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02/04/2023

Selected Elmont Memorial Library Item housed in the Local History Room
Belmont Park - 1905-1968 by New York Racing Association
Jamaica, N.Y, The Association, 1968

**Can anyone guess who the girl in the photo is (without peeking at the caption!)? Here is a clue: The photo was taken of the young lady visiting Belmont Park in 1939. She was a former first lady of the United States. **

12/01/2022

Featured item from the Elmont Memorial Library Local History Room:

Franklin General Hospital A brief history by Albert Dicker M.B.A. (1971)
Albert Dicker served as the director of the hospital from 1964-99.

11/10/2022

A bit of history of the community of Elmont:

This document is in the Elmont Memorial Library - Local History Room - kept in the Community Series box.

While the town of Elmont was beginning to develop there was a garden club (District 16 Garden Club of Elmont) with its first meeting on July 9th, 1940 at the Elmont Road School. Their objective was to, ”Beautify the home grounds, create greater appreciation of the joys of gardening through increased knowledge of the fine art of gardening..”

During World War II, the Elmont Garden Club fostered an interest in Victory Gardens and urged members to grow their own fruits and vegetables to be canned for the winter months. Floral horticulture (the art of making artistic floral arrangements) branched out after the war.

Visit the Local History Room to find some more community history!

10/27/2022

Photographs from the Elmont Memorial Library Local History Room:

Collection: Belmont Park

The back of the second photograph lists the name "Thomas Bosch" date is unknown.
Please come in and take a look at other items in the Belmont Park collection.

10/22/2022

An article that is saved in the Elmont Memorial Library - Local History Room
(published date is unknown).

Does anyone remember this column: Problem Line with Anita Richterman. In the 1970’s – 1980’s Anita Richterman answered thousands of readers' questions in a Newsday column called "Problem Line." This particular question is an inquiry about the origin of the naming of Elmont.

A copy of this is saved in the Local History Collection but access to Newsday articles is available through the library databases.
Ask a librarian for more information!

10/17/2022

The Elmont Local History Room bids adieu to an item in the collection:

Guidelines for Junior High and Middle School Education, edited by Gordon F. Vars for the Committee on Junior High School Education (Washington : National Association of Secondary-School Principals, 1966).

Its new home will be in Special Collections at Kent State University. (FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/ksuspecialcollections.) Where the editor of the book (Gordon F. Vars) was a professor emeritus. Vars was an emeritus professor of teaching, leadership and curriculum studies. He was an outstanding leader of his generation of writing about education for the middle school years.

FYI: Alton D. Lowe, whose name is inscribed on the inner front cover, was the Principal of Alva T. Stanforth Junior High School. ATS closed in 1985 and remained vacant until it was chosen to be the new home of the Elmont Library in the early 2000s.

Please stop by and visit the Elmont Memorial Library Local History Room to browse through more special items housed in the collection.

09/29/2022

These photos show some of the books the Elmont Memorial Library has in its Local History Room collection. The books pictured are:

1. Golden Anniversary of the Village of Stewart Manor, 1927-1977.

2. History of Town of North Hempstead, 1664-1789 / by high school students of North Hempstead (published in 1976)

3. Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790 : New York.

Come in or call to make an appointment to view the Local History Room.
Adult Reference 516-354-5280

05/03/2022

Join us at the library on Saturday 5/14

11/16/2021

WE ARE CURRENTLY OFFERING IN-PERSON EVENTSAS WELL AS SOME OF OUR FAVORITE VIRTUAL EVENTS.

10/20/2021

Looking back on the month of September 2021 and the return of in-person programs. Plus a preview of October’s community event, The Great Giveback - and much more! TRT: 13:27

09/14/2021

We had a great virtual program series on the National Film Registry. Enjoy one of your favorite titles on the Registry and let us know if we should do more programs on media preservation.

Address

700 Hempstead Turnpike
Elmont, NY
11003

Website

https://www.elmontlibrary.org/research-new/local-history/

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