Local History Resources at the Pearl River Public Library: Pearl River and Orangetown Local History Resources
Lists of reference and circulating materials in the PRPL collection relating to Rockland County, Orangetown and Pearl River history as well as other RC locations. Links to other resources in other libraries and on the Internet.
Materials to Check Out or ILL
- Adventures from the past : true stories of children who lived long ago in Orangetown byCall Number: 974.728 GERPublication Date: Historical Society of Rockland County, 1997.
- Nyack in the 20th century. byCall Number: 974.728 NYA Copy also in REFPublication Date: Star Press, c2000.
Title: A brief history of the Hook and Ladder and Excelsior Fire companies of Pearl River, New York : 1903-1944
Author: Cassetta, James Vincent, author.
974.74728 CAS
2018.
Crime, Corruption, and Justice in Pearl River, New York, 1700 to 1960 by Call Number: 974.74728 CASISBN: 1698514123Publication Date: 2019
Pearl River by
Pearl River was part of a royal land patent issued to two New York businessmen, Daniel Honan, the accountant general of New Amsterdam, and Michael Hawdon, a friend of the infamous Captain Kidd. Immigrants later settled in areas they called Nauraushaun, Middletown, Pascack, Sickletown, Orangeville, and Muddy Brook. In the 1870s, Julius Braunsdorf permitted the New York & New Jersey Railroad to run an extension through his property, which gave his new sewing machine factory access to markets and materials. The factory would later be enhanced to produce the first newspaper-folding machines. In 1906, Dr. Ernst Lederle, a former New York health commissioner, began a laboratory to produce antitoxins and other medicines. With the success and growth of these inventors and their businesses, Pearl River became a nationally known company town. Since the opening of the Tappan Zee Bridge, it has evolved into a friendly, modern bedroom community of New York City and the second-largest hamlet in New York State.
Call Number: 974.74728 CASISBN: 9781467121552Publication Date: 2014-09-15- True Stories from Mine Hole byCall Number: RCLSISBN: 0911183493Publication Date: 2003Piermont--Biography--Anecdotes [ISBN]
- History of the Pearl River Cemetery and other abandoned cemeteries located in Pearl River, New York byCall Number: 974.728 HIS Copies also in REFPublication Date: 1982
Orangetown [Images of America series] by
Settled by Dutch farmers and entrepreneurs in the 17th and 18th centuries, Orangetown's story is tied closely to America's history. It was here that British and Continental armies marched through; where the infamous Maj. John Andre, coconspirator of Benedict Arnold, was tried and hanged for treason; and where three times Washington established his headquarters. In the 19th century, Orangetown was both a quiet and productive area of farms and mills and at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution. In the early 20th century, Orangetown's rural charm attracted affluent city dwellers with spas, elegant resorts, and pristine real estate. In the 1940s, over one million soldiers trained at Camp Shanks for combat deployment in Europe. In the 1950s, life was changed irrevocably with the opening of the Tappan Zee Bridge and the New York State Thruway. [ISBN]
Call Number: 974.728 CAR Copy also in REFISBN: 9780738576473Publication Date: 2012- The role of Orangetown in the revolution byCall Number: 974.728 LUC Copies also in REFPublication Date: New City, NY : Rockland County Public Librarians Association, 1972.
- Tappan, 300 years, 1686-1986 byCall Number: 974.728 TAL Copy also in REF.Publication Date: Tappantown Historical Society, 1989A history of the hamlet that was established over 300 years ago as one of the first New York communities on the west side of the Hudson River.
References Books to use in the library
Some of these titles may also have circulating copies to checkout or be available through ILL from other libraries.
- Centennial history of Pearl River, New York byCall Number: DESK R 974.74728 KNIPublication Date: Pearl River Centennial Committee, 1973.
- The Dexter post card story byCall Number: DESK R 974.728 DEXPublication Date: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Thomas A. Dexter, 1988.
- Honoring Our Heritage: Celebrating the People, Science and Innovation at Pearl River byCall Number: DESK R 974.74728 HONPublication Date: Pfizer, Inc., 2012
- Old Nyack: an illustrated historical sketch of Nyack-on-the-HudsonCall Number: R 974.74728 NYAPublication Date: 1928Published in commemoration of the golden anniversary of the founding in eighteen seventy-eight of the Nyack National Bank.
- Palisades and Snedens Landing : the twentieth century byCall Number: R 974.728 GERPublication Date: 2007
- Pearl River: a history of its early days, 1865-1900. byCall Number: R 974.74728 COM Copy also in DESK REFPublication Date: n.d.
- Pearl River then and now byCall Number: DESK R 974.728 PEC Copies also at 974.728 PEC and REFPublication Date: n.d.
- The Pirate byCall Number: OFF. R 371.8976 PEAPublication Date: 1936-current (most volumes)Annual yearbook of the graduating class at Pearl River Public Library.
- Wine and Bitters byISBN: 0890620083Publication Date: 1975-01-01An account of the meetings in 1783 at Tappan, New York, and aboard H.M.S. Perseverance, between George Washington and Sir Guy Carleton, commanding generals of American and British forces at the close of the American Revolution. [ISBN]
Local Historical Newspapers from HRVH
- The Journal News Obituary Search While this obituary search site only goes back as far as 1999, it does offer a quick and easy way to locate an obituary in The Journal News over that time frame.
HRVH includes:
Journal News (1 August 1932 - 14 July 1945)
Orangetown Telegram and The Pearl River Searchlight (5 January 1940 - 27 June 1963)
OurTown (31 October 1973 - 22 December 1982)
Pearl River News (15 January 1923 - 25 December 1936)
Internet Resources
- Hudson River Valley Heritage -- Pearl River Public LibraryBrowse the Pearl River Public Library collection of photographs, postcards and other items from the library's archive.
- HRVH Historical Newspapers
The vision for HRVH Historical Newspapers is to provide access to digitized copies of historical newspapers from the Hudson River Valley region of NYS. Each newspaper included will have its own page with information about the publication, including the date range that is available online and information about the history of the newspaper.
Pearl River map 1924
This is a panoramic map drawn by Rene Cinquin from an aerial photo of Pearl River, N.Y.
Images on the Web
Downtown Pearl River, NY (circa 1930s) -- The Historical Society of Rockland Society
http://www.hrvh.org/u?/hsrc,625
http://www.hrvh.org/u?/hsrc,616
http://www.hrvh.org/u?/hsrc,632
http://www.hrvh.org/u?/hsrc,633
J.W Green's Texaco Service, Pearl Street (circa 1930s) -- The Historical Society of Rockland Society
Pearl River Post Office (circs 1930s) -- The Historical Society of Rockland Society
Pearl River Private Hospital (circa 1930s) -- The Historical Society of Rockland Society
Other RCLS Titles
You may request these additional titles through inter-library loan.
- The easy hiker's guide to the long path in Orangetown byPublication Date: 199016 page guide produced by the Town of Orangetown Dept. of Parks and Recreation in 1990.