Programs and presentations are an important part of our research in the Local History Collection. Over the past several years, we have created a number of short documentaries that showcase new and continuing research topics pertaining to the history of Roslyn. They are vieweable below, and on the Bryant Library’s Youtube Channel.
The Two Mrs. Mackays
The Bryant Library32:25 Hailing from dramatically different backgrounds, Katherine Duer and Anna Case— the two ladies who would be known during their lifetime as Mrs. Clarence Mackay— were dynamic women planted firmly in their respective eras of turn-of-the-century New York...
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The Roslyn War Memorial Building
The Bryant Library30:34 Learn about the 100-year history of the War Memorial Building, from its dedication in 1921 to Roslyn’s WWI heroes to its 70 years as the Bryant Library. Created by Carol Clarke & Ariel Morabito of the Bryant...
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The Magic of The Old Mill
Bryant Library34:49 Highlighting an important piece of local history, this short film focuses on the Roslyn Gristmill during its time as a teahouse and restaurant. Featuring selections from the Everyday Voices oral history collection, it was originally produced as a...
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Marion Pearsall
The Bryant Library15:18 This short documentary, created and produced by Ariel Alyce Morabito, Digital Curator of theBryant Library Local History Collection, is about Marion Peters Pearsall, a former Roslynresident from a family of Black, Indigenous, and European origin who grew...
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