Friday, October 23, 2020

“Oh, What a Beautiful City”: Treasures from NRPL’s Archives Center’s African-American Collection

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African American history is central to the understanding of American history. This insight deserves repeated emphasis. African American hist...
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Small Tracts and Fugitive Pieces

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Samuel Johnson, the preeminent literary figure of the 18th century, once organized a collection of materials from the library of the Earl of...
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

A Tribute to the League of Women Voters of New Rochelle

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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...
Thursday, July 23, 2020

The National War Fund: A Story of Philanthropy and Crisis

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New Rochelle Community Chest Appeal / 1942  (front) New Rochelle Community Chest Appeal / 1942  (back) A community chest was on...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Seven Things You Might Know about Carl Reiner, The Dick Van Dyke Show and New Rochelle

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Remarks by Barbara Davis, City Historian at the 2018 event for the honorary re-naming of Bonnie Meadow Road to Dick Van Dyke Way ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Bloomsday and New Rochelle

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Bloomsday: June 16 James Joyce's  Ulysses has a reputation as one of the most challenging novels to read and understand. Yet ever...
Thursday, May 7, 2020

Benjamin Eli Smith and the Simplified Spelling Board

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The Simple Speller booklet At the turn of the 19th century the citizens of New Rochelle were graced by the presence of a scholar who...