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...

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

Born to William and Margaret Peters in 1920 in Roslyn, NY, Marion Peters Pearsall was the first wife of Eugene Arrell Pearsall, whose...

Donations to the Local History Collection take all forms. Though photographs and documents are our most-received items, our holdings...

The Bryant Library Local History Collection celebrates Juneteenth, our country’s newest federal holiday, by remembering some of the...

E. Arrell Pearsall's serial memoir This Is My Life is a formidable work written expressly for the Bryant Library Local History...

By Carol L. Clarke Archivist, The Bryant Library For at least two centuries, African Americans have been an integral part of the greater...

For at least two centuries, African Americans have been an integral part of the greater Roslyn community. Despite being constrained by...