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For 70 Years, “Connecting the Past with the Present … Creating a Legacy for the Future”
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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Another Side of William Cullen Bryant
When William Cullen Bryant and his wife, Frances, purchased the Roslyn Harbor property that would become Cedarmere in 1843, they became...
Jan 3, 20223 min read
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Bryant Congratulates Abraham Lincoln
In this current presidential election year it is fitting to recall another significant American election. In 1860, noted journalist and...
Jan 3, 20223 min read
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Edgar Allan Poe Reviews the Poetry of William Cullen Bryant
Excerpted from Edgar Allan Poe’s April 1846 lengthy analysis of the publication of The Complete Poetical Works of W. C. Bryant, the...
Jan 3, 20227 min read
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Recalling the Bryant Legacy in Roslyn
Born November 3, 1794 in Cummington, Massachusetts, William Cullen Bryant had been practicing law, writing poetry and reviews in...
Jan 3, 20223 min read
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The Snow Shower: A Poem by William Cullen Bryant
November 3, 2019 marks the 225th birthday of William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), our Library’s namesake. In 1875, Bryant built a “Reading...
Jan 3, 20222 min read
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A Description of Cedarmere in 1902
In February 1843, journalist and poet, William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) wrote to his brother, “Congratulate me! There is a probability...
Jan 3, 20223 min read
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Letters to His Daughter
Following their return from Europe in September of 1836, Mrs. Frances Bryant and her two daughters, Frances (1822-1893) and Julia...
Jan 3, 20223 min read
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Parke Godwin on William Cullen Bryant
In late 1836, William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), noted poet and editor of the New York Evening Post newspaper, invited a young lawyer to...
Jan 3, 20224 min read
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The Groves Were God’s First Temples
The Groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them - ere he...
Jan 3, 20224 min read
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Narrative of a Season: William Cullen Bryant’s “November”
A pillar of American Romanticism, William Cullen Bryant’s greatest muse was the beauty of the natural world. His idyllic verse of...
Nov 2, 20212 min read
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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...
Mar 31, 20213 min read
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MLK and WCB
On this important holiday that honors the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we remember the powerful rhetoric he administered as a...
Jan 18, 20212 min read
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Happy Birthday Bryant!
November 3rd, 2020, marks the 226th anniversary of William Cullen Bryant's birthday. In his 67th year, Bryant wrote The Third of...
Nov 3, 20202 min read
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William Cullen Bryant - The Death of Slavery
William Cullen Bryant, our library's founder and namesake, held abolitionist views and was instrumental in securing northern votes for...
Jun 9, 20201 min read
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Gems From Bryant
Enjoy this digitized version from the Library of Congress of a 1904 illustrated collection of William Cullen Bryant's poetry. LC Catalog...
May 8, 20201 min read
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From the Bryant Room: Remembering William Cullen Bryant on his 218th Birthday
The following was written by former archivist Myrna Sloam for the Bryant Library November/December 2012 newsletter. November 3rd 2012...
Nov 3, 20124 min read
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William Cullen Bryant: Choosing a Literary Life
A version of the following article by former LHC Archivist Myrna Sloam was originally published in the November/December 2009 Bryant...
Nov 12, 20095 min read
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Bryant & the Origins of Central Park
A version of the following article by former LHC Archivist Myrna Sloam originally appeared in the July/August 2004 Bryant Library...
Jul 15, 20044 min read
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The Health Habits of William Cullen Bryant
Born in 1794, noted journalist and poet W.C. Bryant, was also known for his active and healthy lifestyle. In 1871, at the age of 76, he...
Jan 3, 20034 min read
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