Local History Collection
The Peters-Pearsall Partnership
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...
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Local History Collection
Forgotten Faces
It is evident from archival accounts that Roslyn residents of African American and mixed ancestry have been vital members of the...
Local History Collection
Those “dreaded 1941 covenants”
Several years ago, the Local History Collection acquired a copy of pages from an early Norgate-at-Roslyn deed. It was received from...
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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...
Ariel Morabito
☆★☆ The Answer is: 42 ☆★☆
Donations to the Local History Collection take all forms. Though photographs and documents are our most-received items, our holdings...
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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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The Other Side of the Coin: African Americans in Roslyn
By Carol L. Clarke Archivist, The Bryant Library For at least two centuries, African Americans have been an integral part of the greater...
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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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