Map collection, 1635-1985.

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Map collection, 1635-1985.

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Maps, including road, railroad, topographical, geological, historic, and zoning, for Albany, Long Island village, New York City and environs, Coney Island, Central Park, Erie Canal, the 1940 World's Fair in Flushing, Manhattan, Nassau County, and New York State. Items of note include map of Long Island and Hempstead, 1666; copy of a survey of Lake Champlain and Lake George by William Brassier, 1762; plan of attack on the army on Long Island, 1776; survey of Manor Rensselaerwick, 1767; engraved maps of New Netherland, 1635 and 1667; and a chart of the South Seas showing tracts of discoveries by His Majesty's ships, 1765-1769. Atlases include ones for Queens, Suffolk, and Kings Counties, 1873; Long Island, 1870; Manhattan, 1867-1908; and Queens and Nassau Counties, 1947.

ca. 10 cubic ft.

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New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)

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"Negro Week" was a program on the contributions of blacks to American culture held at the New York World's Fair in July 1940, and consisted of festivals, exhibitions, song and dance recitals, choral and symphonic music, concerts, religious services, guest speakers, and a children's program. From the description of New York World's Fair Negro Week records, 1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122580393 From the guide to the New York World's Fair Negro Week records, 1940, (The...

Hofstra University. Library. Special Collections.

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Collecting area: Papers and manuscripts of literary figures; and Nassau County, N.Y. local history materials. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155547747 ...

Brassier, William.

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