Primary Sources by Century
17th Century
- Rye Deed from Shanorock to John Budd, 1661
- Eastchester Covenant, 1665
- Bedford Deed to the Hopp Ground from Kahtonah et al to Richard Ambler et al, Dec. 23, 1680
- Deed with the Indians for Ryck’s Patent, Liber A, 1685
- Original Pell Deed for Settlement of New Rochelle, 1689
- Deed of 1642 Acres near Eastchester Road, May 17, 1694
- The Letters Patent for Harrison, June 25, 1696
- Record of Ear Marks for Cattle, 1697-1709
18th Century
- Note Signed by Caleb Heathcote, ca. 1701
- Deed from Patthunke, Beopo and Wapetuck, Indian Proprietors, to Caleb Heathcote, Feb. 24, 1702
- George Washington's Letter to the Quakers, 1709
- Land Indenture, May 10, 1748
- Map of Peekskill, ca. 1750
- Upper Mill Deed, June 2, 1761
- Journal of the Commissioners of Partition, 1774
- The Book of Record Kept in Harrison's Precinct, 1774-1839
- Drawing of Unidentified Soldier, 1775
- Capt. Jonathan Horton's Company Payroll, Feb. - April, 1776
- Broadside of the Declaration of Independence, July 9, 1776
- The Cochran Map of White Plains, 1776
- Abraham Hyatt Military Commission, 1776
- George Washinton Letter to Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge, July 25, 1779
- Letter from Congress to Isaac Van Wart, 1780
- Incorporation Records of St. John's Church, 1784
- Proceedings of the Commissioners of Forfeiture, 1784-89
- Underhill Hallock Marriage Certificate, 1784
- Estate Inventory of Edward Pell, Oct. 23, 1787
- North Salem Academy Minute Book, 1787-1853
- Ledger of Town Accounts, 1791-1860
- John Jay Letter, 1794
- Lease Agreement for Sloop Nancy, April 7, 1796
- Sloop Nancy License for Coasting Trade, August 3, 1797
19th Century
- Reward Poster for Runaway Slave, Oct. 14, 1800
- Village of Delaville Map, March 11, 1801
- Tavern License to Ten Innkeepers, May 5, 1801
- Anna Ward's Notebook, 1806
- Letter to the Editor regarding Thomas Paine, “New-York Spectator,” July 15, 1806
- Slave Manumission, 1806
- Bedford Academy Board of Trustee Minutes, 1807-1811
- Charity Ferris' 1807 Will
- Scarsdale Certificate of Votes for Governor, Lieut. Governor and Senator, April 28, 1807
- Contract for Use of an Elephant, Aug. 13, 1808
- Judge Caleb Tompkins' Appointment, 1808, and Portrait
- Abraham DeRevere's School Workbook, 1811
- Hays Family Papers, 1813
- Map of the Croton Turnpike & Old Sing
Sing Road, 1814
- Letter from Charleston, SC City Marshall re George Markinson (freed slave), May 25, 1816
- Appointment Letter from Daniel D. Tompkins, April 30, 1814
- Tax Assessment Roll, Town of Pelham, 1821
- Van Wart Family Record, ca. 1822
- Appointments of Stephen Brown as Guardian for James Brewer’s Minor Children, Jan. 10, 1822
- Haight Ledger of Freight on a Hudson River Sloop, 1827
- White-Plains Gazette, December 30, 1828
- Two Quaker Marriage Certificates, 1830 and 1859
- Counterfeit $3 Bank Note, 1831
- Inventory of Menagerie Animals, Nov. 21, 1834
- Guion Memorial Picture, ca. 1835
- Washington Irving Letter to George Harvey, Nov. 23, 1835
- Zoological Institute Articles of Association, 1835
- William Jay Letter, Dec. 10, 1836
- An Act to Amend the Charter of the Village of Sing-Sing, 1837
- The Elephant Hotel, Painting as it was in 1839 and Photograph ca. 1885
- Photographic Reproduction of Catherine Draper Daguerrotype, 1839
- Circus Advertisement, 1840
- Dr. D. Jerome Sands’ Record of Births, 1840-52
- Robert Havell Oil Painting, ca. 1841
- Croton Aqueduct Souvenir, 1842
- McDonald Papers, 1844-50
- "The Capture of Major John André," 1845 engraving, after a painting by Asher Durand
- Census of County of Westchester, 1845
- 1845 State Census for White Plains
- Farmers and Drovers Bank $2 Note, 1846
- "Irving Banner," Published by the Irving Institute, 1846
- Lithograph of the Medical Faculty of the University of New York, 1846
- Pocantico Gazette, September 1846
- A Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Harrison, 1847-1865
- Polly Brundage Mead Diary, 1849-50
- Greenburgh Farm Journal, 1853-76
- Farm Map from North Salem, 1855
- Washington Irving’s Will, Dec. 3, 1858
- Quaker Marriage Certificate, June 14, 1859
- Catalog for Plows: Horton, Depew & Sons, 1860
- Sugar Refinery Lithograph, ca. 1860
- Letter Recommending Thomas J. Sawyer for Commission, Oct. 6, 1861
- War Records of the Town of Harrison, 1862-1865
- Dr. Benjamin Brandreth's Certificate of Agency, 1863
- Henry Draper's Photograph of the Moon, 1863
- Assessor's Record of 1863 Deaths, 1864
- Military Roll of the Town of Ossining, 1865
- Catalog for Plows: J.B. Brown & Sons, 1866
- Records of the Metropolitan Police District, Precinct 32, 1866-1867
- Toast to the Union, 1867
- Alexander Graham Bell Letter, 1870
- New Rochelle Principal’s Black Book, 1871-90
- Photograph of Horace Greeley, 1872
- Wood Engraving Panoramic View of the Greeley Farm, 1872
- Coaching to Pelham Advertisement, ca. 1873
- Underhill Vineyards, Croton, Advertising Card, 1873
- Almshouse Inmate Records, 1875
- Camp Woods Photographs, ca. 1875
- Map of Shonnard Park at Yonkers, ca. 1875
- Photograph of Chappaqua Mountain Institute, ca. 1875
- Photograph of Elizabeth Mills Reid, ca. 1877
- Photograph of Ophir Hall Study, ca. 1877-1925
- Photostat of Map Designed to Accompany Report on the Wilsea Brook, Sept. 3, 1878
- Artotype Enlargement of 1876 Photograph of the Sun’s Spectrum, ca. 1880
- Photograph of Draper Observatory, ca. 1880
- Photograph of Purchase Friends' Meeting House, ca. 1880
- Bedford Academy Student Report Card, January 28, 1881
- Glen Island Advertising Card, 1881
- Petition Opposing Sale of Liquor as a Common Business, May 12, 1879
- Photograph of Whitelaw Reid, ca. 1881
- Pelham Manor Protective Club Records, 1881-92
- Stray Cow Ordinance Poster, Pelham Manor Protective Club, 1882
- Charter Members of the Relief Engine Company, Photo Montage, Aug. 16, 1883
- Otis Elevator Company’s Incorporation Records, 1883
- Police Report, November 13, 1884
- Westchester Temporary Home for Destitute Children, Admission/Discharge Records, 1884-92
- Annual Report of the Pelham Manor Protective Club, January 1, 1885
- Allcock's Porous Plasters Poster, ca. 1885
- Photograph of Henry Draper, ca. 1885
- Photograph of the Wreck of the
Boston Flyer in Pelhamville, ca. December 29, 1885
- Photogravure of Glenview Drawing Room/Parlor, ca. 1885
- P.M.A. Song: "The Big House on the Hill," 1887
- Photograph of Ophir Hall Fire, 1888
- Photographs of Foundries and Workers, ca. 1890-1915
- Rosch Cartoon: The Presidential Snarl, 1890
- Annual Regatta Program, Sept. 7, 1891
- Photograph of Gabrielle Greeley Clendenin in her Wedding Dress, 1891
- Inhabitants of Scarsdale, New York State Census, Feb. 1892
- Record of Sing Sing Electrocutions, 1893-1907
- William H. Crough Employment Records, 1894-1900
- Ballot for Proposed Incorporation of Village, Dec. 7, 1895
- Hand-colored Photograph, Glenview from the South, ca. 1895
- Photographs of Yonkers Police Department, 1895-1909
- The Final Report of the Bronx River Valley Sewer Commission, 1896
- Old Katonah Taking Map, Aug. 10, 1896
- "About the Hollywood Inn," 1897
- Anchor Brewing Co. Calendar, 1897
- Personal War Sketches from the Flandreau Post #509, Grand Army of the Republic, 1897
- Photograph of Will Low in His Artist’s Studio, 1897
- The Story of Lawrence Park, 1897
- Cover of Scientific American, Building Edition, March 1898
- Public Auction Broadside, June 23, 1898
- Photograph of Daniel M. Hopping (extreme left), fellow soldier & friends, 1898
- Photographs Documenting Move of Katonah, ca. 1898
- Philipse-Robinson Family Tree, ca. late 19th century
20th Century
- Advertisements for Fire Place Heaters, Grates, Fenders and Stoves, ca. 1900
- Photograph of Dr. Daniel Draper, ca. 1900
- Photographs of Women Packing Pills at the Factory, ca. 1900
- Photographs Related to the General Motors Site, ca. 1900-1953
- Bedford Road, new Katonah, NY, looking north from the Terrace, ca. 1901-1909
- Chief Hollow Horn Bear Photograph, 1901
- Excerpts from the Minutes of the Flandreau Post #509, Grand Army of the Republic, Feb. 28, 1901 – Dec. 23, 1909
- Trustees Annual Report, Mt. Pleasant School District 5, 1901
- Leake and Watts Services, Inc. Photograph Album, 1903-1907
- Mohican Glee Club Programme, April 11, 1904
- Ruins of Warren Tompkins House, 1904
- View from Dodge Farm, 1904
- Enumeration of St. Joseph’s Home, Peekskill, NY, 1905
- Lyndhurst Sewing School, Photograph of Opening Day, May 27, 1905
- Postcard of Chappaqua Mountain Institute, ca. 1906
- Copy of the 1774 Heathcote Map, 1907
- Easter Sunday Menu, 1907
- Town Board Resolution Supporting Creation of Bronx River Parkway Reservation, Mar. 18, 1907
- Westchester Temporary Home for Destitute Children Album of Photographs, 1907-1908
- Letter from Fannie Frey Grady, April 30, 1908
- Bronxville Pageant Poster, May 1909
- Bronxville Pageant Programme, May 28-31, 1909
- New-York Daily Tribune, May 30, 1909
- Photograph of Chappaqua Mountain Institute Staff Reunion, 1909
- First Sagamore Development Brochure, 1910
- Hotel Gramatan Brochure, ca. 1910
- Post Card of the Hollywood Inn, ca. 1910
- Post Card from the Irving School, ca. 1910
- Post Card of Purchase Friends' Meeting House, ca. 1910
- Post Cards of Dobbs Ferry Scenes, ca. 1910
- Aero View of Peekskill, NY, 1911
- New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Engineers' Dinner Menu, Dec. 2, 1911
- "Park Hill Homes," 1912
- Photograph of Automobiles on the Frozen River, ca. 1912
- Photograph of Ophir Hill Library, ca. 1912
- Lyndhurst Sewing School Workbook, 1913
- Scarsdale Suffrage & Civic Club Records, 1914-1918
- Byram River Photographs, 1915 & 1938
- Letter to Alvah French, Dec. 31, 1915
- Photographs of Wilsea-Mead House and Clara Mead, ca. 1915-1925
- Postcard of the 1914 Great Ardsley Fire, ca. 1915
- Slide of the Little Red Church at Four Corners, ca. 1916-1917
- New York State Woman Suffrage Party Petitions, 1917
- Oath of Allegiance and Enrollment, Home Defense Corps, May 8, 1917
- The White Plains War Mothers' Files, ca. 1918
- Annual Dinner Menu, Feb. 28, 1920
- Album of Photographs, Miss Mason's School, The Castle, 1920
- Crawbucky Tales, 1920
- Excerpts from "The Drawbridge," Miss Mason's School, The Castle, 1920
- Painting of Pelhamville School, ca. 1920
- Pamphlet of Dr. Daniel Draper's Self-Recording Meteorological Instruments, ca. 1920
- Post Card of the Future Home of Joseph P. Kennedy Family, ca. 1920
- Post Cards of Camp Smith, ca. 1920
- Southard Robertson Company Card, ca. 1920
- Lillian and Dorothy Gish Photograph, 1921
- Blueprint of the City of New Rochelle Approach Signs, Oct. 11, 1922
- Real Estate Advertisement Regarding Joseph P. Kennedy Property, 1924
- Aerial View of Ophir Hall, ca. 1925
- New Rochelle Yacht Club Photograph, 1925
- Print Depicting Fire at Pelhamdale, February 28, 1925
- "The Sketchbook," Yearbook from The Irving School, 1925
- Capitol Theater Interior, Photograph, 1926
- Architect’s Rendering of Playland Park, 1927
- The Bedford Farmers’ Club 75th Anniversary Brochure, 1927
- The Bedford Farmers’ Club 75th Anniversary Photograph, 1927
- Luigi Del Bianco's 1927 Petition
- Copy of 1797 Harrison Map, 1928
- Pamphlet for Valeria Home, ca. 1930s
- Photographic brochure for Valeria Home, ca. 1930s
- Photograph of Ski Jump at Silver Lake (Ski Slope), ca. 1928-1942
- Photograph of Ski Jump at Silver Lake (Ski Tower), ca. 1928-1942
- "Sing Sing Prison," ca. 1928
- A Monograph of the Recent Work of Lewis Bowman, Architect, 1930
- By Seven Singing Willows, November, 1930
- “Dyckman Bridge and Auto," ca. 1930s
- Paper Doll from Playland Park, ca. 1930s
- Records of Veterans from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American War and World War
I, and Cemetery Maps, ca. 1930s
- Ardsley Acres Real Estate Brochure, ca. 1932
- Beacon Hill Real Estate Brochure, ca. 1932
- Davies' Map of Westchester, 1932
- Amelia Earhart Photograph, 1933
- Plans for the Bedford Court House, 1933
- Brochure, Miss Mason's School, The Castle, 1934
- Payment Envelope for Gerald Maher, Feb. 10, 1934
- Post Card Invitation to Event Honoring Daniel Draper, 1936
- Bronxville Schools Bulletin, June 1937
- Pass to Ride on Final Trip of the Pelham Trolley, July 31, 1937
- Westchester County Control Survey, 1939
- Portraits of World War II Soldiers by New Rochelle Artists and Illustrators, ca. 1940
- Pamphlet on Presentation of Navy "E", July 1, 1942
- Westchester County Defense Council Questionnaires, ca. 1941 – 1945
- Photograph of Torger Tokle, Jan. 11, 1942
- Huntley Estates Real Estate Brochure, ca. 1948
- Presentment at the Oct. 1949 Grand Jury of Westchester County: The Peekskill Incidents
- Photographs of the Disturbances Surrounding the Paul Robeson Concert, 1949
- Life Savers Building Photograph, ca. 1950
- Map of the Town of Pelham, ca. 1950
- Tappan Zee Bridge Photograph Albums, Books 1 & 2, 1951-1955
- Excerpts from The [Tarrytown] Daily
News, Dec. 14, 1955
- Holiday Greeting Card, ca. 1960
- Pamphlet on the Hastings Mill, ca. 1960
- Photograph of Peekskill Military Academy, July 1963
- Hotel Gramatan Brochure, ca. 1964
- Reapportionment Debate Records, 1965-69
- Photoprint of Painting (1902-1914) of Fleischmann Company Factory Complex, 1975
- Indexes to Oral History of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Acker, 1977
- Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Acker, 1977
- Brochure for Oceana Group, 1978
- Photograph of Indian Point,
June 9, 1983
- Quaker Marriage Certificate, Nov. 20, 1983
- Scale Drawing for the Tarrytown Lighthouse, 1985
- Photographs of 1936 Works Progress Administration Murals for Port Chester Post Office, 1997
- Photograph of Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 1999
- Photograph of Rehoboth, 1999
- "Tarrytown Lighthouse," Kingsland Point, Sleepy Hollow, 1999
