The History Center of Tompkins County | Path Through History | WSKG
THE HISTORY CENTER IN TOMPKINS COUNTY | Tompkins County
Located in the renovated Gateway Center in Ithaca, just walking distance from the Commons, the History Center in Tompkins County maintains an extensive collection and provides a variety of unique exhibitions and programs on local history.
The center's main goal is to give community members access to the tools needed to study the past in order to illuminate the present. To accomplish this mission the museum offers educational programs, workshops, resource programs, and walking tours -- each designed to accommodate students and adults of all ages.
Research materials include an extensive collection of books, manuscripts, ledgers, maps and photographs. The museum also house genealogy resources including thousands of local family files, cemetery listings, census records and directories.
In addition to its facility in Ithaca, the History Center owns a fully restored one-room schoolhouse in the Town of Dryden. Built in 1827, and currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Eight Square Schoolhouse is the only surviving octagonal brick schoolhouse in New York State.
The History Center in Tompkins County is also member of the Discovery Trail, a partnership of eight educational organizations promoting the connections between science, nature and culture. In Ithaca, the Discovery Trail runs right along New York's Path Through History.
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The History Center of Tompkins County
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Visit Ithaca
Visit Ithaca is an advertising and public relations campaign sponsored by the Ithaca/Tompkins Convention and Visitor's Bureau, I Love New York, and Brand USA. Recent alumni and students at Park Productions, Ithaca College scripted, directed, and edited eight spots. The commercials are airing on The Learning Channel, Lifetime, A&E, and Bravo, as well as in-stream on YouTube plays in Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, and Ottawa.
Early Photos of Cornerstone Laying Ceremonies From the Victorian Era (1800s)
A collection of photographs taken during cornerstone laying ceremonies in the United States taken during the late 1800's.
Sources: The J. Paul Getty Museum, New York Public Library, Library of Congress.
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Saved from the wrecking ball the Clinton House Ithaca NY pt 1 of 3
Here is some footage I took at the March 5th event at the History Center of Tompkins County located in the Historic Gateway Plaza,
entitled Saved from the Wrecking Ball a discussion on the Clinton House, with Fred Schwartz, Michael Bacon, Victoria Romanoff, Carol Sisler, and Mike Richardson. the program is about the effort it took to save the Ithaca landmark. It was a packed house so I shot about 45 minutes of the discussion, it was also recorded for showing by Pegasus Channel 13. This is part 1 of 3, which shows some of setup taking place and introductory commentary and the start of the program.
Cornell University | Path Through History | WSKG
CORNELL UNIVERSITY | Tompkins County
High above Cayuga Lake in Tompkins County sits a university that is consistently ranked as one of the top institutions of higher learning in the United States. Opened in 1868, Cornell University started in one building and with only 412 students. Today, it includes over 700 buildings, 14 colleges and schools, and enrolls over 20,000 students.
The university was the brainchild of New York Senator Ezra Cornell. Cornell had grown up poor, but had made a substantial fortune in the telegraph business. Having been self-educated, Ezra Cornell saw the need for colleges that would provide an education in practical subjects, such as agriculture, applied sciences, veterinary medicine, and engineering. Cornell collaborated with fellow New York Senator, Andrew White, to obtain founding for the new University, through the Morrill Land Grant Act. Cornell also donated a sizable portion of his own money towards the project.
Located in one of Central New York's most picturesque natural settings, students and visitors to the campus can stroll along two gorges, Cascadilla and Fall Creek, and take in the spectacular views of New York's largest Finger Lake. From Far above Cayuga's Waters, Cornell University is another important stop along New York's Path Through History.
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The History Center of Tompkins County
Library of Congress
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Path Through History:
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The Best Places to Visit in New York State, USA
The Best Places to Visit in New York State, USA
New York State holds the biggest pull for visitors from around the world. The entire state of New York has plenty of attractions to keep you entertained. Besides the urban allure, culture, and shopping of Manhattan, much of New York State is still, in many ways, waiting to be discovered. The state is endowed with outstanding beauty and diversity of scenery. Although New Yorkers have long vacationed in the Catskill and Adirondack mountains, and at Long Island beaches, most have seen too little of the state between its tourist bookends, New York City and Niagara Falls. The historic Hudson Valley, a majestic river lined with elegant estates, is finally positioning itself as a destination, not just a day trip from the city.
Planning a trip to a state as large and diverse as New York involves a lot of decision making, so in this video we've tried to give some directions. We've chosen what we feel is the very best the state has to offer -- the places and experiences you won't want to miss. This video gives you an overview of New York State's highlights to get you started planning your trip.
#1. New York City
#2. The Statue of Liberty
#3.Niagara Falls
#4.Thousand Islands
#5.Watkins Glen State Park
#6.Hudson River Valley
#7.Catskills
#8.Ithaca
#9.Letchworth State Park
#10.Adirondack Mountains
HISTORICAL PLACES OF NEW YORK STATE,U S A IN GOOGLE EARTH PART THREE ( 3/3 )
HISTORICAL PLACES OF NEW YORK STATE,U S A PART THREE (3/3)
1. CASTLE TICONDEROGA,ESSEX 43°50'30.55N 73°23'15.02W
2. ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL,BROOKLYN 40°43'10.16N 73°57'12.34W
3. EGG CENTER ARTS,ALBANY 42°39'1.98N 73°45'30.51W
4. ST.JEAN BAPTIST CATHOLIC CHURCH,NEW YORK CITY 40°46'21.10N 73°57'36.31W
5. CHITTENANGO FALLS,CAZENOVIA 42°58'42.90N 75°50'29.38W
6. BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART,BROOKLYN 40°40'15.48N 73°57'49.94W
7. MONTAUK POINT LIGHTHOUSE,MONTAUK 41° 4'15.94N 71°51'25.41W
8. PRISON SHIP MARTYRS MONUMENT,BROOKLYN 40°41'30.52N 73°58'31.89W
9. ST.ADALBERTS BASILICA,BUFFALO 42°53'51.99N 78°49'52.95W
10. THE DAKOTA,NEW YORK CITY 40°46'36.50N 73°58'34.17W
11. NIAGARA FALLS 43° 4'54.19N 79° 4'13.50W
12. ST.VARTAN ARMENIAN CATHEDRAL,NEW YORK CITY 40°44'42.31N 73°58'30.99W
13. HOLY TRINITY MONASTERY,WARREN 42°55'38.20N 74°56'4.59W
14. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART,BOWERY 40°43'20.30N 73°59'34.58W
15. ITHACA FALLS,ITHACA 42°27'10.02N 76°29'29.88W
16. BELVEDERE CASTLE,NEW YORK CITY 40°46'45.75N 73°58'8.25W
17. ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL,SYRACUSE 43° 2'48.67N 76° 8'59.30W
18. WASHINGTON SQUARE ARCH,NEW YORK CITY 40°43'52.67N 73°59'49.15W
19. ST.JOHN CHURCH,SCHENECTADY 42°48'51.40N 73°55'54.34W
20. MUSEUM OF CITY,NEW YORK CITY 40°47'32.69N 73°57'6.77W
21. ST.LOUIS CHURCH,BUFFALO 42°53'44.39N 78°52'18.62W
22. NEW YORK CITY HALL,NEW YORK CITY 40°42'45.97N 74° 0'21.36W
23. CASTLE STANWIX,ROME 43°12'38.13N 75°27'18.81W
Ithaca Gorge, Ithaca, NY
Ithaca Gorge, Ithaca, Tompkins County, NY. Starting with Upper and Lower Triphammer Falls, Rocky Falls (with the hydroelectric plant), Forest Falls, and ending with Ithaca Falls. Pity it's not possible to get a better look at most of the falls, due to high fences and safety nets under most of the bridges! Shot 9/30/13
Cooperstown, New York
Cooperstown is a village in and county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States. Most of the village lies within the town of Otsego, but some of the eastern part is in the town of Middlefield.
Cooperstown is best known as the home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The Farmers' Museum, opened in 1944 on farm land that had once belonged to James Fenimore Cooper,
(James Fenimore Cooper grew up in the frontier town. He later became a noted American author with The Leatherstocking Tales, a series of historical novels that includes The Last of the Mohicans.)
the Fenimore Art Museum, Glimmerglass Opera, and the New York State Historical Association are also based here. Most of the historic pre-1900 core of the village is included in the Cooperstown Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980; its boundaries were increased in 1997 and more contributing properties were identified.
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Who's Buried in the Ithaca City Cemetery?
Historic Ithaca is giving tours of the Ithaca City Cemetery between October 24 and Nov 1. Here is a little preview of some of the stories you'll hear as you venture through the historic cemetery.
Crown Point State Historic Site
Crown Point State Historic Site is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the ruins of two fortifications from the colonial wars between the British and French. Long before the American Revolution these colonial powers both laid claim to the Champlain Valley and this strategically important peninsula known as Crown Point. The French built Fort St. Frederic here between 1734 and 1737 and used it as a base for raids on British settlements in New York and New England. As a result, the British mounted various expeditions to take control of Crown Point, and in 1759 they were finally successful. They immediately began construction of new fortifications that they called His Majesty's Fort of Crown Point. Enclosing over seven acres this was one of the largest built by the British in North America.
In 1775, at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, the American colonists captured the fort and secured sorely needed cannons and heavy ordnance. Crown Point was occupied by General John Burgoyne's army in 1777 after the American evacuation to Mount Independence and remained under British control until the end of the war. The ruins of Fort St. Frederic, His Majesty's Fort of Crown Point, and surrounding lands were acquired by the State of New York in 1910.
Today, visitors can explore the preserved ruins of these forts and tour the museum which includes a multimedia orientation program, large scale models, and an exhibit of original artifacts recovered from the site by archaeologists. Additionally, the site offers access to the historic Crown Point Pier, the Champlain Memorial Lighthouse, the walking paths on either side of the newly constructed Lake Champlain Bridge, and fantastic views of Lake Champlain.
LA Angel's Tent City: The New Face of Homelessness
We are in a homelessness CRISIS and the faces of the homeless may surprise you.
Help us document and support the new faces of homelessness and those at need in an effort to shed more light and awareness on this growing issue.
Tent cities are popping up all over America at rapid speeds (The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty announced that research showed a 1,342% increase in homeless encampments reported between 2007 and 2017).
I and my producing partner Mitch Koss got to check out the controversial Los Angeles Angel's Tent City located in Anaheim, California where more than 1,000 people are said to call this area home. Within minutes, we met a 34 year old college educated single Mom born and raised in Orange County, aka The OC, who is now 6 months in to living in her tent. She let us film inside her tent so we could show you this dangerous living environment. Also, I get tempted to buy a bicycle from Mike's Bikes, another locally born and raised OC native millennial now 3 years into living in tent city. He lives in a sub camp with his brother a contractor short on jobs and his fiancee who works full time in a local store.
Perhaps the reason why California, New York, Florida and Washington state account for so many homeless people is that homelessness is no longer simply the result of mental illness and / or addiction -- which it mainly was starting in the '80s when the mental ill were de-institutionalized, that is, tossed onto the streets, so the public didn't have to pay for their care.
Today homelessness is looking more and more like the result of income inequality, and the rising unaffordability it brings.
For example, the state of California has the world's 6th largest economy, which means there's a lot of accumulated wealth here. But last fall, the US Census Bureau said that when cost-of-living is factored in, California has the highest poverty rate in the nation, nearly 1 in 5 people... And nearly 1 in 8 residents of the US living in California:
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Ecovillages: Neighborhoods of the Future
A growing number of people are looking for new ways to live more eco-friendly lives and many are finding eco-village living as the solution to our environmental problems. The global warming and climate change issue has become a center of attention in recent years, which has led to new growth in the eco-village movement.
This is a critical time in human history. Clearly we are destroying the natural environment and we are warming up the globe. We can be sure that our species will not going to be around very long if we don't get our consumption habits under control, says Liz Walker, co-founder and executive director of Ecovillage at Ithaca (EVI), who also has written two books on sustainable development. Located a few miles from a small college town in New York State, EVI was formed 20 years ago and it's a leading model for a socially rich lifestyle focused on sustainability.
The ecovillages' mission has two aspects: one is the combination of conservation and living in more sustainable way and the other is the process of cohousing where people come together to live intentionally with each other. The ecovillage and the cohousing movement both started in the early 1990s in Denmark and have migrated around the world.
There are over 100 cohousing communities in the United States, many of which still forming, according to the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN), a growing international network of sustainable communities and initiatives. EVI is the first ecovillage in the United States to build two cohousing neighborhoods as part of the same project and a third one, called Third Residential Ecovillage Experience (TREE), is underway. TREE plans to break ground in 2013 and features 40 new different-sized homes, a common house, and the community will be handicap accessible.
Unlike self-sufficient communities in the past, EVI members have their own homes and manage their own finances separately, but each pays monthly fee for maintaining the common buildings, the land, and fund future capital projects.
Similar to a condominium association, residents buy shares of the common property, such as the common house and the surrounding land. Ecovillagers are actively involved in the governance of the community and make decisions through a consensus process during the board of directors meetings that include members of EVI.
It's a chance to be with our neighbors, it's a chance to have friends without having to drive across a big city, says Barbara Pease, EVI member and a retired computer scientist who moved from Boston.
It seems like an idea whose time has come for our country and I think it will be increasing, says Shannon Wagner, EVI member and a retired attorney.
Three Groves EcoVillage (TGE) in West Grove, Pennsylvania, has a similar vision of building an ecologically sustainable neighborhood. This ecovillage is still forming and expects to break ground in June 2012.
We are over-exploiting the planet to the point that there isn't going to be a future for our children, unless we start doing something about it, says Sandy Wiggins, developer for TGE.
Argos Inn - Ithaca (New York) - United States
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Argos Inn hotel city: Ithaca (New York) - Country: United States
Address: 408 E State Street; zip code: NY 14850
Housed in an historic building that has previously been the Mayor’s Mansion of Ithaca and the Duncan-Hines world headquarters, this Ithaca hotel offers an on-site bar. Free WiFi access is available.
-- Occupant un bâtiment historique qui était jadis le manoir du maire d'Ithaca et le siège international de Duncan Hines, l'Argos Inn dispose d'un bar sur place et d'une connexion Wi-Fi gratuite.
-- Este hotel de Ithaca tiene bar y conexión WiFi gratuita y está situado en un edificio histórico que fue la mansión del alcalde de Ithaca y la sede mundial de Duncan-Hines.
-- Dieses Hotel begrüßt Sie in einem historischen Gebäude, das in der Vergangenheit als Bürgermeisterhaus von Ithaca und als Duncan-Hines-Hauptverwaltung diente. In der Unterkunft profitieren Sie von einer Bar und kostenfreiem WLAN.
-- Dit hotel in Ithaca is gevestigd in een historisch gebouw dat vroeger de woning van de burgemeester van Ithaca was en het hoofdkantoor van Duncan-Hines. Het hotel heeft een eigen bar. Er is gratis WiFi.
-- Situato ad Ithaca e ospitato in un edificio storico un tempo occupato dal sindaco della città e sede internazionale di Duncan-Hines, questo hotel offre un bar e il WiFi gratuito.
-- イサカに位置するホテルで、かつてイサカ市長の邸宅やダンカン・ハインズの世界本社として使われた歴史的建造物を利用しています。館内バーがあり、無料Wi-Fi回線も提供しています。 Argos Innの歴史的な特徴とモダンな設備が調和した客室には、地熱を利用した冷暖房、専用バスルーム(ヘアドライヤー付)が備わります。一部のバスルームのフロアは温熱ストーンフロアとなっています。 環境に配慮したArgos Innは、日当たりの良いポーチ、石造りの屋外パティオを併設しています。 ...
-- 这间伊萨卡(Ithaca)的酒店坐落在一栋历史悠久的建筑内,曾经是伊萨卡的市长官邸(Mayor’s Mansion)以及邓肯-海因斯(Duncan-Hines)全球总部,内设一间酒吧,还提供免费无线网络连接。 Argos Inn酒店的每间客房融合了历史悠久的细节和现代化的设施,提供地热采暖设施和空调。每间连接浴室都配有吹风机。部分浴室还设有加热石板地板。 环保的Argos Inn酒店设有阳光门廊和室外石板露台。 酒店内设有Bar...
-- Этот отель, расположенный в городе Итака, занимает историческое здание, ранее служившее особняком мэра Итаки, а также главным офисом компании Duncan-Hines. К услугам гостей бар и бесплатный Wi-Fi.
-- يقع في مبنى تاريخي الذي كان سابقا قصر عمدة مدينة Ithaca والمقر العالمي لDuncan-Hines يقدم هذا الفندق في Ithaca بار في الموقع. وتتوفر خدمة الواي فاي مجانًا. تم تزيين كل غرفة في Argos Inn بخليط من التفاصيل التريخية ووسائل الراحة العصرية.
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Darling Helen Jean Couch, US Navy, World War Two
Pharmacist's Mate 2nd Class, Helen Jean Darling, nee Couch
DOB: 22 October 1921
Hometown: Ithaca, NY
Place of Birth: Ithaca, NY
Inducted: October 1945
Discharged: April 1946
United States. Navy
United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve (WAVES)
World War, 1939-1945
Interviewed by Robert A. Guzman of the Chemung County Historical Society
21 August 2003
Plastic Surgery ward
Admiral Nimitz Fleet
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Darling, Helen Jean Couch
St. Albans Hospital
Bataan
Navy Wave, photocopied photos, interview notes
Transcription available at
Veteran oral history interview published by the New York State Military Museum. The State of New York, the Division of Military and Naval Affairs and the New York State Military Museum are not responsible for the content, accuracy, opinions or manner of expression of the veterans whose historical interviews are presented in this video. The opinions expressed by those interviewed are theirs alone and not those of the State of New York.
Sampson Memorial Museum Tour - Sampson State Park, NY
Here's a full tour of Sampson State Park's WWII and Korean War Memorial Museum.
What Is The Name Of The State Bird Of New York?
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New York 1970 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an American filmmaker in 1970.
It contains stock of lower east side, Manhattan, people on the shore and on the Jones Beach, Rockefeller Center, Clinton Foundation and UBS Financial Services buildings, Radio City Music Hall, 6th Avenue, construction site of World Trade Center and Twin Towers, New York skyline from New Jersey side, views from the Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises on the Hudson River, Statue of Liberty, Manhattan skyline panorama with Empire State Building and skyscrapers, Queensboro Bridge, United Nations headquarter.
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New York State Hops and Craft Beer Revival
New York is fermenting a renaissance. Once the leading producer of hops and beer in the United States, our state is beginning to see a vibrant revival in hops cultivation and the growth of microbreweries. At a Cornell Reunion 2014 lecture at Mann Library, Steve Miller, hops specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Madison County, and Randy Lacey ’77, MEng. ’99, owner of Hopshire Farm and Brewery in Freeville, N.Y., present a look at the history and current developments in the production of hops and the emergence of farm breweries in the state. This program was presented in conjunction with Mann Library’s summer exhibit, “For a Quart of Ale Is a Dish Fit for a King: The Craft Beer Tradition and Its Revival in New York State.”
For more lecture and book talk videos from Mann Library, visit