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Mar 21, 20243 min read
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...
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Sep 8, 20231 min read
RHS Girls Basketball: 1923-1924 Season
While the members of the Roslyn High School Girls Basketball Team for the 2023 - 2024 season will likely don modern sportswear for their...
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Aug 9, 20233 min read
No Longer Forgotten: A Research Journey by Carolyn Brown
The following post was written by Carolyn Brown, a frequent researcher at the Local History Collection who has also produced several...
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Mar 24, 20233 min read
Marion Willetts Brower: Exemplar of Civic Service
Marion Willetts Brower (1888 -1974) played a major role in many of the civic improvements undertaken by Roslynites in the early twentieth...
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Sep 16, 20222 min read
Spotlight on Educators: Hazel Monestel
Born, raised, and educated in Roslyn, Hazel (Woodin) Monestel (1892-1986) taught three generations of Roslynites during her 48-year...
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Jun 18, 20222 min read
Five Generations: The Helms-Robinson Family of Roslyn
This year, in observance of Juneteenth, the Local History Collection celebrates a local family with deep roots in the Roslyn community....
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Mar 24, 20221 min read
Happy 100th Birthday to Betty Hamilton Buckhout!
Betty Hamilton Buckhout celebrated her 100th birthday on March 23, 2022. Betty was born in Mineola Hospital (Winthrop Hospital) to...
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Aug 12, 20213 min read
The Pearsall Women: Marion Peters Pearsall
Born to William and Margaret Peters in 1920 in Roslyn, NY, Marion Peters Pearsall was the first wife of Eugene Arrell Pearsall, whose...
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Mar 31, 20213 min read
Introducing The Godwin Women
When Bryant Library namesake William Cullen Bryant’s daughter, Frances (1822-1893) married Parke Godwin in 1842, she became the first in...
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Mar 22, 20213 min read
The Pearsall Women: Ethel Pearsall Birch
E. Arrell Pearsall's serial memoir This Is My Life is a formidable work written expressly for the Bryant Library Local History...
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Mar 8, 20214 min read
The Other Mrs. Mackay
One of the most visited topics in our discussions at the Local History Collection is the Mackay Family of Harbor Hill. While much...
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Aug 26, 20202 min read
Women's Suffrage in Roslyn
As we continue to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the right for women to vote, Myrna Sloam, former archivist at The...
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Aug 19, 20203 min read
Katherine Duer Mackay and the Equal Franchise Society
Katherine Duer Mackay, the first wife of Clarence H. Mackay, was known throughout New York’s high society circles for her beauty, charm,...
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Aug 12, 20204 min read
The Greta-Theo Holiday House
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, “women’s holiday houses” were large homes located in bucolic destinations where working women...
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Jul 29, 20205 min read
The Pearsall Women: Gertrude & Marjorie
For at least two centuries, African Americans have been an integral part of the greater Roslyn community. Despite being constrained by...
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