Clarence L. Houghton papers, 1883-1923.

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Clarence L. Houghton papers, 1883-1923.

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Programs, articles, newspaper clippings, and other printed materials pertaining to local events and organizations, including material relating to the Ithaca Cycle Club (1896-1903), the Thomas School of Aviation, the League of American Wheelmen and its good road movement (1897-1901), the temperance movement, public schools, Masons Hobasco Lodge, the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, Cornell University, and local churches; also, photographs of Ithaca including Rogues Harbor Inn Lansing, Cayuga Hose Company, Ithaca High School Band, Cornell University, and a murder case in Tompkins County; a letter regarding the sale of The Weekly Ithacan (1917), another describing St. Nazaire and the water-supply problems of the American Army (1919); and one from William H. Jessup, Poughkeepsie, to Houghton, telling of Edgar Apgar's role in recognizing the political potentialities of Grover Cleveland; and a diary fragment (1865), Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

.4 cubic ft.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Thomas School of Aviation (Ithaca, N.Y.)

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Ithaca Conservatory of Music

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Houghton, Clarence L.

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Newspaperman. From the description of Clarence L. Houghton papers, 1883-1923. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934941 ...

Apgar, Edgar K.

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Ithaca Cycle Club (Ithaca, N.Y.)

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League of American Wheelmen

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The League of American Wheelmen first began in New Port, R.I. in 1880 and was the governing body for bicycle racing at that time. The organization continues to survive as the League of American Bicyclists providing cycling education for adults and children. It also sponsors the biennial "Bicycle Educators Leaders Conference" and the "Safe Routes to School" program. From the description of League of American Wheelmen ephemera, 1894 [manuscript]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat recor...

Cornell University

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Jessup, William Huntting, 1830-1902

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Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

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Grover Cleveland, born in Caldwell, NJ, 18 March 1837; moved to Buffalo, NY in 1855; Erie County Sheriff, 1871-1874; Mayor of Buffalo, 1882; Governor of New York, 1883-1884; President of the United States, 1885-1889, 1893-1897; married Frances Folsom, 1886; died at Princeton, NJ, 24 June 1908....