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History Happenings | January 2015
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Holiday Closings for The History Center
 Winter Holiday Closings
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401 E. State/MLK Street, Suite 100
Ithaca, NY 14850
The History Center will be closed Saturday, December 20th, and will resume regular hours beginning Tuesday, January 6th.
Happy Holidays!
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A First Friday Gallery Night Event
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The History Center
401 E. State/MLK Street, Suite 100
Ithaca, NY 14850
Our next installation of Captains, Commerce, and Community will feature boats and boat building. A vibrant industry in Tompkins County during the 19th century, there were eleven boat yards in Ithaca in 1866 at the height of the boat construction boom. Several prominent local families built financial empires building or operating lake and canal boats at a time when the transportation of people and goods relied heavily on boat traffic. Majestic steam boats sailed Cayuga Lake from the earliest voyage of the Enterprise in 1821 to the tragic downfall of the Frontenac in 1907. Artifacts highlighting the boat builders' craft as well as images celebrating the courtly steamers can be viewed starting on
Friday January 9th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM
We hope you will join us for our opening reception of this second installation.
For more information, please contact Kayla Sewell, at 607.273.8284 ext. 0 or at
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Welcome to Our New Board Members!
The History Center
401 E. State/MLK Street, Suite 100
Ithaca, NY 14850
At the Annual Meeting on December 8th, 2014, The History Center Staff and guests greatly enjoyed a talk by Craig Williams, recently retired from the New York State Museum (and previously a Director of the DeWitt Historical Society!) about the early years of the Erie Canal. His lively comments and beautiful pictures were a great complement to our Erie Canal exhibit. Those present also elected two new members to the Board of Trustees.
Bob Kibbee is the retired Map Librarian from Cornell University Libraries and brings a deep love and knowledge of local maps to our exhibits and programs at The History Center. He is also a great bagpiper!
Jane Mt.Pleasant is an Associate Professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science and also affiliated with the American Indian Program at Cornell University. Jane's interest and research in indigenous cropping systems, their productivity and links to contemporary agricultural sustainability, fit right in with our work at THC.
Welcome to Bob and Jane!
For more information, please contact Kayla Sewell, at 607.273.8284 ext. 0 or at
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In the Moog
A Lecture and Book Signing Event
The History Center
401 E. State/MLK Street, Suite 100
Ithaca, NY 14850
Saturday, January 31st, 2015
2:00 to 4:00pm
Trevor Pinch, the author of Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer, will give a lecture followed by a book signing. Analog Days (with a foreword by Bob Moog) is considered the definitive book on the history of the Moog synthesizer.
The Electronic Music Synthesizer has become a major instrument of rock but where did this instrument come from and how did it come to transform rock and popular music in general? In his lecture, Trevor Pinch will trace its history in upstate New York through synth pioneer and engineer Robert Moog. Pinch will explore how bands, such as the Beatles and the Doors, used the Moog and how psychedelic rock took up the instrument through bands, such as TONTO's Expanding Head Band, who went on to make the Moog sounds on Stevie Wonder's breakthrough album "Music of My Mind". Come follow the synth into retail music stores in the 1970s and the influence of Prog Rocker Keith Emerson. The lecture will be accompanied by video and sound clips of classic Moog works.
Trevor Pinch is a Goldwin Smith Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. He is also a musician who lectures and performs on Moogs and about Moogs all over the world.
This event is in partnership with the Bob Moog Foundation.
 
For more information, please contact Kayla Sewell, at 607.273.8284 ext. 0 or at
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Thank You from the History Center
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Thank you so much to all of you who gave generously to our end of year solicitation. Gifts from the friends and supporters of The History Center are a major part of the funding that helps support our exhibits, talks and activities, and educational programs. We appreciate your interest and support in all that we do. All the best for the holidays and may 2015 be a year of good health, and happy times as we continue to make local history!
Best wishes from the Board of Trustees and the Staff
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The History Center in Tompkins County
401 E. State/MLK Jr. St.
Suite 100
Ithaca, NY 14850
In the Gateway Center, just one block from The Ithaca Commons.
Free parking available in the rear lot.
Phone. 607.273.8284
www.TheHistoryCenter.net
Hours: Tues, Thurs, Sat from 11-5pm and by appointment
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