Irvington history files, 1872-1987.

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Irvington history files, 1872-1987.

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Files contain Lockwood's notes, articles, and speeches on the history of Irvington, N.Y., and material he collected including clippings, brochures, research papers by students, correspondence, programs, reports, genealogies, maps, newsletters, notices, and obituaries; materials dated after 1969 were added by the Irvington Public Library staff. Subjects include village government, estates, schools, churches, the Croton Aqueduct, businesses, police, the Irvington Public Library, families, and individuals. Items of note include minute book of Boy Scout Troop No. 1, 1918-1922; audio tape and typescript of an interview with Carl L. Carmer and his wife, Betty Carmer, concerning his literary career and historic preservation in the Hudson Valley, 1973; correspondence, petitions, receipts, and legal papers of the village Board of Trustees, 1874-1946; and reports of Peter M. Warman, police chief, to the village Board of Trustees, 1872-1873; and an account book from the village Post Office, 1898-1901. Materials in this collection were used in the production of the book PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE: WOLFERT'S ROOST; IRVINGTON-ON-HUDSON, published in 1971 by the Washington Irving Press.

5 cubic ft.

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New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Irvington Public Library and Guiteau Foundation (Irvington, N.Y.)

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Carmer, Carl, 1893-1976

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Carl Carmer was an author, folklorist, and educator, known as a regional writer whose New York-based works achieved a national audience. Born in Cortland, New York, and educated at Hamilton College and Harvard University, he served as professor of English at several universities before commitiing himself to writing full-time in 1928. He worked as a columnist, and then became editor of Theatre Arts Monthly from, 1929-1933. He wrote poetry, essays, and juvenile fiction, often based in New York's F...

Lockwood, Wolfert, d. 1979,

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Trustee and historian for the village of Irvington, N.Y. From the description of Irvington history files, 1872-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155534113 ...

Carmer, Betty.

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Irvington (N.Y.). Board of Trustees.

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Warman, Peter M.

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Boy Scouts of America

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The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States of America and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with more than 2.4 million youth participants and nearly one million adult volunteers. The BSA was founded in 1910, and since then, more than 110 million Americans have been participants in BSA programs at some time. The BSA is part of the international Scout Movement and became a founding member organization of the World Or...