One decade after its publication in our library newsletter, and approximately one century after the time We hope you enjoy this festive snapshot supplied by one of Roslyn's most interconnected historical families This family was very close to one another and it didn’t take very much to have a family gathering—a birthday About 9:30 or 10pm folks would come round again, kiss one another and start for home—full, tired and

Seeking a quiet place to write, in 1934 Morley built a one-room studio on his property and named it “ fifty books in his lifetime, he wrote and edited a column for the New York Evening Post newspaper, was one of the founders and a contributing editor of the Saturday Review of Literature, and was one of the original

One the great uses—the great use I should say of a good intellect is to enable us to control our temper and teach us to fulfill the law of kindness towards one another. I will soon write you a longer and more entertaining letter but first I hope to receive one from you.

One of the most visited topics in our discussions at the Local History Collection is the Mackay Family Another fine example, and one of Case’s last before her retirement and marriage to Clarence Mackay, is

Today, many restrictive covenants like this one are seen merely as a somewhat embarrassing relic of the Arrell and Marion Pearsall are only one example of the young Black couples who, precluded from buying

The ironic beauty represented in haunting themes of horrific experiences is one of his work's most powerful These days, there are many awareness ribbons that represent various causes, but the Red Ribbon was one In fact, one of his works is titled Library (1989): The painting is a sprawling depiction of a vast sea

It stands on a bench in the hillside, flanked on the one hand by a lake and brook, and on the other by On one side of the shaft is recorded the death of Frances Bryant, the poet’s wife, who was “the beloved

“The heck with it,” he said, “We’re going to get warm one night and have hot water!” "On one historic night curtain went up for a solitary spectator; the play was “Ghost Train,” and the Next day, the box office records showed” about 150 seats filled free, one ticket sold for cash -- to Duncan -- Isadora Duncan’s niece -- for a day’s outing, driving them all around Long Island ending at one

One of the first projects I worked on after joining the library’s staff was our Everyday Voices Oral Until I listened to one of the interviews where former librarian Helen Glannon began by identifying their One day I was opening the room, a job which entails turning all the lights on in an otherwise dark space This one was way more difficult to shrug off than the first, and gave me the sense that I was not alone 'Okay, that was weird,' I spoke out loud to no one in particular.

In one recollection he writes of Bar Beach in 1922 when his family joined many others from the surrounding One of the chapters, “A Story About Bar Beach” makes mention of the same “bungalows and bathing pavilions

both libraries were struggling to stay in operation, he advocated for combining the two libraries into one

accompanying note states that the spoons were purchased by his grandma Katherine from 1938-1939, identifying one