The Study Center for Early Religious Life in Western New York was established at Ithaca College in July 1978. The chief purpose of the Study Center was to collect primary sources documenting religious life in the first half of the 19th century in central and western New York State. In September 1981 295 collections, mainly on microfilm, were transferred to Cornell University.
From the description of Study Center for Early Religious Life in Western New York Collection. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63938109
The Study Center for Early Religious Life in Western New York compiled a series of collections of church and church-related records generated in the area of New York State known as the "burned-over district" due to the concentration of religious revivals there in the first half of the 19th century.
From the guide to the Records of the Ithaca College Study Center for Early Religious Life in Western New York, 1978-1981., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library)
