The History Center in Ithaca has digitized a number of directories and gazetteers for Ithaca and the surrounding area covering 1864 through 1986. Online access
1868 to date. Annual publication available in eCommons or search Google for "memorial statements" and [faculty name]. Useful for biographical essays on deceased faculty.
Various years. Useful for biographies, autobiographies, lectures, interviews, etc.
Current faculty, staff, and students.
Covers 1891, 1893, 1895-1918. Uris Library (Shelved on Open Shelves in Dean Room). Interfiled with The Cornellian. LD 1387 .C811 [1900-1902, 1906-1913, 1915-1916, 1918]; also University Archives
1868/69- Olin Library, Oversize LD 1387 .C81 ++ Online: 1869-1976* is digitized and searchable in HathiTrust *HathiTrust missing years 1924, 1960, 1962 and 1974. Useful for students, activities, photographs, and sports.
Located in the University Archives. Useful for all aspects of campus life.
Covers years 1957-2004. Located in the University Archives; Additionally, all volumes shelved at Olin Library Stacks LD 1350 .F93++:
1957-1971: Freshman Register
1972-1980: Cornell Freshman Register
1981-1982: Cornell New Student Register,
1983-1988: Cornell University New Student Record
1989-1993: Cornell University New Student Directory
1999-2004: New Student Record; ceased in 2004
Useful for photos, and first-year students.
1868/69-1931/32: Located in the University Archives. 1882-1932: available online. Useful for courses, faculty, and departments.
1997/98- : Located at Olin Library Reference, LD 1350 .D596. Combined student, faculty, staff directory.
1948-1996/97: Located at Olin Library Reference, LD 1350 .D595
1948-1996/97: Located at Olin Library Reference, LD 1350 .D594
1947: Located at Olin Librray Reference, LD 1350 .D593. One year only before the directories split.
1922, 1931, 1938, 1960, 1967, 1987, 2002. Located at Olin Library Reference, LD 1361 .A4 [yr]; also located in the University Archives. Note: 1987 split in graduate and undergraduate volumes; 2002 has searchable CD-ROM in ETC
1878, 1888, 1898, 1908. Located at Olin Library Reference, LD 1387 .A4 [yr]; also located in Uris Library Dean Room.
1878: all students who attended Cornell
1888: biographical sketches of all graduates, name and original address of non-graduates
1898: graduates only, name and address
1908: all attendees, 1868-1908
All volumes list "names of officers of administration and instruction"
All years. Located in the University Archives. Provides additional biographical information beyond what's available in directories; available only for deceased alumni.
Vol. 1, 1899, to date. The complete run of the Cornell Alumni News and successors online. Browse by date or search the full text. The Class Notes section contains biographical updates on alumni.
TIP: Find names and subjects in the Alumni News using a Google site search [site: http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/ with the name or subject].
Search the Cornell Library Catalog.
Search RMC's Archival Guides [aka finding aids].
Search ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
The New York Times is a good source of photographs.
Search the Cornell University Digital Archives.
The History Center in Ithaca has digitized a number of directories and gazetteers for Ithaca and the surrounding area covering 1864 through 1986. Online access to these records is available through the Tompkins County Public Library. Some of the larger directories have been divided into parts for digitization.
Olin Library also has a microfilm set, Film 6315, of Manning's Ithaca, including Cayuga Heights Village (Tompkins County, New York) directory that covers 1864 to 1952.