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Carol Kammen Awarded 2020 Prize for Service in NY History

August 18, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Tompkins County NYTompkins County Historian (and occasional contributor to the New York Almanack) Carol Kammen has been awarded the 2020 Lehman Prize for Distinguished Service in New York History.

She is being recognized for her career writing, promoting, and contributing to local community history. [Read more…] about Carol Kammen Awarded 2020 Prize for Service in NY History

Filed Under: History, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: New York Academy of History, Tompkins County

Carol Kammen On The Historians Podcast

February 2, 2018 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians podcast, Carol Kammen from Ithaca talks about her experiences as Tompkins County historian. Kammen is well-known in the New York State history community and also has done work on the history of Cornell University. This interview is the 200th episode of “The Historians” podcast.

Listen to the podcast here. [Read more…] about Carol Kammen On The Historians Podcast

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Cornell University, Podcasts, Tompkins County

Tompkins Co Legislature Recognizes Suffrage Centennial

January 10, 2017 by Carol Kammen Leave a Comment

tompkins county legislatureOn January 3, 2017, in recognition of the centennial of the passage of the suffrage act in New York in the year 1917, the Tompkins County Legislature passed a proclamation declaring 2017 the Year of the Woman in Tompkins County.

The proclamation recognizes the long struggle for a woman to be able to take her place in in the world outside her home. [Read more…] about Tompkins Co Legislature Recognizes Suffrage Centennial

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Gender History, Political History, Suffrage Centennial, Tompkins County

Memorial to Civil War Nurses Dedicated

October 16, 2016 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

civil war nurses memorialThe Tompkins County Civil War Commission has dedicated a memorial to Civil War Nurses. Located on the Tompkins Cortland Community College campus, off of Route 13 in Dryden, New York, the memorial honors the sacrifice and bravery of those women who went to war: from the very first nurse, Susan Hall from the Town of Ulysses, who served through out the war, to those who served in camp and hospital at a time when it was believed that “war was no place for a woman.” The sculptures were created by artist Rob Licht. [Read more…] about Memorial to Civil War Nurses Dedicated

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Civil War, Gender History, Medical History, Tompkins County

Aerial Photos: New York Rural History From Above

January 5, 2015 by Bill Casey 49 Comments

aerial photograph centered in Syracuse Onondaga County New York 1938Aerial photos can be helpful research tools for historians. Google Earth, which provides access to a vast collection of aerial photography stretching back 20 years, is just a sampling of the many aerial photos that have been made since French balloonist Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, known as “Nadar”, took a photo over Paris, France in 1858.

Much of New York Sate was photographed with the camera pointing straight down, an oblique presentation that is less useful to some historians. An effort to capture all of New York in an orthophotographic perspective (corrected to a uniform scale) started in 1936 with a contract to C.S. Robinson of Ithaca, NY. These images are particularly valuable resources for historians of all stripes. [Read more…] about Aerial Photos: New York Rural History From Above

Filed Under: History, Nature Tagged With: Agricultural History, Architecture, Cayuga County, Cortland County, Environmental History, Gardens - Landscape Architecture, Online Resources, Onondaga County, Photography, Seneca County, Tompkins County, Wayne County

Grave of 1st North Dakota Gov Marked in NY

November 4, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Miller Grave - North Dakota First GovernorThe only mausoleum in Green Hills Cemetery in Dryden Village, Tompkins County, the resting place of the first governor of the state of North Dakota John Miller, has been restored and marked.

In 1989, during the centennial of North Dakota’s statehood, the Cemetery applied to the North Dakota Centennial Commission for funds (about $1,000) to restore the mausoleum. The Cemetery received a certificate with a gold seal from the Commission recognizing the project, but no money. The work was not done. [Read more…] about Grave of 1st North Dakota Gov Marked in NY

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Cemeteries, Historic Preservation, Political History, Tompkins County

Tompkins County Events Mark The Civil War

September 9, 2013 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861In late August, the Sons of Veterans Commemoration of Civil War veteran George Ehle was held at the Trumansburg Cemetery (Tompkins County). It was attended by a number of the Sons of Union Veterans, a Boy Scout Troop, at least a half dozen descendants of Ehle, and a few spectators. Tompkins County Civil War Commissioners in attendance were Danny Wheeler, Ray Wheaton, Ralph Jones. George Boyer, Marcia Lynch and Michael Lane, co-chair of the Commission. Danny Wheeler led the program and Michael Lane spoke briefly for the Commission. [Read more…] about Tompkins County Events Mark The Civil War

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Civil War, Tompkins County

A Tompkins County Civil War Love Story
New Exhibition Opens At The NYS Museum

April 2, 2013 by Editorial Staff 3 Comments

tarbell_portraitsAn exhibition featuring a Civil War love story, I Shall Think of You Often: The Civil War Story of Doctor and Mary Tarbell, opened Saturday, March 30, 2013 at the New York State Museum.

The exhibit focuses on the life and marriage of Doctor and Mary Tarbell of Tompkins County, New York, during the Civil War. The exhibition is presented in conjunction with An Irrepressible Conflict: The Empire State in the Civil War, a 7,000-square foot exhibition commemorating the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. Both exhibitions are open through September 22, 2013. [Read more…] about A Tompkins County Civil War Love Story
New Exhibition Opens At The NYS Museum

Filed Under: New Exhibits Tagged With: Civil War, Crime and Justice, Medical History, Military History, New York State Museum, Tompkins County

Peter Feinman: What Can You Do?

June 18, 2012 by Peter Feinman Leave a Comment

From time to time I receive notices about the activities various organizations have undertaken, sometimes from New York History itself. Some of these activities stand out as going beyond the routine. The good thing is they can be replicated. [Read more…] about Peter Feinman: What Can You Do?

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY Tagged With: Ithaca, Madison County, Peter Feinman, Plattsburgh, Public History, Rockland County, Staten Island, Tompkins County

Carol Kammen: Upstate Women in the Civil War

October 12, 2011 by Carol Kammen Leave a Comment

Though war was “no place for a woman,” many New York state women during the Civil War set off from their homes to nurse the sick and wounded.

One of the projects sponsored by the Tompkins County Civil War Commission is to honor women from the county who went to war. [Read more…] about Carol Kammen: Upstate Women in the Civil War

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Carol Kammen, Cayuga County, Civil War, Gender History, Medical History, Military History, Tompkins County

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