Cornell Railroad Historical Society
PO Box 3886
Ithaca, NY 14852-3886
607.273.5754
Contact: John Marcham, President
Email: crhs@lightlink.com
Website: www.lehighvalleyrr.com
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Holdings related to railroads, rail history, rail photography and other aspects of the railroad hobby. Photographs; records; books; slides.
Cornell University
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-3901
607.255.3183
Contact: Patrizia Sione, Reference Archivist
Email: ps39@cornell.edu
Website: www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a-12:00p, 1:00-4:00p
Holdings: The Center holds the records of 13 labor unions, 5 professional or lobbying organizations, more than 500 individuals relating to industrial and labor relations. Areas of special subject interest are New York labor, the garment industry, railroad unionism, education, arbitration and mediation, social insurance, labor legislation reform.
Diocese of Central New York
244 Ludowville Road
Lansing, NY 14882
607.533.8874
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Collections covering history of the Episcopal Diocese of CNY 1792-present. Primary materials include parish registers for many town and village churches in CNY including baptismal, marriage, and death records; biographies, photographs, scrapbooks; bishop and clergy correspondence from the late 18th century to present.
Dryden Town Historical Society
PO Box 69
36 West Main Street
Dryden, NY 13053
607.844.9209
Email: Drydentownshiphistory@yahoo.com
Hours: Tuesday 9:00a-12:00p
Saturday 10:00a-2:00p
Also by appointment.
Holdings: Local historical artifacts and related family histories. Modest collection of photographs of same. Town gravestone records.
Enfield Historical Society
487 Enfield center Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Hours: By appointment only.
Hinckley Foundation Museum
410 East Seneca Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Hours: By appointment only.
Historic Ithaca, Inc.
120 West State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
607.273.6633
Contact: Margaret Hahn, Administrative Assistant
Email: hahn@historicithaca.com
Website: www.historicithaca.com
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a-5:00p
Or by appointment.
Holdings: Records focusing on the study of historic preservation in the immediate area, including historic documents, drawings & plans.
Ithaca Clock Museum
136 West State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
607.227.2303
Hours: By appointment only.
Ithaca College
Handwerker Gallery
1170 Gannett Center
Thaca, NY 14850
607.274.3018
Contact: Cheryl Kramer, Director
Email: ckramer@ithaca.edu
Website: www.ithaca.edu/handwerker
Hours: Monday-Saturday 10:00a-6:00p
Sunday 2:00-6:00p
Lansing Historical Association
PO Box 100
Lansing, NY 14882-0100
607.533.4514
Contact: Louise Bement, President
Website: www.lansingtown.com/zxlanhist.html
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Local history.
Newfield Historical Society
262 Van Kirk Road
Newfield, NY 14867
607.564.7778
Contact: Alan Chaffee, Director
Hours: By appointment only.
Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Hours: Summer:
Monday-Saturday 11:00a-4:00p
Winter:
Wednesday-Saturday 11:00a-4:00p
Holdings: Personal and professional papers of notable American paleontologists including: Gilbert Harris, Katherine Palmer, John Wells, Axel Olsson, Curt Teichert, Fred & Jean Plummer, Dorothy Palmer, Floyd and Helen Hudson. Photographs (mostly 19th century) of Finger Lakes. Slides of geology worldwide.
The History Center in Tompkins County
Gateway Plaza
401 East State Street
Suite 100
Ithaca, NY 14850
607.273.8284
Contact: Matt Braun, Director
Email: director@thehistorycenter.net
Website: www.thehistorycenter.net
Hours: Tuesday Thursday Saturday 11:00a-5:00p
Holdings: Thousands of documents, historic photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, genealogies, maps and books from Tompkins County's distant and recent past, all available in Research Library; educational and interactive programming including Student Historians Initiative, History Links Kits, Eight Square Schoolhouse living history program, curriculum tools for K-12 teachers and students, exhibitions and public programs.
The Sciencenter
601 First Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
607.272.0600 ext. 14
Contact: Marie Hedrick, Public Relations Manager
Email: mmgattine@sciencenter.org
Website: www.sciencenetr.org
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00a-5:00p
Sunday 12:00-5:00p
Town of Caroline
Historical Room
PO Box 136
2600 Slaterville Road
Slaterville Springs, NY 14881-0136
607.539.6400
Contact: Barbara Kone, Historian
Email: carolinehistorian@yahoo.com
Website: www.carolinehistorian.org
Hours: Thursday 6:30-8:30p
Also by appointment.
Holdings: Photos, letters, miscellaneous articles pertaining to the Town of Caroline. Family files, genealogies, autobiographies. Newspaper articles, paintings, school records, church records, cemetery records, deeds, maps, etc.
Town of Groton Historical Association
PO Box 142
168 Main Street
Groton, NY 13073
607.898.5787
Contact: Laura M. Butts, President
Hours: March-December
Saturday 9:00a-1:00p
Ulysses Historical Society
PO Box 455
Trumansburg, NY 14886
Hours: April-November:
Thursday-Saturday 2:00-4:00p
Holdings: Items pertaining to history of the Town of Ulysses; extensive costume bureau; genealogy papers of families; past issues of Trumansburg Free Press 1885 to present; 1880 U.S. census on computer.
Willow Glen Cemetery Association
PO Box 22
2090 Dryden Road
Dryden, NY 13053
607.844.8161
Contact: Brad Perkins, Association President
Hours: Daily 8:30a-4:00p
Holdings: Names of persons buried at Willow Glen Cemetery.
