This short documentary, created and produced by Ariel Alyce Morabito, Digital Curator of the Bryant Library Local History Collection, is about Marion Peters Pearsall, a former Roslyn resident from a family of Black, Indigenous, and European origin who grew up a member of the prominent Peters Family. In 1941, Marion married E. Arrell Pearsall of the also prominent Pearsall Family, who describes her in his autobiography, This Is My Life, written expressly for the Local History Collection. In this film, we share what we have learned about Marion’s life, from her childhood in Roslyn, to her career as a registered nurse, to her life as a beloved wife and mother. Accompanying the research is a wonderful backdrop of family photographs curated from collections donated by Arrell Pearsall and lent for digitization by their son, Bryan Pearsall. Read more about Marion on the Local History Collection’s Bryant Room Blog, where we explore topics of historical interest pertaining to Roslyn and its surrounding areas. https://www.localhistory.bryantlibrary.org/post/the-pearsall-women-marion-peters-pearsall

Hailing from dramatically different backgrounds, Katherine Duer and Anna Case— the two ladies who would be known during their lifetime as Mrs. Clarence Mackay— were dynamic women planted firmly in their respective eras of turn-of-the-century New York society and the flourishing show business world of the 1910-1920s. Originally presented as a joint program with The Roslyn Landmark Society, this lecture features narration from Carol Clarke & Ariel Morabito of the Bryant Library Local History Collection. For more interesting historical content, visit http://localhistory.bryantlibrary.org and follow our social accounts @roslynlocalhistory on Facebook & Instagram! Learn more about the Roslyn Landmark Society at https://www.roslynlandmarks.org/ and on social media @roslynlandmarksociety.