Collections

This is a photograph we have of the interview with Judge Widlitz taking place.

Audio interviews with early Levittown residents.

The first page of the photo album of the Lynbrook Camera Club.

A photo album and a photograph of the club’s activities.

Marlboro, NY History Collection

Historic images of people, places, and events in the town of Marlborough.

Mead Family, Camping at HIther Hills, circa 1940s

Family photographs of camping in Montauk, N.Y. during the 1940s-1950s.

Military Memories & Veterans' Voices Oral History Collection

Military Memories & Veterans' Voices was a program held at the Library on December 3rd, 2017. The collection consists of five oral histories and photographs.

MMSCL., Books and Documents

Documents pertaining to the history, significant locations, and events primarily within the Mastics-Moriches-Shirley communities.

MMSCL., Local History

Books, photographs, memoribilia, and other documents from the Mastic-Moriches-Shirley Community Library.

MMSCL., Oral Histories

Video presentations from residents who have lived in the tri-hamlet communities most of their lives.

MMSCL., Vertical Files

Newspaper articles, documents, and pamphlets from the The Virginia La Tassa Local History Room, at the Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library.

Montauk Social Life, Customs and Community Organizations

Historic photographs, advertisements, and maps of social life on Montauk.

Muriel Vanderbilt at Pebble Beach Stables, California, 1925 – 1929.

Documentary materials of Mr. Vanderbilt’s daughter, Muriel.

New City Library Oral History Collection

Oral interviews documenting the changing landscape of Rockland County.

Nyack Library Local History Collection

Historic items relating to the local history of Nyack and surrounding areas.

Group photo in front of Jean Hasbrouck house

The collection features selected images of people and places in New Paltz, New York, and the surrounding region drawn from the Historic Huguenot Street Permanent Collection and Archives.

Sepia photo

Collection of correspondence, photographs, and artifacts related to Peter Erwin (1910-1944) of the Arbor Hill neighborhood of Albany, NY, his wife Marjorie L. Walker (1915-1995), and daughter Effie Marie Erwin (1940-2021). Erwin was killed while serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII.

New York Heritage Logo in Greyscale

Oral history interviews detailing life in Ulster County, N.Y.

Assigned seating for graduate students for graduation exercises circa 1979.

Oral histories and papers from student projects.

Tuxedo Park Photo Albums

Photograph albums highlighting Tuxedo Park's history.

Village of Voorheesville Historical Records

The collection includes records documenting the people, places, and events of the Village of Voorheesville and to a lesser extent the Town of New Scotland.

Grande Glass Plates Collection

Depicts life in Saratoga Springs, New York from a "local" perspective as captured by photographer Harry B. Settle and a few aspiring photographers.

Washingtonville Historic Photograph Collection

Historic photographs of local subjects from Washingtonville and Blooming Grove’s past.

Margarita Phipps, her son Michael and his wife Molly, posing at Westbury House

Images chronicling the Phipps family and their lives at Westbury House.

Pilot Clifford Windsor Sr., World War I, 1910s

Photographs documenting Montauk from the 1910s to the 1960s.

Winston C. Perry Jr. Collection

Photographs and ephemera either donated or lent to the Nyack Library by Winston C. Perry, Jr. This includes images of local landscapes, architecture, people, and events.