Blog | Roslyn Local History

Mary Frances Pearsall Lynch: Bryant Library’s first paid librarian

Born in 1877 in the old Roslyn Hotel that stood on the southeast corner of East Broadway and Old Northern Boulevard, Mary Pearsall Lynch...

Mar 21, 20243 min read

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For most of the Bryant Library Local History Collection’s 70-year existence, access was limited to those who could visit the Library and...

Oct 27, 20234 min read

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This past Friday, September 22nd, The Bryant Library hosted an open mic poetry reading in the Gerry Park gazebo. Organized by librarians...

Sep 27, 20231 min read

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While the members of the Roslyn High School Girls Basketball Team for the 2023 - 2024 season will likely don modern sportswear for their...

Sep 8, 20231 min read

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The following post was written by Carolyn Brown, a frequent researcher at the Local History Collection who has also produced several...

Aug 9, 20233 min read

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Over the past several years, Carolyn Brown, an accomplished theatrical performer who is native to Long Island, has shared her...

Jun 16, 20232 min read

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What do you know about the Harbor Hill Light, Roslyn High School's annual yearbook? Did you know that the first yearbook was issued in...

Jun 6, 20235 min read

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The Bryant Library Local History Collection was officially opened to the public seventy years ago. As reported in the Roslyn News, “about...

May 30, 20232 min read

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“We heard a critic remark that no great sonnets are being written nowadays.” This editorial statement opens Christopher Morley’s “The...

Apr 20, 20235 min read

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Marion Willetts Brower (1888 -1974) played a major role in many of the civic improvements undertaken by Roslynites in the early twentieth...

Mar 24, 20233 min read

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