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Did you know the Library owns an original Norman Rockwell painting? This treasured piece of art is now on view in the Norman Rockwell Museum...

The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 ushered in an era of popular concern for our living environment unlike any other event. It arrived in ...

Castle Society Dance Folio Do you rhumba? Groucho Marx famously asked this question in the zany movie A Night at the Opera . Groucho took s...

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) stands as one of the most successful philanthropies in American history. Its incisive slogan – a mind i...

Samuel Johnson, the preeminent literary figure of the 18th century, once organized a collection of materials from the library of the Earl of...

A Tribute to the League of Women Voters of New Rochelle  August 18, 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendme...

New Rochelle Community Chest Appeal / 1942  (front) New Rochelle Community Chest Appeal / 1942  (back) A community chest was on...

Poliomyelitis, or polio, also known as "infantile paralysis" is a contagious viral disease that destroys motor neurons that con...

Robert Woodruff Anderson Robert Woodruff Anderson, leading playwright, screenwriter and producer, is probably best-remembered as the ...

Walter Benjamin Lantz Walter Benjamin Lantz, animator, producer and director, was born on April 27, 1900 in New Rochelle, New York to I...

Most of us have had experience with a book club or reading group, but do you know of any reading group that has lasted for nearly a cen...