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Local history vertical files, 1761-1989.

Title: Local history vertical files, 1761-1989.

Deeds, letters, business records, scrapbooks, notebooks, pamphlets, posters, clippings, phonograph records, photographs, and other materials about the history of Middle Island and surrounding communities including Coram, Ridge, and Yaphank. The collection includes ca. 125 deeds and mortgages, 1761-1921; records of School Districts No. 16 and No. 17 in Middle Island, including registers, 1881, 1907-1908, 1918-1928 with gaps, a teacher's contract, 1911, school assessment roll, 1911, and annual trustee reports. Will of James Swezey, 1777, bills and receipts from Edward Pfeiffer's general store in Middle Island, ca. 1910-ca. 1930; photographs, articles, and clippings on Gordon Heights, a development for Afro-Americans; daybook labeled "Yaphank Mills" with entries for 1885-1887; and miscellaneous tax receipts, ballots, election returns, and other Town of Brookhaven records. Materials written or compiled by Thomas R. Bayles include letters and notes on historical topics, copies of newspaper articles by Bayles on local history, and notebooks with clippings, photographs, and letters on a variety of topics, including local authors and poets. Also, scrapbooks on whaling, railroads, automobiles, and airplanes; transcripts of cemetery inscriptions for Union Cemetery, Middle Island and Randall Cemetery, Ridge; and ration books and certificates from World War II.

ArchivalResource: ca. 7 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155534895 View

Photograph collection, [ca. 1890-1985]

Title: Photograph collection, [ca. 1890-1985]

Photographs and postcards, many arranged in albums, illustrating the history of the Middle Island area, including Coram and Yaphank. Topics covered in depth include the villages of Coram and Yaphank; Camp Upton in World War I and World War II; railroad stations, engines and bridges; and the 1938 hurricane on Long Island. There are also photographs of the Cathedral Pines in Middle Island (now a Suffolk County Park); Edward Pfeiffer's store, Middle Island; the wireless tower built by Nikola Tesla; "Longwood," an estate of the Smith family; a Ku Klux Klan parade in Patchogue, ca. 1925; and miscellaneous photographs of buildings, roads, and agriculture.

ArchivalResource: 2 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155534937 View