2007 Acquisitions
Gifts | Purchases | Past Years

Banner for Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909. Gift of William C. Ketchum, Rye.

Blueprints relating to New York, Westchester and Boston Railway. Gift of Mike Tricario, Dubuque, Iowa.

Bristol, Joan Hawley, Collection of manuscripts, transcriptions, books and other records relating to the Hawley and other families, as well as the history of North Salem. Gift of the family of Joan Hawley Bristol, Cheshire, CT.

DeVoe, Howard. Cave Notes, 1944-2004. Note: Research, correspondence, photographs, etc., of the author’s search for a lost cave in Pleasantville. Gift of the compiler.

The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, Hawthorne, N.Y. 1900-2000; Fidelity. 2000. Note: Contains history of Rosary Hill Home. Gift of Elaine Massena, White Plains.

Dondero, Lauren. The Woman’s Institute of Yonkers; History Compiled [for] Senior Seminar, Marymount College of Fordham University. 2006. Gift of Roger Panetta, New York.

Geller, Herbert. [Compilation of columns published in the Patent Trader Concerning the 50-year History of the Newspaper]. 2006. Gift of the author.

Greenwald, James L. A History of the Lyon and Greenwald and Related Families of James Lyon Greenwald. 2007. Gift of the compiler.

Harper’s Weekly, page from Nov. 22, 1872, with views of Westchester County villages annexed to New York City. Gift of New Castle Historical Society.

Harper’s Weekly, page from May 20, 1882, issue, with picture of Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow. Gift of Marian F. Williams, Chappaqua.

Irvington Historical Society, Irvington, N.Y. House Tour, “Off Main,” June 3, 2006. 2006. Gift of Peter Oley, Irvington.

Katonah Village Improvement Society. Sketches and Views of the Old and New Villages of Katonah, N.Y. 1900. Gift of William C. Ketchum, Rye.

Kurek, Albert S. The Troopers are Coming: New York State Troopers, 1917-1985. 2v. 2007. Gift of the publisher, Rooftop Publishing, Bloomington, Indiana.

Lantern slide of the Horton homestead in White Plains. Gift of Mrs. Nathaniel C. Myers, Ashville, NC.

Larchmont Historical Society, Larchmont, N.Y. Ducktales; the historical ducktales of Larchmont, N.Y.; a Public Art Extravaganza….. 2006. Gift of Kate Kelly, Larchmont.

Leverich family data. Gift of Tom Leverich, West Windsor, NJ.

Manuscript records, scrapbooks, photographs, etc. of the Mount Vernon YMHA. Gift of Mount Vernon YMHA.

Morris family data. Gift of Gregory Thompson, Jacksonville, IL.

My Sister’s Place, White Plains, N.Y. The Domestic Violence Education and Prevention Program; School Year Report, 1998-1999. 1999. Gift of Patty Dohrenwend, Bronxville.

My Sister’s Place, White Plains, N.Y. 1998-99 agency report. 1999. Gift of Patty Dohrenwend, Bronxville.

New York (State). Museum. An Historic American Engineering Record: Level II Documentation of the State Route 120 Bridge Spanning Metro-North Railroad … Prepared by Mark S. LoRusso. 2007. Gift of the New York State Museum.

Pamphlets on various aspects of the history of Hastings-on-Hudson. Gift of Hastings- Historical Society.

Pelham Manor Protective Club, Pelham, N.Y. Records … 1881-1892. Transcription, with added information and notes, by Blake Bell. Note: WCHS owns the original manuscript volume. Gift of Blake Bell, Pelham.

Photograph of Livingston house in Dobbs Ferry. Gift of the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands, Newburgh.

Photograph of houses on Robertson Ave., White Plains, built by Robert W. Coon, Jr. Gift of Sharon Gray, West Palm Beach, FL.

Photograph of the monument for the Congregation People of Righteousness Cemetery, Yonkers. Gift of Ralph Lawrence, Bronx.

Photograph of West Farms ferry. Gift of William C. Ketchum, Rye.

Photographs of a charity pageant at the Villard estate in Dobbs Ferry, 1922. Gift of the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands, Newburgh.

Photographs, c.1950s-1970s, of various Westchester County locations, on 13 CDs. Gift of Peter Kanze, North White Plains.

Placards containing petitions of Westchester women who worked for woman’s suffrage, 1917. Gift of Ossining Historical Society.

Porter, Shirley B. Susan’s Discovery; [Rochambeau in Westchester County, for Children]. 2006. Gift of the author.

Putnam County, N.Y. Overseers of the Poor. The Precinct Book, Being the Account Book of the Overseers of the Poor in the Dutchess County Southeast Precinct, Now in Putnam County, New York, May 6, 1768 to May 6, 1812 … transcribed by Michael F. Troy. 2000. Gift of Anita Lustenberger, Irvington.

Railroad Station HAER Reports for Ardsley-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry and Hastings-on- Hudson. Gift of Metro-North Railroad.

Records, photographs, etc., relating to Westchester County area radio stations. Gift of Peter Kanze, North White Plains.

Renehan, Edward J., Jr. Commodore: the Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt. 2007. Gift of the publisher, Basic Books, New York..

Schlachter, Mildren Sullivan. A River Beckons and Paddlewheels Ply for People’s Pleasure. 2007. Gift of the author.

Selleck Researchers Association. Selleck Sentinel Newsletter (CD). Gift of Irene Church, Taylor, MI.

Slides of the opening of the Tappan Zee Bridge, 1955, and of the Pleasantville Cemetery. Gift of the Somers Historical Society.

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. United States of America, plaintiff, and Yonkers Branch-NAACP, et al, plaintiffs-intervenors, against Yonkers Board of Education, City of Yonkers and Yonkers Community Development Agency, Defendants. Opinion of Leonard B. Sand. 1985. Gift of Jeff Williams, White Plains.

Ursuline School, New Rochelle, N.Y. Annual reports, 1995-2000. Gift of Patty Dohrenwend, Bronxville.

Ursuline School, New Rochelle, N.Y. The Arts Center Campaign. 2000. Gift of Patty Dohrenwend, Bronxville.

Vail, Robert S., III. The Vail Family of North Salem, New York, Beginning with Thomas Vail Jr., 5th Generation from Thomas Vail, the Immigrant. 2007. Gift of the compiler, Titusville, FL.

Westchester Jewish Community Services, Hartsdale, N.Y. Directory of services for Women and Girls in Westchester County. 1998. Gift of Patty Dohrenwend, Bronxville.