Tompkins
County Public Library, in celebration of its Sesquicentennial, will host
“Babbling Gossip of the Air: Ithaca, 1864,” a presentation
by County Historian Carol Kammen, April 5 at 1 p.m. in the BorgWarner Community
Room.
The will explore love, taxes, war, politics and gossip being shared and experienced by Ithacans in 1864. An important year in County and Library history, 1864 was the year the New York State Legislature approved the charter for the Cornell Public Library.
The sixth public library to be chartered in New York State and the first to be located within a village, the Cornell Public Library was located on the southeast corner of Tioga and Seneca Streets where it served patrons until 1960. In the 1960s, the Tompkins County Legislature assumed responsibility for Library funding. Shortly thereafter, its name was changed to Tompkins County Public Library.
Kammen is an award-winning historian, a published author and editorial writer for History News, the journal of the American Association for State and Local History. She has taught at Ithaca High School, Tompkins Cortland Community College and is retired from teaching at Cornell University. She lectures widely around the country to historical organizations and consults for a number of historical societies.
For more information about this program, contact Carrie Wheeler-Carmenatty at (607) 272-4557 extension 248 orcwheeler@tcpl.org. For a complete schedule of Sesquicentennial programs at TCPL, visit http://tcpl.org/150.
The will explore love, taxes, war, politics and gossip being shared and experienced by Ithacans in 1864. An important year in County and Library history, 1864 was the year the New York State Legislature approved the charter for the Cornell Public Library.
The sixth public library to be chartered in New York State and the first to be located within a village, the Cornell Public Library was located on the southeast corner of Tioga and Seneca Streets where it served patrons until 1960. In the 1960s, the Tompkins County Legislature assumed responsibility for Library funding. Shortly thereafter, its name was changed to Tompkins County Public Library.
Kammen is an award-winning historian, a published author and editorial writer for History News, the journal of the American Association for State and Local History. She has taught at Ithaca High School, Tompkins Cortland Community College and is retired from teaching at Cornell University. She lectures widely around the country to historical organizations and consults for a number of historical societies.
For more information about this program, contact Carrie Wheeler-Carmenatty at (607) 272-4557 extension 248 orcwheeler@tcpl.org. For a complete schedule of Sesquicentennial programs at TCPL, visit http://tcpl.org/150.
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