signal Corps and with the Air Force in France. After the war, he returned to Ithaca and worked as an investment banker, city building commissioner, owner and manager of residential properties, and collector and authority on antiques. After Henry's death in 1969, his house became the Hinckley Foundation Museum. The museum closed in the 1990s.

Extent

.3 cubic feet. (.3 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Printed and manuscript ephemera relating to canals, commerce and banking, education, politics and elections, religion, smoking, theater, travel and transportation, and technical equipment, primarily in Ithaca and Tompkins County.

Physical Description

Manuscripts, Printed Materials

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Julia Parker
Date completed:
April 25, 2007
EAD encoding:
Julia Parker, April 25, 2007
Date modified:
Kristen Reichenbach, August 2018
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
Date
August 2008
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)