Archives & Research Library - The History Center in Tompkins County

The Cornell Local History Research Library and Archives are a department of The History Center in Tompkins County and are located on the first floor of the Tompkins Center for History & Culture. Our collections contain nearly 100,000 photographs, over 1000 linear feet of archives, genealogy files for over 2,000 Tompkins County families, and 3,500 books relating to the history of Tompkins County.

The Cornell Local History Research Library, named in honor of Ezra Cornell, is a place for discovery about Tompkins County's past. Use of the research space and access to archival materials is free to all Tompkins County residents ($10/day for out of county residents). Contact us in advance to see the archival collections used in the research and development of this tour, and to review our Women's Suffrage in Tompkins County collections.

Or stop in to explore our current exhibit! Learn more at thehistorycenter.net/exhibit-hall.

Related Archival Collections:

• BOOK - Achieving Beulah Land - The Long Struggle for Suffrage in Tompkins County, New York by Carol Kammen and Elaine D. Engst - pub. Cornell University Library 2019
• Guide to Women's History Archival Collections and written research - The History Center in Tompkins County
• Ithaca Business & Professional Women's Club V-64-2-8
• Jane Dieckmann Book Research Collection V-64-8-3
• League of Women Voters Local Records V-63-9-1
• Mary Raddant Tomlan Collection V-64-4-3
• Women's Community Building Organizations Collection V-64-2-7