This collection consists of issues of a literary journal published by Little Falls High School of Little Falls, NY in the early twentieth century.

Spaceflight – Although Long Island has long been known as the ‘Cradle of Aviation’, it has also had a long and important involvement with the American Space program. From locally built rockets and missiles in the 1940’s and 50’s, to the world’s first space telescope and ultimately the Project Apollo Lunar Module and Space Shuttle, Long Island has been a major player in America’s space adventure. The first steps on another world were made possible by a vehicle built by the hands of Long Islanders.

The objects in the South Shore Recreation collection were assembled to document the rise of Long Island's South Shore as a tourist destination during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The collection, deeded by Dowling College, includes photographs and postcards documenting various recreational activities people participated in on the South Shore of Long Island. Examples of these activities include: hunting, fishing, swimming, bicycling, theatre going, motor-boating, sailing, ice-boating, and attending races.

The objects in the South Shore Historic Inns, Hotels and Restaurant collection were assembled to document the rise of Long Island's South Shore as a tourist destination during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The collection, deeded by Dowling College, includes postcards, menus, matchbook covers and other ephemera which are often the only lasting evidence that these once popular destinations existed.

Historically, the South Huntington Public Library has maintained a practice of obtaining yearbooks from the schools within the South Huntington area through direct purchase from the institutions, donations, and Internet auction sites.

F. Channing Soule (1914-1980) of Fayetteville, NY was instrumental in establishing the Canal Society of New York State and, for many years, served on its board of directors. That dedication was partly based on a long family association with Upstate businesses and waterways. The Soule family has long been active in the commercial life in the Syracuse area. The Merrell-Soule Company had several food-processing facilities along the Erie Canal in the late 19th-century.

Mr. Soule was an avid researcher and collector of canal material. He extensively traveled the New York State waterways as well as those in Canada and Europe. While doing so, he amassed a collection of several hundred 35mm color transparencies that documented the structures and activities. Additionally, he collected approximately 3,000 historic postcards on canal communities. Most of these images are of canal scenes in Central New York, reflecting his own local area. There is also extensive coverage of canals beyond New York State. There are many postcards that came from his special interest in Canadian and European canals.

Caroline Wright Reis was a philanthropist, artist, businesswoman, suffragette sympathizer and devoted citizen of Somers, N.Y. She was born in 1880, the only child of Samuel and Madeline Wright. She studied fashion and costume design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, graduating at a time most women did not (1902). In 1908, Caroline married Walter Reis and returned to her ancestral farm in Somers, successfully running it single-handedly for more than 50 years. Caroline Wright Reis was incredibly generous, donating both her time and money to several local organizations. She was also an accomplished artist and an avid collector of items such as pottery, baskets, and newspaper and magazine clippings. When Caroline died in 1967, she bequeathed the Wright family home, its outbuildings, their contents, and 82 acres of land to the Town of Somers for educational and recreational purposes. Today, the Wright Reis Homestead is owned by the Town of Somers and interpreted by Somers Historical Society.