Miscellaneous collection, 1840-1990.

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Miscellaneous collection, 1840-1990.

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Materials on the history of Freeport and Long Island, including photographs, genealogies, copybooks, historical writings, receipts, certificates, maps, programs, booklets, newsletters, pamphlets and clippings. Items of note include copybooks of Elbert Bedell, an early Freeport resident, 1840-1849; letters, receipts, subscription lists and other records concerning the building of the original Freeport Memorial Library, 1920; letters and programs from other libraries in Nassau County and material from the Nassau Library System; newsletters and clippings concerning public schools in Freeport; and anniversary programs and booklets from churches, clubs and social organizations in Freeport, inclucing the Church of the Transfiguration (Episcopal), the Freeport Lodge #1253 B.P.O.E. (Elks), the American Legion, and the 75th anniversary of the Incorporated Village of Freeport, 1967. There are also mterials on other churches in Freeport, including the Methodist and the Presbyterian churches; clippings, magazines and articles about John F. Kennedy; memorabilia from the First and Second World Wars, and from the New York World Fairs, 1939-40 and 1964-65; information on political activity in Freeport, the Town of Hempstead and Nassau County; and articles about individuals and personalities from Freeport and around Long Island.

ca.5 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6883965

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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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...

New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)

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Freeport Memorial Library (Freeport, N.Y.).

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Bedell, Elbert.

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American legion

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Church of the Transfiguration (Freeport, N.Y.).

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Nassau Library System (N.Y.).

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Elks (Fraternal order), Lodge No. 1253 (Freeport, N.Y.).

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...