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Hidden Sports Stories
Use this page to research local sports stories at Ithaca College.
Ithaca College
- Ithaca College Athletics - Key website for the Athletics department
Susan Bassett '79
Jim Butterfield
Ithaca College Athletics Hall of Fame
Football: Media Guides (2008-2011)
- The college website provides biographies of some key leaders:
Peggy R. Williams
IC Library Archives
- A link to the Archives can be found in the footer of the Ithaca College Library's website under Departments. The Ithaca College Archives contains the history of the college as well as the Rod Serling Archives. Terri Ledbetter is the Archives Technician and can assist people in accessing documents. Make a request using the Archives Service Request form.
- To discover sports related records in the Archives, use the Library Search, search: sports > Tweak results > Source: Library Catalog > Location: Ithaca College Archives. (30 second video demonstration). You can search for specific people, types of sports, etc. as well.
A lot of key information has been digitized including yearbooks, The Ithacan, and a photograph collection. They are listed, below, or use the library's Digital Collections guide.
- Guide to The Ithacan. Note: I use The Ithacan at the University of Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
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C. Hadley Smith Photograph Collection
Includes a selection of digitized photos of student activities and the development of the Ithaca College campus.
Contents: Digitized photographs. 1951-1980s.
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Ithaca College YearbooksDigitized versions of many yearbooks from 1920-2005 housed on New York Heritage.
Books
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Wasn't that fun : Jim Butterfield ; a coaching life byCall Number: GV939.B88 B882 2003ISBN: 9780974634005Publication Date: 2003By coach Jim Butterfield's wife, with brief comments from players Butterfield coached, a narrative of his life focusing on his coaching career, particularly at Ithaca College, with a frank account of his descent into Alzheimers at the end of his life. Includes play diagrams he used at Ithaca and previous schools, speech from his induction to the College Hall of Fame, record of wins and losses, list of all his players, coaches, trainers, etc., at Ithaca 1967-1993.
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The Ithaca College story byCall Number: General Stacks ; LD2594 .H37ISBN: 096105560XPublication Date: 1983History of Ithaca College through 1983.
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Educating professionals in the liberal arts tradition: The Ithaca College story continues [manuscript in preparation]Manuscript in preparation by Susanne Morgan, 2024.
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Shooting for the stars : a brief history of girls' ice hockey in Tompkins CountyFrom the Tompkins Public Library catalog.
Ithaca : Lara K. Stanton, 2002.
Ithaca
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Tompkins County Public LibraryLook at the Research & Learn tab.
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The History Center Tompkins CountyThe History Center is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to preserve and encourage access to its unique collections, while designing learning experiences and services that create opportunities for people to learn about themselves and their place in the world.
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Ithaca JournalNewspaper covering the Ithaca, NY region from 1999+
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Ithaca Journal to 1934-2019 (Microfilm)1934 to 2019. There are separate catalog records for the years 1920-1933 and 1913-1919.
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Cornell University LibraryThis is a great online photo collection that documents African-American life.
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Cornell Daily SunCornell University's student newspaper.
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Ithaca Times (ithaca.com)Ithaca's free weekly newspaper
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Tompkins WeeklyFree weekly news about Tompkins County, New York. Issues are available as pdf files.
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Ithaca VoiceLocal online newspaper for Ithaca, NY. Launched: June, 2014
Associations
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NCAA.org Official site of the National Collegiate Athletic AssociationRules, Media Center, Research, Articles, Championship Information, etc.
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National Football FoundationFounded in 1947 with early leadership from General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army coach Earl "Red" Blaik and immortal journalist Grantland Rice, the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame is a non-profit educational organization that runs programs designed to use the power of amateur football in developing academic excellence, citizenship and athletic achievement in young people. -- website
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Tompkins Girls Hockey AssociationFounded in 1972