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Subject Headings
Long Island and Patchogue Vertical Files
Celia M. Hastings Local History Room
Patchogue-Medford Library, Patchogue, New York
Compiled by Carrie Locke
Last updated 11/22/05
01010101010101010101010101010101010101010101 Below is a list of subject headings and subheadings for the Local History Room’s Long Island and Patchogue Vertical Files. These vertical files contain newspaper articles, papers, brochures and ephemera regarding the history of Long Island, New York and, more specifically, the history of Suffolk County, the Town of Brookhaven and Patchogue Village and its environs.
Ctrl + F can be used to search the index. Many entries are listed alphabetically by last name (i.e Chase, William Merritt). Some folders have as few as a single item; others are more extensive, containing more than fifty items. Please call the Patchogue-Medford Library at 654-4700 ext. 240 before you come in, so we can advise you as to the contents of any particular file. Any questions or comments, please email clocke@suffolk.lib.ny.us.
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See also L.I. – Land - Acquisition – Suffolk County (Farmland Preservation Act)
n General
n Cranberries
n Ducks See also L.I.- Business – Duck Farming
See also L.I. - Water Pollution – Duck Farming
n Eastern Farm Workers Association
n Experimental Farms see also L I. – Biography – Fullerton, Hal
n Fairs
n Farmers & Farm Families
n Farms
n Fruit
n Hay
n History
n Horse Farms
n Horticulture
n Implements & Machines
n Livestock
n Migrant Workers
n Nurseries
n Organic Farms
n Potatoes
n Poultry
n Sod Farms
n Statistics
n Suffolk County Farm & Educational Center
n Vegetables
n Vineyards & Wineries See also L.I. – Business - Vineyards
Air Pollution
n General
n Aviators (Curtiss, Glenn; Doolittle, Lt. James; Earhardt, Amelia; Gabreski, Francis;
Heinrich, Arthur O. & Albert S.; Kenyon, Cecil; Lindberg, Charles A.;
Nichols, Ruth; Noyes, Blanche; Marsalis, Francis; Moisant, Matilde;
Raiche, Dr. Bessica Faith; Roosevelt, Quentin, Watson, Spamm)
n Bayport Aerodome see also L.I. – Museums – Bayport Aerodrome
n Bender-Brentwood (aka Central Islip Field)
n Brookhaven-Calabro Airport (aka Calabro Airport, aka Brookhaven Airport) (Shirley)
n Calverton Airport
n Coram Airport
n East Hampton Airport
n Edwards Airport (Bayport)
n Gabreski Airport see L.I. - Airports – Westhampton Airport
n History
n MacArthur Airport (aka Islip Airport) (Islip)
- General
- 1942 – 1959
- 1960 – 1969
- 1970 – 1979
- 1980 – 1985
- 1986 – 1989
- 1990 – 1995
- 1996 – 1999
- 2000 – 2009
- Foreign Trade Zone
- History
n Metropolitan Area (LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy Airport)
n Mitchell Field
n Montauk Air Force Base see also L.I. - Military - Installations
n Republic Airport (Farmingdale)
n Spodaro Airport (East Moriches)
n Westhampton Airport (aka Suffolk County Airport, aka Francis S. Gabreski Airport) (Westhampton)
n Zahn’s Airport (North Amityville)
Amagansett (World War II Nazi spies)
Amityville
Aquebogue
Archaeology
Archives (& Historical Sources)
n General
n A-Z by surname
n Chase, William Merritt (Tile Club)
n DeKooning, Willem
n Lange, Edward
n Mount, William Sidney & Mount, Alonzo Shepard
n Pollock, Jackson & Krasner, Lee
Asharoken
n Albee, Edward East End summer resident, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ( 1962 )
n Alexander, Shana summers in Hamptons, Nutcracker (1985), The Astonishing Elephant (2000)
n Algren, Nelson (1907-1981) moved to Sag Harbor in Sept 1980, died there in 1981, May 9, 1981, buried in Oakland Cemetery, Sag
Harbor: from Chicago, won first National Book Award for Man with the Golden Arm (1950), affair with
Simone de Beauvoir
n Amrin, Michael (1918–1974) published Secret (1950) while living in Bayport, worked for 2 years at Brookhaven Lab, worked for
Atomic Energy Commission, freelance writer on scientific subjects
n Anson, Jay (1921-1980) Roslyn resident, then Manhattan, Amityville Horror
(1977) and 500 TV documentary scripts
n Auchincloss, Louis b. 1917, Lawrence, The Rector of Justin (1964), Manhattan Monologues (2002)
n Baglio, Ben Patchogue resident and educator, A String of Pearls: A Revisionist Perspective about the Events Leading to
the Attack on Pearl Harbor (2003) see L.I. – Patchogue - Authors
n Bailey, Paul, 1885-1962 b. Blue Point, Patchogue High School grad, Amityville, Early Long Island (1962), Physical Long Island
(1959), The Midnight Rides of Austin Roe, writer, publisher, poet, historian, founded Long Island Forum
in 1938 see L.I.-Patchogue Vertical File
n Bellows, Emma L. (1896-1982) Hampton Bays, Memoirs of a Town and Country Doctor (1982)
n Benchley, Peter Jaws (1974)
n Berger, Gilda & Melvin Great Neck, prolific authors of children’s books, Can It Rain Cats &Dogs? (1999)
n Berman, James Gabriel Manhattan, Uninvited (1995) takes place in fictional Glen Cove and Oyster Bay
n Bernstein, Walter Shelter Island weekender, teaches at Columbia U., Inside Out: A Memoir of the Blacklist (1996)
n Bigelow, Stephanie Bellport, Bellport and Brookhaven (1968)
n Blair, Cynthia b. North Babylon, Sea Cliff, young adult and adult fiction, The Banana Split Affair (1985), Close to Home (1990)
n Blair, Susan K. South Shore native, The Slaughterhouse Province: An American Diplomat’s [Leslie A. Davis: Port
Jefferson] Report on the Armenian’s Genocide, 1915-1917 (1989)
n Bleser, Carol Bellport, The Hammonds of Redcliffe (1981)
n Brady, James Manhattan, East Hampton, Coldest War (1990), Further Lane (1997)
n Bretton, Barbara Babylon, No Safe Place (1984), Chances Are (2004)
n Bolton, Guy Remsenburg, playwright, Very Good Eddie (1915)
n Boutcher, Esther Penny Laurel, Manowen (1951)
n Bouvier, Kathleen Hamptons, To Jack With Love (1979)
n Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) Roslyn, first famous American poet, journalist
n Brinkley, Douglas Hofstra University professor, The Magic Bus (1993)
n Bruun, Bertel Westhampton, world renowned ornithologist, Birds of North America
n Buffett, Jimmy Key West, Sag Harbor, singer, songwriter, Tales from Margaritaville (1989)
n Burnett, Francis Hodgson (1849-1924) b. England, Tennessee, summered Long Island (Long Beach, East Hampton), built home in
Plandome in 1909, Secret Garden (1911) begun while planning a garden for her new home
n Butler, Robert Olen Sea Cliff, Alleys of Eden (1981), The Deep Green Sea (1997)
n Capote, Truman Sagaponack, Manhattan, Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958), In Cold Blood (1965)
n Caras, Roger East Hampton, Animal Architecture (1971), Going for the Blue: Inside the World of Show Dogs and Dog Shows
(2001)
n Chase, Mary E. Bridgehampton, Who Will Take Grandma? magazine author, poet
n Chaskin, David Patchogue, screenwriter, Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985) see L.I. – Patchogue - Authors
n Cobbett, William British, lived in New Hyde Park 1818-1819, A Year’s Residence (1918)
n Collins, Stephen Cutchogue, actor, Eye Contact (1994)
n Conrad, Pam (1948-1996)Valley Stream, Rockville Centre, Levittown,YA Best Books of the Year, My Daniel (1989), Prairie
Songs (1985), Zoe (1996), Our House (1995)
n Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851) Sag Harbor, Shelter Island vacationer, Last of the Mohicans, The Water-Witch, The Sea Lions
n Crichton, Michael b. Chicago 1960, graduated Roslyn HS, California, Andromeda Strain (1969), Jurassic Park (1990), Rising
Sun (1992), Twister (1992)
n Corman, Avery Water Mill summer home, Kramer vs. Kramer (1977)
n Coven, Jeffrey Three Village area, essayist
n Cummings, Richard The Pied Piper: Allard K. Lowenstein and the Liberal Dream (1984)
n Dean, Maury Patchogue, Rock and Roll Gold Rush: A Singles Un-Cyclopedia (2003)
n Danto, Barbara & Arthur Bellport, Connections to the World (1997), Anna’s Magic Broom (1977)
n DeMaria, Ellen Port Jefferson, writer, poet
n DeMaria, Robert Port Jefferson, Dowling English professor (1981), fiction writer, English textbooks
n DeMille, Nelson b. NYC, Elmont, Garden City, Up Country (2002), Plum Island (1997), Charm School (1988), Word of Honor
(1985), Gold Coast (1990),
General’s Daughter (1992), Night Fall (2004)
n Doctorow, E. L. Hamptons, Ragtime (1987), Billy Bathgate (1989), The Waterworks (1994)
n Donato, Pietro di (1911-1992) b. West Hoboken NJ. Setauket, Christ in Concrete (1939) Italian
immigrant life)
n Durant, Wil & Ariel Great Neck, The Story of Civilization (1935+)
n Dunwell, Steve Boston, Long Island: A Scenic Discovery (1985)
n Ehrenreich, Barbara b. Butte, Montana, Syosset, feminist, essayist, lecturer, talk show guest, The Hearts of Men: American Dreams
and the Flight From Commitment, Fear of Falling: the Inner Life of the Middle Class (1989)
n Elman, Richard (1935-1998) Stony Brook, 25 books of fiction, non-fiction & poetry, Lilo’s Diary, The Reckoning, The
Poorhouse State (1966), Tar Beach (1991)
n Enright, Elizabeth Wainscott, children’s author , Gone-Away Lake (1957), short stories (O. Henry Memorial Award
Collections, Best American Short Stories collections)
n Farrell, Vivian Lindenhurst, children’s author Robert’s Tall Friend: A Story of the Fire Island Lighthouse (1987)
n Fitzgerald, Francis Scott (1896-1940) b. St. Paul, Great Neck (1922) Great Gatsby
n Flanagan, Thomas East Setauket, The Year of the French (1979),The Tenants of Time (1988), End of the Hunt (1994)
n French, Marilyn Rockville Center, Manhattan, Florida, The Women’s Room (1977)
n Friedan, Betty Hamptons, feminist, The Feminine Mystique (1974)
n Furst, Alan b. New York, Sag Harbor, The Polish Officer (1995), The World at
Night (1996), Red Gold (1999), Kingdom of Shadows (2000), Blood of Victory (2003)
n Gaines, Steven Hamptons, Obsession: The Lives and Times of Calvin Klein (1994), Philistines at the Hedgerow (1998)
n Gellis, Roberta Roslyn Heights, Gilliane (1984), This Scepter’d Isle (1994)
n Gethers, Peter Sag Harbor, The Cat Who’ll Live Forever (2001)
n Gibbs, Alonzo Valley Stream, The Fields Breathe Sweet (1963)
n Gordon, Mary b. 1949 Valley Stream, Final Payments (1978), Spending (1998)
n Greenburg, Dan East Hampton summer resident, What Women Want (1982)
n Gubitosi, Mary Medford, “Medford: The Early Years” in “Pictorical History of Medford, New York” (1993?)
n Heinz, Brian Wading River, children’s author, The Alley Cat (1992)
n Henke, Hans Patchogue, Patchogue (1997), Patchogue II (1998)
n Heller, Joseph Sagaponack, Catch-22 (1955), Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man (2000)
n Hoins, John Huntington, Orient, Wood Walkers (1995)
n Howell, Barbara Summers in Wainscott, A Mere Formality (1982)
n Hinkemeyer, Michael Pseud. Vanessa Royall, Fields of Eden (1977), Order of the Arrow (1990)
n Hoffman, Alice b. NYC, raised on Long Island, Angel Landing (1980)
n Irving, John Sagaponack, World According to Garp (1978)
n James, Theodore Hamptons, Country Gardening (2000), knighted by the King of Belgium
n Johnson, Velda Sag Harbor, prolific mystery writer, Along A Dark Path
n Jones, Fred Patchogue, The Creek: The Patchogue River (1986)
n Jones, Gloria Hamptons
n Jones, James Sagaponack (1975-1977), From Here to Eternity (1951)
n Kaufeld, David Sag Harbor, Key West, The Fat Boy Murders: A Wyn Lewis Mystery (1993), (women detectives)
n King, George S. Patchogue, Bayshore, The Last Slaver (1937)
n King, Joseph S. Long Beach playwright, Six Candles, The Butcher of Budapest (1995)
n Kirkpatrick, Katherine Stony Brook, Keeping the Good Light (Stepping Stones Lighthouse)
n Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969) Lowell MA, Northport 1958 – 1964, On the Road (1957)
n Knowles, John West Virginia, Southampton, A Separate Peace (1960)
n Kraft, Eric Babylon, East Hampton, Passionate Spectator (2004)
n Kramer, Aaron Oakdale, essays, poet, In Wicked Times (1983), Wicked Times (2004)
n Krementz, Jill NYC, East End, married to Kurt Vonnegut, A Storyteller’s Story
(1992), A Very Young Dancer (1976), A Very Young Gardener (1990)
n Lardner, Ring 1855-1933, Great Neck, You Know Me Al
n Latham, Roy Orient, naturalist, Long Island Birds (1914), Distribution of Wild
n Orchids on Long Island (1940)
n Lee, John Sayville, Unicorn Quest (1988)
n Lewis, Sinclair (1885-1951) Port Washington (winter of 1914-1915), Babbitt
n Liebers, Arthur Westhampton Beach, career, guidance, trade & humor books
n Liebling, A.J. Springs, d. 1963, journalist, boxing writer
n Lipton, James Manhattan, East Hampton, An Exaltation of Larks or, the Venereal
Game (1968), two Broadway musicals, television
dramas, ballet
n London, Sandy Northport, A Whisper of Treason (1991)
n Longenecker, Clarence E. How to Recover from a Stroke and Make a Successful
Comeback (1981)
n Lord, Shirley Bellport, Faces (1989), The Crasher (1998)
n Lustbader, Eric Van Southampton, Angel Eyes (1991), Art Kills (2002), Mistress of the Pearl
(2004), internationally known author
n Lynch, Florence Montieth Blue Point, The Mystery Man of Banna Strand (1960)
n Macadam, Heather Dune Sag Harbor, The Weeping Buddha (2002) takes place on Long Island
n Mahan, Alfred Thayer (1840-1914) Quogue, The Influence of Sea Power on History, 1660-1783
(1890), The Influence of Sea Power on the French Revolution and Empire
(1892), Sea Power and Its Relation to the War of 1812 (1905)
n Mailer, Norman summered East End, The Naked and the Dead (1948)
2 Pulitzer Prizes & 1 National Book Award
n Mangas, Brian Huntington Station, children’s author, Follow That Puppy
(1991)
n Maso, Carol Bridgehampton, Beauty is Convulsive (2002),
Defiance : Ba Novel (1998), The Room Lit by Roses (2000)
n Matthiessen, Peter (1927-) Sagaponack, novelist, naturalist, short story writer,
essayist, editor, At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965),
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1991), Killing Mr. Watson
(1990)
n McGonigle, Thomas Patchogue, Going to Patchogue (1992)
see also L.I. – Patchogue – Authors – McGonigle, Thomas
n Mayle, Peter England, Provence, East Hampton, ?, A Year in Provence
(1989)
n McCarthy, Joe Blue Point, The Remarkable Kennedys (1960)
n McDermott, Alice raised in Elmont, Charming Billy (1998), Child of My
Heart (2002)
n McGrady, Sean Northport, Dead Letters (1992), Gloom of Night (1993),
Sealed with a Kiss (1995) (Eamon Wearie Mysteries)
n MacInnes, Helen (1907-1984) Europe, USA, Suspicion (1939), Assignment in Brittany
(written on Fire Island), Prelude to Terror (1980), highly acclaimed author
of 23 espionage novels
n McMullan, Kate Manhattan, Sag Harbor, The Noisy Giant’s Tea Party (1992), prolific
children’s book author
n McNally, Terence Bridgehampton, playwright, Kiss of the Spiderwoman (1997)
n Melville, Herman (1818-1891) Fire Island, Surf Hotel, 1887 – 1891
n Miller, Frances Bridgehampton, Tanty – Encounters With the Past (1980)
n Mitgang, Herbert The Montauk Fault (1981)
n Morgenstein, Gary Bronx, Jamaica, Selden, Take Me Out to the Ballgame (1980)
n Morley, Christopher Haverford Pa, Philadelphia, Roslyn Estates, Lloyd’s Neck, Haunted
Bookshop (1955), Kitty Foyle (1939), Parnassus on Wheels (1917),
columnist, essayist, editor of the Saturday Review of Literature
n Morris, Willie Hamptons, Last of the Southern Girls (1973), My Dog Skip (1995)
n Murphy, Robert Cushman Mt. Sinai, Old Field, Fish-Shaped Paumanok, Nature and
Man on Long Island (1964), naturalist
see also L.I. - Biography – Murphy, Robert Cushman
n Mrazek, Robert 5 time U.S. Congressman from Centerport, Unholy Fire (2003)
n Nobisso, Josephine Quogue, children’s author, Grandpa Loved (1989)
n Obler, Dr. Martin Sag Harbor, Moira (1993)
n O’Connor, Varley summered in Hamptons 3 years, book takes place in
Hamptons, Like China (1991)
n O’Donnell, Lillian NYC, Atlantic Beach, Nora Mulcahaney mystery series,
Cop Without A Shield (1993), Lockout (1994)
n O’Hara, John PA native, Quogue, Butterfield 8 (1935), Pal Joey (1962)
n O’Hare, Jeff Sayville, children’s author, Globe Probe (1993)
n O’Neill, Eugene Asharoken, Mourning Becomes Electra (1931)
n Overton, Grant (1887-1930) Patchogue, consulting editor Collier’s Magazine,
literary critic
n Panati, Charles West Sayville, Panati’s Browser’s Book of Beginnings
(1984), Panati’s Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things
(1987)
n Panzarino, Connie Massapequa, The Me in the Mirror (1994)
n Paraskevas, Betty & Michael Southampton, children’s authors, Monster Beach (!996)
n Payne, John Howard 1791-1852, Easthampton, playwright (Charles the Second with
Washington Irving)
n Pellicane, Patricia North Babylon, Whispers in the Wind (1984)
n Plimpton, George Hamptons, Paper Lion (1988), Fireworks: A History
And Celebration (1994)
n Porter, Sylvia Patchogue, How To Make Money in Government Bonds (1939),
Invest It, Borrow It and Use It to Better Your Life (1975)
n Portnoy, Elias Hicksville, Let the Seller Beware (1990)
n Posner, Richard teacher Sachem High School, prolific author, Image and the Flesh
n Protopopescu, Orel Since Lulu Learned the Cancan (1991)
n Puleston, Dennis Brookhaven Hamlet, Environmental Defense Fund,
A Nature Journal, a Naturalist’s Year on Long Island
(1992)
n Puzo, Mario Bayshore, The Godfather (1969)
n Pynchon, Thomas b. Glen Cove, Oyster Bay High School, National Book
Award, Gravity’s Rainbow (1974)
n Quinn, Peter Shelter Island, Banished Children of Eve (1994) about
the New York Draft Riots of 1863