Clippings, programs, brochures, letters, histories, genealogies, articles, notes, reports, newsletters, pamphlets, and other items pertaining to people, events, and history of Scarsdale. General subjects include government, politics, schools, local individuals, organizations, the Scarsdale Public Library, churches, and synagogues. Special subjects include controversies over the display of the Christmas nativity scene on public land and the question of banning books from school libraries on the grounds of their communist sympathies. Other items of note include letters, contracts, real estate appraisals, and clippings on historic houses in Scarsdale; and transcripts of oral history interviews.
