Saint Bonaventure University Rare Book Collection
Saint Bonaventure University is home to an excellent rare book collection of medieval manuscripts.
Location Type: Literary Site
Harriet Tubman Burial Site: Fort Hill Cemetery
Fort Hill Cemetery, Fort Street, Auburn, is where Harriet Tubman is buried.
Harriet Tubman Memorial, Cayuga County Courthouse
Harriet Tubman Memorial is at the Cayuga County Courthouse on Genesee Street, Auburn, New York.
Harriet Tubman House
The Harriet Tubman House, 180 South Street, Auburn, is a museum commemorating the abolitionist and rescuer of more than 300 slaves.
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) Octagonal Study
Elmira College has preserved Mark Twain’s octagonal study, including his round desk, various chairs, and typewriter.
Quarry Farm, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
Quarry Farm, on the outskirts of Elmira, was the summer home to Mark Twain and his family during the 1870s and 1880s. Quarry Farm has received the official designation as a New York State Literary Landmark.
Millay Colony for the Arts, Steepletop, Edna St. Vincent Millay
The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, New York, was Edna St. Vincent Millay’s home; it is now an artists’ colony and retreat.
Bright Hill Press Literary Center
Bright Hill Center is a literary center founded in 1992 and offering Word Thursdays, the reading series; Bright Hill Press Publications; the Bright Hill Library & Internet Wing (home of thousands of literary journals dating to the 1940s); workshops for kids & adults; Radio by Writers; the Word & Image Gallery; and other programs, including … Continued
Woodchuck Lodge and Burroughs Memorial Field
Woodchuck Lodge, John Burroughs’s childhood home, is located off Route 30, just outside the village of Roxbury. He was buried on his 84th birthday, by Boyhood Rock on Old Clump Mountain in Roxbury.
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Val-Kill
The Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site is the location of Val-Kill.