Ithaca, New York History
- New York Heritage Digital Collections. "NewYorkHeritage.org is a research portal for students, educators, historians, genealogists, and others who are interested in the Empire State's history.
NewYorkHeritage.org is your gateway to hundreds of digital collections about New York State's people, places, and institutions. NewYorkHeritage.org brings together freely accessible digital collections from libraries, museums and archives from all over the state. See New York State's rich and unique history told through images, artifacts and documents--just a click away."
- The History Center in Tompkins County. "The History Center in Tompkins County is the gateway for learning about the people, places, things, and stories that have shaped our past. You are invited to examine history through a local lens by exploring thousands of historic photographs, documents, diaries, scrapbooks, genealogies, maps, and more in The History Center’s research library. Be sure to visit our Eight Square Schoolhouse and Living History Program. Built in 1827 and located on Hanshaw Road, it draws over 700 Tompkins County students each year to spend a day as a student in 1892. Discover the excitement of exploring the past at The History Center in Tompkins County."
- Tompkin County Historian. "Tompkins County was created by New York in 1817, which designated Ithaca the county seat. The county experienced initial growth until the years following the Depression of 1837 after which the population throughout, excepting Ithaca, declined. Cornell University was the product of the Morrill Land Grant Act designed to create studies in agriculture and engineering, blended with Ezra Cornell’s desire to found a university for poor, but deserving students, and the greater vision of Andrew Dickson White, who created the university’s structure and became its first president. Today, “Education” is the county’s largest employer. The county’s current population is 96,501."
- Tompkins County Public Library, Local History. "The Tompkins County Public Library is pleased to provide online local history information. The library is dedicated to providing online access to relevant local history materials relating to Tompkins County and surrounding areas.
Here you will find a variety of digitized materials from our print collection. Partial funding for digitization was made possible through a grant from the Park Foundation to encourage sustainability through remote access of library materials."
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