Archives & Library Special Collections
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Call Number: 1978.185
Extent: 0.25 linear feet, in four folders
The Southold, N.Y. register book spans the period 1683 to 1850 and measures 0.25 linear feet. Entries in the register cover genealogical information, indenture, bond and deed information, records of town information, manumission of slaves notices, town meeting minutes, and voting records with results. Also included are the Southhold Academy bylaws and constitution, First Universalist Church in Southold bylaws and constitution, and records of the Commissioner of the highway of the town of Southold. The register book includes an index and was prepared by successive town historians throughout the mid-20th century.
Names:
- Southold (N.Y.)
- First Unitarian Church (Southold, N.Y.)
- Southold Academy
Places:
- Long Island (N.Y.)
- Southold (N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Genealogy
- Slavery — New York (State) — Long Island
- Unitarian Churches — New York (State) — Long Island
Types of material:
- Bonds (legal records)
- Bylaws (administrative records)
- Constitutions
- Deeds
- Indentures
- Indexes (reference sources)
- Minutes
- Registers (lists)
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Call Number: 1977.625
Extent: 0.03 Linear feet, in one folder
This collection contains a receipt for a subscription to the Long Island Weekly Intelligencer for subscriber Michael Vandervoort, dated December 25, 1806.
The Long Island Weekly Intelligencer commenced publication on May 26, 1806, with William Robinson and William Little serving as publisher and editor, respectively. Robinson and Little were booksellers and stationers on the corner of Old Ferry and Fulton Streets in Brooklyn, N.Y. The paper was well supported by original material in poetry and prose, including serially published short stories. One of the newspaper’s features was a listing of letters left in the Brooklyn Post Office. The paper ceased publication at the end of 1806 due to lack of support.
Names:
- Long Island Weekly Intelligencer
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- American newspapers — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Receipts (financial records)
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Call Number: 1981.014
Extent: 0.1 item, in one folder
The diary of Roger Gill, a Quaker, documenting his trip to the American colonies in 1698 and 1699. The diary describes his travels to Quaker settlements in Long Island, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and other parts of the northeast. Roger Gill died in Philadelphia, PA in 1699.
Names:
Places:
Subjects:
- Quakers — Connecticut
- Quakers — New Jersey
- Quakers — New York (State) — Long Island
- Quakers — Rhode Island
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1985.068
Extent: 0.6 Linear feet, in three bound volumes
Three scrapbooks of clippings from the Long Island Traveler newspaper on the genealogy of numerous Long Island families. The scrapbook is dated 1897 to 1911 and its compiler is unknown.
Places:
Subjects:
- Long Island traveler (Newspaper)
- Families — New York (State) — Long Island
- Genealogy
Types of material:
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Scrapbooks
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Call Number: 1979.013
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder
A reproduced excerpt from a Dutch volume on the geography of New Netherlands, written by Joannes de Laet and published by Leyden in 1625. The document may be the first to name Long Island, and is written in Dutch with an English translation.
Names:
- Laet, Joannes de, 1581-1649
Places:
- Long Island (N.Y.)
- New Netherland
Types of material:
- Manuscripts (document genre)
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Call Number: 1978.116
Extent: 1.0 Linear feet, in one oversize volume.
Register of H.C. Yetter’s Hotel in Greenport, Long Island, N.Y., operated by proprietor Henry C. Yetter. The register lists the names of guests and entertainers staying at the hotel for the period 1891 to 1895, and includes each guest’s signature, address and place of residence, room number, and date and time of arrival. The last several pages of the register contain children’s drawings dating from 1909.
Names:
- H.C. Yetter’s Hotel (Greenport, N.Y.)
Places:
Subjects:
- Hotels — New York (State) — Long Island
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1986.057
Extent: 0.25 Linear feet, in 15 folders
This collection contains the papers of the Tilley family of Oyster Bay, Long Island and Yonkers, N.Y. Materials in the collection include property records, wills, certificates, military commissions, and Civil War letters, all of which document the careers and lives of Tilley family members from multiple generations. The collection measures 0.25 linear feet and spans the period 1803 to 1976.
Names:
Places:
- Long Island (N.Y.)
- United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865
- Yonkers (N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Families — New York (State) — Long Island
- Real property — New York (State) — Long Island
Types of material:
- Certificates
- Correspondence
- Military commissions
- Wills
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Call Number: 1977.659
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder
An advertisement for the sale of wood lots in Woodbury, Long Island, to take place on October 28, 1865.
Names:
Places:
- Long Island (N.Y.)
- Woodbury (N.Y.)
Types of material:
- Advertisements
- Broadsides (notices)
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Call Number: 1985.015
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder
The Charles Hallock papers include a biography, handwritten notes on club memberships, essays, and publsihed works by Hallock. One document in the collection is titled Escapes and Deliverances of Charles Hallock. Charles Hallock (1834-1917) was an author, journalist, geographer, naturalist, and explorer. Born in New York City, Hallock was a descendent of Peter Holyoke, one of the original settlers of Southold, Long Island.
Names:
- Hallock, Charles, 1834-1917
Places:
- Long Island (N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Authors, American — New York (State) — New York
- Journalists — New York (State) — New York
Types of material:
- Biographies
- Essays
- Notes
- Publications
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Call Number: 1979.006
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in one folder
The Reverend Edward Harris memoir, dated 1872, is a handwritten autobiographical work by Harris, a Presbyterian minister. Covering the period 1797-1872, Harris chronicles his various destinations as a minister, his motivations, family and other influences on his life choices, the manner in which he was called or assigned to various pulpits or presbyteries, his difficulties and challenges with various congregations, financial difficulties, health concerns, and his side occupations. Harris’s travels took him from Maine to North Carolina, from eastern Long Island (N.Y.) to Ohio, often repeatedly. Overall, Harris’s memoir provides insight into an itinerant ministry as a career choice, principally in the New England and Middle Atlantic states, in the nineteenth century.
Names:
Subjects:
- Clergy — Salaries, etc.
- Clergy — New England
- Clergy — New York (State) — Long Island
- Presbyterian Church — Clergy
- Presbyterians — New England
- Presbyterians — New York (State) — Long Island
Types of material:
- Autobiographies
- Manuscripts (document genre)
- Memoirs
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