Scrapbook collection, [ca. 1870]-1976.

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Scrapbook collection, [ca. 1870]-1976.

Includes a series containing clippings, programs, and pamphlets concerning the Tappan Zee Historical Society, now the Rockland County Historical Society, 1957-1976; one volume of clippings on Red Cross activities in Rockland County during World War II, 1942-1943; one volume containing the column "100 Years Ago in the MESSENGER." 1961-1964, consisting of Civil War and local news from 1861-1864; one volume of clippings on zoning issues in the Town of Ramapo and the activities of the Zoning Commission, 1929-1932; child's scrapbook kept by Carmelita Parra with magazine illustrations and her text on her ideal home, 1939; a series containing clippings, monographs, and a bibliography on the Ramapo Mountain People (the Jackson Whites), 1911-1976; two volumes of Robert Knight's column "History Notebook," 1969-1970; two volumes of clippings of Norman Baker's articles on New City, 1965-1970; and miscellaneous volumes of clippings, ca. 1870-ca. 1960, concerning local news and people, national events, Franklin D. Roosevelt, local obituaries, the history of the Revolutionary War, and the American Jewish Tercentenary in 1954.

ca. 35 v.

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Rockland County Historical Society (New City, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: History of Rockland County, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155538303 ...

American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...

Ramapo (N.Y. : Town). Zoning Commission.

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Tappan Zee Historical Society

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Knight, Robert, 1950-

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Parra, Carmelita.

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Baker, Norman, 1936-....

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...