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Chester Female Institute, Armonk |
Photograph by Gray Williams |
Picturing Our Past: National Register Sites in Westchester County
Gray Williams
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2003. 492 pages; 615 illustrations, 365 in full color. Clothbound. $45.00"Picturing Our Past is a feast for the eyes....Meticulously researched, Gray Williams' images and text fix your vision on each subject and then draw you into the heart and soul of its history. A dazzling achievement." —Roger Panetta, Chair, History Department, Fordham University, Marymount. |
The Cemeteries of Westchester County
Patrick Raftery
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2011. 789 pages in 3 volumes, over 1,200 illustrations. Spiral bound. $75.00A comprehensive reference work of the County's cemeteries, as well as a detailed history of the families who have settled here over many generations. |
The Guide to Genealogical Research in Westchester County, NY
Marjorie, Renino
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1986. Revised Edition, 2003. Maps, over 300 pages. Spiral-bound with laminated cover. $45.00Completely revised and updated, this book is the bible for genealogical research in Westchester. |
American Architecture, Westchester County, New York: Colonial to Contemporary
Frank Sanchis
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1977. 564 pages, 1,000 illustrations, maps. Clothbound. Only 10 copies available. $75.00The most comprehensive architectural survey of Westchester architecture, including history, descriptions and photographs of homes, religious and educational buildings, commercial and public. |
The Westchester Historian: Volume 85, Number 3, Summer 2009
William Quirin, Ph.D
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2009. 66 pages, full color. $15.00"Under the Apple Tree: the History of Golf in Westchester County." Westchester County played a pivotal role in the history of golf in America. The historian of the Metropolitan Golf Association, Dr. William Quirin, recounts this illustrious history in a special full-color, double issue. |
To End the War at White Plains
Moncrieff J. Spear
2002. Maps. 147 pages. Paperback. $12.95
A new examination of the Battle of White Plains and of the events leading up to this important event in Westchester-and United States-history.
History of Westchester County, New York
J. Thomas Scharf
1992 reprint of the original 1886 edition. Maps, illustrations. Two volumes. Clothbound. $150.00
This reprint of Scharf's monumental history has slightly larger type than the original and is printed on acid-free paper. No genealogist or local history buff should be without it.
Personal Name Index to J. Thomas Scharf's History of Westchester County
Compiled by Elizabeth G. Fuller
1988. 160 pages. Paperback. $25.00
An index to the 10,000 personal names in Scharf's History makes that landmark work accessible to researchers, genealogist and local historians.
