Henry N. Hinckley local history ephemera
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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
- Hinckley, Henry Noble (Collector, Person)
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
- Advertising cards.
- Banks and banking -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County.
- Canals -- New York (State)
- Education -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County.
- Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
- Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Description and travel.
- Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- New York (State) -- Description and travel.
- Political campaigns.
- Political collectibles.
- Theater -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- Tompkins County (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
- Trade cards.
- Travel.
- 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
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu