By Ariel Alyce Morabito, Digital Curator of the Local History Collection This past autumn, I was invited to read a poem at Cedarmere, the historic estate of our library namesake, William Cullen Bryant. The poem I chose was "The White Footed ... Read More
William Cullen Bryant
William Cullen Bryant Portal
Born November 3rd, 1794 in Cummington, Massachusetts, William Cullen Bryant was a poet, editor, and journalist. The Cedarmere Estate in Roslyn Harbor was his primary country residence from 1843 until his death in 1878. A resource of information on ... Read More
William Cullen Bryant – Faces of Bryant
Many depictions of our library namesake exist in various forms - paintings, drawings, engravings, sculpture, and photographs. ... Read More
William Cullen Bryant – Cedarmere Estate
Located on Bryant Avenue in Roslyn Harbor, Cedarmere Estate is the home of William Cullen Bryant where he lived until his death in 1878. It is a short distance from the former site of Bryant Hall, the original Bryant Library Building. The grounds are ... Read More
William Cullen Bryant – The Bryant Family
In addition to photos of himself and his home, our collection includes images of William Cullen Bryant's family. This includes his wife, Frances "Fanny" Fairchild Bryant, daughters Julia Bryant and Frances "Fanny" Maria (Bryant), and his son-in-law ... Read More
For 70 Years, “Connecting the Past with the Present … Creating a Legacy for the Future”
May 30, 2023
The Bryant Library Local History Collection was officially opened to the public seventy years ago. As reported in the Roslyn News, “about seventy-five residents and others interested in local history” gathered on Sunday, May 31, 1953, for the ... Read More
Another Side of William Cullen Bryant
January 3, 2022
When William Cullen Bryant and his wife, Frances, purchased the Roslyn Harbor property that would become Cedarmere in 1843, they became the neighbors of Eliza Seaman Leggett (1815-1900) and her husband, Augustus W. Leggett. Although the Leggett's ... Read More
Narrative of a Season: William Cullen Bryant’s “November”
November 2, 2021
A poetic analysis by Ariel Alyce Morabito A pillar of American Romanticism, William Cullen Bryant’s greatest muse was the beauty of the natural world. His idyllic verse of nature-centric imagery contains majesty and realism in equal share. As ... Read More
Introducing The Godwin Women
March 31, 2021
When Bryant Library namesake William Cullen Bryant’s daughter, Frances (1822-1893) married Parke Godwin in 1842, she became the first in a line of Godwin women to contribute to the life of the Roslyn community over several generations. One year ... Read More
MLK and WCB
January 18, 2021
On this important holiday, a day which honors the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we remember and reflect onthe powerful rhetoric he administered as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. An article by Robert Brodsky in today’s issue of ... Read More
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