The
Westchester County Historical Society’s library has a wide variety of
primary and secondary sources on the history of the county and on all of the
cities, towns and villages it comprises, as well as on the people who have
lived in Westchester for the past 400 years. Among the many materials in the
library are books, pamphlets, newspapers, manuscripts, works of art, photographs
and ephemera. Presented here are samples from the collection, some chosen for
their historic value and others for their visual interest.
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Rye Deed
from Shanorock
to
John Budd, 1661 |
Abraham Hyatt Military
Commission, 1776 |
Underhill Hallock Marriage
Certificate, 1784 |
John Jay Letter, 1794 |
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North Salem Academy
Minute
Book
1787-1853 |
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Judge Caleb Tompkins' Appointment and Portrait, 1808
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White-Plains Gazette,
1828
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Guion Memorial Picture, ca. 1835
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Zoological Institute Articles
of Association, 1835 |
Dr. D. Jerome Sands' Record
of Births, 1840-1852 |
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Croton Aqueduct
Souvenir, 1842 |
McDonald Papers, 1844-1850 |
Polly Brundage Mead Diary, 1849-1850 |
Greenburgh Farm Journal, 1853-1876 |
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Westchester
Temporary Home for
Destitute Children,
Admission/Discharge Records,
1864-1892 |
Alexander Graham Bell Letter, 1870 |
New Rochelle Principal's Black Book, 1871-1890 |
Underhill Vineyards Croton Adv., 1873 |
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Glen Island
Advertising Card,
1881 |
Pelham Manor Protective Club Records, 1881-1892 |
Crawbucky Tales, 1920 |
Lillian and Dorothy Gish Photograph, 1921 |
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Amelia Earhart
Photograph,
1933 |
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