Betty Hamilton Buckhout celebrated her 100th birthday on March 23, 2022. Betty was born in Mineola Hospital (Winthrop Hospital) to...

As readers of our blog well know, The Pearsall Family collection has been a major source of research into the lives of Roslyn's Black...

It is evident from archival accounts that Roslyn residents of African American and mixed ancestry have been vital members of the...

East Hills resident John H. Lewis, Jr. was elected to the Roslyn Board of Education in 1966. He served three terms between 1966 and 1974...

Several years ago, the Local History Collection acquired a copy of pages from an early Norgate-at-Roslyn deed. It was received from...

When William Cullen Bryant and his wife, Frances, purchased the Roslyn Harbor property that would become Cedarmere in 1843, they became...

In this current presidential election year it is fitting to recall another significant American election. In 1860, noted journalist and...

Excerpted from Edgar Allan Poe’s April 1846 lengthy analysis of the publication of The Complete Poetical Works of W. C. Bryant, the...