Local history document collection, 1636-1981.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Local history document collection, 1636-1981.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155534566

Certificates, receipts, bonds, deeds, mortgages, accounts, letters, programs, reports, apprenticeship indentures, architectural drawings, autograph albums, pamphlets, bankbooks, bills, broadsides, leases, military papers, agreements, genealogy, clippings, wills, and estate papers pertaining to the history of Roslyn and vicinity. Subjects include land transactions, Jericho Plank Road Company, businesses, local organizations, churches, cemeteries, Civil War, commerce, shipping, fire department, local government, mills, roads, Roslyn Harbor, and schools. Family names include Clowes, Eastman, Godwin, Hegeman, Hennessey, Hicks, Kirby, Remsen, Seaman, Searing, Speedling, Tatterson, Thorn, and Wood. Items of note include sermons and theological writings of Wallace W. Kirby, 1859-1862, and a letter by Kirby mentioning a school for Black children in Roslyn, 1869; Republican canvass book for Election District No. 2, Town of North Hempstead, 1912; and architectural drawings by Calvert Vaux's firm of the Godwin estate in Roslyn, 1869.

ca. 16 cubic ft.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6881268

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n58m1c (person)

Calvert Vaux (1824-1895) was a British-born landscape architect who practiced in the U.S. He worked on the designs for the grounds of the U.S. Capitol and the Smithsonian Institution. In 1857 he began collaborating with Frederick Law Olmsted on the construction of Prospect Park in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Central, Morningside and Riverside Parks in Manhattan. They also worked on the South Park in Chicago and the state reservation at Niagara Falls, N.Y. Vaux was the landscape architect for the departm...

Jericho Plank Road Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hb3bzr (corporateBody)

Kirby, Wallace H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64t6tcg (person)

Bryant Circulating Library

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tx7m5x (corporateBody)

Anna Onderdonk (1839-1885) and Maria Onderdonk (1832-1883) lived in Manhasset. Rev. Samuel F. Johnson moved to Roslyn in 1876. From the description of Diary collection, 1849-1885. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155534527 Collecting area: History of Roslyn, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155536515 ...