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Long Island and Patchogue Vertical File

Subject Heading Index

 

Celia M. Hastings Local History Room

Patchogue-Medford Library, Patchogue, New York

updated Feb 2013

 

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      The 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. The complete index is preceded by a hyperlinked list of all Subject Headings, Villages and Patchogue Village subheadings in the index.

          CTRL + F CAN BE USED TO SEARCH THIS INDEX.  Most people are listed alphabetically by surname first (e.g., Chase, William Merritt).

        Some sub files 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@pml.org.

 

 

 

      

  SUBJECT HEADINGS:

 

 


 

AGRICULTURE

AIR  POLLUTION

AIRPORTS

ARCHAEOLOGY

ARCHIVES

ARTISTS

AUTHORS

BABYLON (N.Y.: TOWN)

BALD HILL

BEACHES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY

BOATS AND BOATING

BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY

BROOKHAVEN (N.Y.: TOWN)

BROOKLYN-QUEENS

BUSINESS

CAMP UPTON

CEMETERIES

CHURCHES

CIVIL DEFENSE

COOKERY

CRIME & CRIMINALS

DESCRIPTION & TRAVEL

EAST HAMPTON (N.Y.: TOWN)

ECONOMY

EDUCATION

ELECTIONS

ENERGY

ETHNIC GROUPS

FIRE ISLAND

 

FIRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE

FIRES & FIREFIGHTING

FIRSTS

FISHING

FLAGS

FORTS & FORTIFICATIONS

GEOLOGY

GREAT SOUTH BAY

HEALTH CARE

HISTORIC SITES

HISTORICAL SOCIETIES

HOLIDAYS

HOSPITALS

HUNTINGTON(N.Y.:TOWN)

INDIANS

INLETS

ISLANDS

ISLIP (N.Y.:TOWN)

LAKES

LAND USE

LIBRARIES

LIGHTHOUSES

LIPA  (LILCO)

LONG ISLAND RAILROAD

LONG ISLAND  SOUND

LORE & LEGENDS

MAPS

MARINE LIFE

MARSHES

MASS MEDIA

MEMORIALS

MILITARY SITES

MOTION PICTURES

MUSEUMS

NAMES (GEOGRAPHIC)

NASSAU COUNTY  

PARKS

PECONIC BAY

PINE BARRENS

PLANNING

POETRY

POLITICIANS

POPULATION

 

POSTAL SERVICE

PRESIDENTS

(RADIO (WIRELESS))

 

RECREATION

RIVERHEAD (N.Y.:TOWN)

RIVERS

 

SCULPTURE

 SEALS (TOWN & COUNTY)

SHIPBUIDLING

SHIPS

SHIPWRECKS

SHOPPING MALLS

SLAVERY

SMUGGLING

SONGS

SOUTHAMPTON (N.Y.: TOWN)

SOUTHOLD (N.Y: TOWN)

SPORTS

STATEHOOD

STATISTICS

SUFFOLK COUNTY  (N.Y.)

 

THEATER

TRANSPORTATION

TWA FLIGHT 800

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

VETERANS

WATER POLLUTION

WATER SUPPLY

 WATERMILLS &

WINDMILLS

WEATHER

WHALES & WHALING

WILDLIFE

WOMEN

                                        

                                                   VILLAGES:

              

AMAGANSETT

AMITYVILLE

AQUEBOGUE

ASHAROKEN

BAITING HOLLOW

BAYPORT

BAY SHORE

BELLPORT

BLUE POINT

BOHEMIA

BRENTWOOD

BRIDGEHAMPTON

BRIGHTWATERS

BROOKHAVEN  HAMLET

CALVERTON

CENTER MORICHES

CENTEREACH

CENTERPORT

COLD SPRING HARBOR

COMMACK

CORAM

CUTCHOGUE

DEER PARK

EAST HAMPTON

EAST MORICHES

EAST PATCHOGUE

EAST MARION

EASTPORT

FARMINGVILLE

FLANDERS

GORDON HEIGHTS

GREAT RIVER

GREENPORT

HAMPTON BAYS

HAUPPAUGE

HOLBROOK

HOLTSVILLE

ISLANDIA

JAMESPORT

 

KINGS PARK

LAKE GROVE

MANORVILLE

MASTIC

MASTIC BEACH

MATTITUCK

MEDFORD

MELVILLE

MIDDLE ISLAND

MILLER PLACE

MONTAUK

MOUNT SINAI

NESCONSET

NEW SUFFOLK

 

NORTH GREAT RIVER

NORTH HAVEN

NORTH PATCHOGUE

NORTHPORT

NORTHVILLE

NORTH SEA

 OAKDALE

OLD FIELD

ORIENT

ORIENT POINT

PATCHOGUE

POQUOTT

PORT JEFFERSON

QUOGUE

REMSEMBURG

RIDGE

ROCKY POINT

RONKONKOMA

SAGAPONACK

SAG HARBOR

ST. JAMES

SAYVILLE

SELDEN

SETAUKET

SHELTER ISLAND

SHIRLEY

SHOREHAM

SMITHTOWN

SOUTH HAVEN

SOUTHOLD

SPEONK

STONY BROOK

WADING RIVER

WATERMILL

WESTHAMPTON

WESTHAPTON BEACH

WYANDANCH

YAPHANK

 

 

 

 

 

                                               PATCHOGUE:

 

    

ARCHAEOLOGY

ASSOCIATIONS

AUTHORS

BIOGRAPHY

BUSINESS

CEMETERIES

CENTENNIAL

CHURCHES

COMMEMORATIONS

CRIME & CRIMINALS

DIRECTORIES

 EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

FIRES & FIREFIGHTING

HISTORIC BUILDINGS

HISTORY

HOUSING

LAKES

PARKS

PATCHOGUE MEDFORD LIBRARY

PLACES RATED

PLANNING

POETRY

POPULATION

POLICE

POLITICS & GOV'T

POSTAL SERVICE

REVITALIZATION

RIVERS

SHIPS

STATISTICS

 

STREETS & STREET NAMES

TEMPLES & SYNAGOGUES

TRANSPORTATION

 

TOXIC SITES

WALKING TOURS

WATERFRONT

WOMEN

 

                                         

 

 

          SUBJECT HEADING INDEX

 

Agriculture*  

See also L.I. – Land - Acquisition – Suffolk County (Farmland Preservation Act)

n  General

n  Cooperative Extension Service

n  Cauliflower

n  Cranberries

n  Ducks  See also  L.I.- Business – Duck Farming, 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  Farmingdale State College (State Institute of Applied Agriculture)

n  Farms

n  Fruit

n  Hay

n  History

n  Horse Farms

n  Horticulture

n  Implements & Machines

n  Livestock

n  Long Island Farm Bureau

n  Migrant Workers

n  Nurseries

n  Organic Farms

n  Potatoes

n  Poultry

n  Sod Farms

n  Statistics

n  Suffolk County Fair

n  Suffolk County Farm & Educational Center

n  Vegetables

n  Vineyards & Wineries 

 

Air Pollution*

  

Airports* (Aviation*)

n  General

n  Aviation Industry see also L.I. – Business – Grumman, L.I. – Business – Fairfield Republic

n  Aviators - Curtiss, Glenn  Doolittle, Lt. James  Earhardt, Amelia  Gabreski, Francis

Heinrich, Arthur O. Heinrich, Albert S. - Kenyon, Cecil  Kenyon, Teddy  Lindberg, Charles

Nichols, Ruth Noyes  Marsalis, Francis - Moisant, Matilde - Raiche, Faith -

Roosevelt, Quentin - Watson, Spamm

n  Bayport Aerodrome  see also L.I. – Museums – Bayport Aerodrome

n  Bender-Brentwood  Central Islip Field

n  Brindley Field Commack

n  Brookhaven-Calabro Airport  Shirley

n  Calverton  Airport

n  Coram Airport

n  E-2C Hawkeye (last military plane built on Long Island in 1995)

n  East Hampton Airport

n  Edwards Airport  Bayport

n  Gabreski Airport see L.I. - Airports – Westhampton Airport

n  History

n  Islip Airport see MacArthur Airport

n  Long Island Airways (Trippe, Juan Terry)

n  MacArthur Airport (Islip Airport)  Islip

·   General

·   1942 – 1959

·   1960 – 1969

·   1970 – 1979

·   1980 – 1985

·   1986 – 1989

·   1990 – 1995

·   1996 – 1999

·   2000 – 2009

·   2010 - 2019

·   Foreign Trade Zone

·   History

n  Metropolitan Area  (LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy Airport)

n  Mineola Flying Field (LI’s first airport)

n  Mitchell Field

n  Montauk Air Force Base  see also L.I. - Military – Installations, L.I. – Montauk – Camp Hero (Montauk Air Force Base)       

n  Ninety-Nines  women aviators organization founded in Valley Stream

n  Pan American World Airways (Port Washington)

n  Private Airports (Nassau & Suffolk 1980)

n  Republic Airport  Farmingdale American Airpower Museum

n  Spodaro Airport  East Moriches

n  Westhampton Airport aka Suffolk County Airport, aka Francis S. Gabreski Airport

n  Zahn’s Airport North Amityville

 

Amagansett*     

Amityville*

Aquebogue*

          

Archaeology*

n General

n Bibliography

n Caches (cache pits)

n Chronology

n Coram

n Cutchogue (Fort Corchaug)

n Dinosaurs (Mastodon bone found at Captree)

n East Hampton

n Glen Cove

n Great Neck

n History

n Huntington (Lloyd Harbor Lloyd Neck)

n Indian

n Islip

n Massapequa

n Middle Island

n Montauk (Fort Hill)

n Mt. Sinai

n Muttontown

n North Sea

n “Oldest Proof of Man on L.I.”

n Orient and Orient Point (Rock Etchings)

n Riverhead (Indian Island County Park)

n Roslyn

n Setauket (Brewster-Mount House)

n Shelter Island (Sylvester Manor)

n Shinnecock Hills

n Shoreham

n Smithtown

n Southampton

n Stony Brook

 

Archives*   (& Historical Sources*)

 

Artists* 

This list of Long Island artists was compiled from the Long Island

vertical files and is in no way a complete listing of all the artists who have painted

Long Island, grew up on Long Island, lived here for a time, settled here,

or live elsewhere and summer on Long Island                                                                        

n  General

n  Addams, Charles 1912-1988 lived in Sagaponack 1985 – 1988, New Yorker cartoonist, Addams Family

n  Amundsen, C. Hjalmar (“Cappy”) Sag Harbor marine painter

n  Arnold, Herbert Old Brookville sculptor

n  Auricci Rocky Point artist

n  Ball, Bill  Sag Harbor cartoonist

n  Barry, Eileen East Islip sculptor

n  Beck, Margit

n  Bell, Caroline Peconic Bay Impressionists

n  Berks, Robert Orient sculptor

n  Bezrutczyk, Florence Oakdale graphic artist

n  Bishop, Marjorie Old Field oil painter

n  Bleckner, Ross Sagaponack

n  Bolotowski, Ilya Sag Harbor neo-plasticism

n  Brett, Oswalt  Levittown marine artist

n  Brodsky, Stan Huntington abstract artist

n  Brooks, James (1906 – 1992) East Hampton abstract impressionist

n  Brouwer, Theophilus A. Westhampton sculptor, artist, inventor

n  Brown Brothers  19th century Huntington pottery

n  Carter, Granville Baldwin sculptor

n  Chappel, Alonzo  Middle Island historical illustrator painter

n  Chase, William Merritt  1849 – 1916 Shinnecock Hills, American Impressionist, founder Shinnecock Summer School of Art 1891 – 1902,

Tile Club member, house on National Register of Historic Places and built by McKim, Mead and White

n  Coheleach, Guy wildlife artist

n  Collins, Earl Hamptons, marine artist

n  Dash, Robert b. 1934 moved to Sagaponack in 1960 landscape artist

n  Davis, William M. 1829-1920 Port Jefferson Mt. Sinai painter

n  Davis, William Steeple Orient artist and photographer

n  DeSoto, Rafael East Patchogue portrait painter illustrator

n  DiLorenzo, Dominick 1993 Sayville 2012 Orient artist

n  DiNaro, John  Brookhaven Hamlet wood sculptor

n  Dove, Arthur G. 1880 – 1946 Halesite (1924-1933) Centerport (1938-1946) first American abstract painter

n  Drennan, John 1906 – 1986 photographer

n  Duga, Don Riverhead animator Frosty the Snowman

n  Ernst, Jimmy 1920 – 1984 moved to East Hampton in 1960 abstract painter

n  Feit, Alan H. Bellport 1985 jazz series

n  Feke, Robert  b. 1705 Oyster Bay

n  Fitz, Benjamin R.  d. 1891 Peconic Art Students League

n  Flack, Audrey East Hampton sculptor 1992

n  Freilicher, Jane Water Mill summers painter

n  Glanzman, Louis Sayville cover illustrator for nation’s top magazines

n  Grosman, Tatyana West Islip (Universal Limited Art Editions)

n  Gwathney, Robert 1903-1988  Amagansett NYC painter

n  Hassam, Childe 1859–1935 lived in East Hampton from 1919-1935 Impressionist

n  Hoest, Bill Lloyd Neck “Lockhorns” cartoonist

n  Keeley, Ken Medford 1989 photorealist with oils

n  Koslow, Howard 1989 designer of US stamps

n  Kost, Frederick 1861-1923 Brookhaven & NYC landscape painter

n  Krasner, Lee 1908 – 1984 Springs abstract expressionist

n  Kunstler, Mort Cove Neck renowned Civil War artist-illustrator

n  Lange, Edward 1846-1912 Commack landscape and architectural renderings

n  Lichtenstein, Roy 1923 – 1997 1970 – 1997 NYC/Southampton famous pop artist

n  Lipton, Jacob North Babylon sculptor 1990

n  Lipton, Seymour metal sculpturist 1984

n  Little, John Springs 1982

n  McKnight, Thomas Water Mill & NYC, artist 1988

n  Miller, Charles Henry b. 1842 landscape painter

n  Moran, Thomas 1837 – 1926 1884 landscape painter  Thomas Moran House in East Hampton is a National Historic Landmark.

n  Nodell, Martin  Huntington Green Lantern creator

n  Morley, Malcolm Bellport photorealist neo-expressionist

n  Mount, Shepard Alonzo 1804 – 1868 portraiture specialist Stony Brook Setauket

n  Mount, William Sidney 1807 – 1868 American realist William Sidney Mount House in Stony Brook is a National Historic Landmark.

n  Norkin, Sam Quogue caricaturist 1994

n  Ossorio, Alfonso East Hampton artist

n  Prellwitz, Henry & Edith Peconic Art Colony

n  Parzini, Archie Long Beach, architectural sculpture 1981

n  Pollera, Daniel  2010 oil painter of seascapes and landscapes                      

n  Porter, Fairfield 1907 – 1975 Southampton artist

n  Ratner, Abraham Sag Harbor expressionist painter

n  Rivers, Larry 1923-2002 Hamptons grandfather of pop art

n  Rea, Gardner Brookhaven Hamlet 1896-1966 cartoonist New Yorker Collier’s Saturday Evening Post

n  Reboli, Joseph 1945-2004 Setauket realist

n  Singer, Arthur B. 1918-1990 Jericho naturalist and painter

n  Sloane, Eric orig. Roslyn historic structures and tools drawings & books

n  Solomon, Sid 1918-2004 Hamptons, abstract artist

n  Squires, C. Clyde Great Neck magazine illustrator

n  Tile Club on Long Island

n  Van Loen, Alfred Huntington metal scupturist 1981

n  Vincente, Esteban Bridgehampton abstract expressionism 2001

n  Waldman, Myron Wantagh pioneering animator 1993

n  Whitehouse, Jack Sayville

n  Young, Woodhull  Huntington marine painter 1978

n  Zoeller, Robert Mt. Sinai mural Union Savings Bank in Patchogue

n  Zucker, Joe East Hampton “100-Foot-Long Piece”1992

 

Asharoken*

 

Authors*

This list of Long Island authors was compiled from the Long Island Vertical Files and is in no way a complete listing

of all the authors who have written about Long Island, grew up on Long Island, lived here for a time, settled here,

or live elsewhere and summer on Long Island.      see also L.I. – Poetry

 

n  General

n  Children’s Books General

n  Albee, Edward b.1928 moved to Hamptons in 1963 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962) maintains William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center in Montauk

n  Alexander, Shana Hamptons Nutcracker (1985) The Astonishing Elephant  (2000)

n  Algren, Nelson  1907-1981 Chicago moved to Sag Harbor 1980 died there 1981 buried in Oakland Cemetery Sag    

        Harbor won first National Book Award for Man with the Golden Arm (1950) affair with Simone de Beauvoir

n  Allin, Michael  East Hampton  Enter the Dragon (screenplay) Zafara (1998)

n  Allison, David  Bellport The New Nietzsche (1984)

n  Amrin, Michael  1918–1974 Bayport Secret (1950) Atomic Energy Commission, freelance scientific writer

n   Anderson, Chuck Brookhaven Hamlet Mountain House Murders (2009)

n  Anson, Jay 1921-1980 Roslyn, Manhattan  Amityville Horror (1977)  and 500 TV documentary scripts

n  Auchincloss, Louis b. 1917 Lawrence The Rector of Justin (1964) Manhattan Monologues  (2002)

n  Axinn, Donald Sands Point Ego Makers (1996) Memories Served Here (2003)

 

n  Baglio, Ben Patchogue A  String of Pearls (2003)

n  Bailey, Paul  1885-1962 b. Blue Point, Patchogue High School Amityville Early Long Island (1962) Physical Long     

       Island (1959) The Midnight Rides of Austin Roe, writer, publisher, poet, historian, founder Long Island Forum

n  Baldwin, Faith  1893-1978  Skyscraper Souls (1932) Apartment for Peggy (1948)

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) occurs in fictional Glen Cove and Oyster Bay

n  Bernstein, Walter  Shelter Island weekender, 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 The Banana Split Affair (1985) Close to Home (1990)

n  Blair, Susan K.  South Shore native The Slaughterhouse Province: An American Diplomat’s Report on the Armenian’s Genocide (1996)    

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)  lived in Roslyn Harbor from 1843 – 1878 poet, author, journalist, his home Cedarmere on NYS Underground Heritage Trail

n  Brinkley, Douglas   Hofstra professor The Magic Bus (1993)

n  Bruun, Bertel  1937 – 2011 Westhampton world renowned ornithologist, Birds of North America, naturalist, practicing neurologist

n  Burnett, Francis Hodgson  1849-1924 b. England, Tennessee, Roslyn Cemetery gravesite, Secret Garden (1911) begun while planning garden for       

      new home in Plandome in 1909

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)   

n  Clemente, Vince poet, author, journalist Girl in the Yellow Caboose (1991)

n  Collins, Stephen  Cutchogue actor Eye Contact (1994)

n  Conrad, Pam  1948-1996 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) Twister (1992)

n  Corman, Avery  Water Mill summer home Kramer vs. Kramer (1977)

n  Costa, Caroline Bruno  “My Life as a Farmer’s Daughter” Huntington memoirs c. 1910-1950

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 1981 Dowling English professor, fiction writer, English textbooks

n  DeMille, Nelson 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. b. 1931 New Rochelle/Hamptons Ragtime (1987) Billy Bathgate (1989) The Waterworks (1994)

n  Donato, Pietro di 1911-1992 Setauket Christ in Concrete (1939)

n  Durant, Wil & Ariel Great Neck The Story of Civilization (1935+)

n  Dunne, Finley Peter 1867–1936 nationally syndicated ‘Mr. Dooley’ column

n  Dunwell, Steve   Boston  Long Island: A Scenic Discovery (1985)

 

n  Ehrenreich, Barbara b. Butte, Mo Syosset feminist, essayist, lecturer The Hearts of Men… (1989)

n  Elman, Richard  1935-1998 Stony Brook 25 books of fiction, non-fiction & poetry

n  Enright, Elizabeth   Wainscott Gone-Away Lake (1957) short stories (O. Henry Memorial Award)

 

n  Farrell, Vivian  Lindenhurst Robert’s Tall Friend: A Story of the Fire Island Lighthouse (1987)

n  Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896-1940 b. St. Paul MN Great Neck (1922) The 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 The Feminine Mystique (1974)

n  Furst, Alan Sag Harbor The Polish Officer (1995) 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  Goodman, Carol  Great Neck The Seduction of Water (2003)

n  Gordon, Mary b. 1949 Valley Stream Final Payments  (1978) Spending (1998)

n  Greenburg, Dan East Hampton summer resident What Women Want (1982)

 

n  Heinz, Brian Wading River The Alley Cat (1992)

n  Heller, Joseph 1923 – 1999 Sagaponack Catch-22 (1955) Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man (2000)

n  Hoins, John Huntington Orient Wood Walkers (1995)

n  Horton, Eugene author Blue Point Then and Now

n  Howell, Barbara  summer 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  Hummel, George Frederick 1882-1952 Southold Heritage (1935)

 

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, 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)

n  King, George S. Patchogue Bay Shore 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 essayist poet In Wicked Times (1983) Wicked Times (2004)

n  Krementz, Jill NYC East End 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)

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 and boxing writer

n  Lipton, James Manhattan East Hampton An Exaltation of Larks… (1968) Broadway musicals, television dramas, ballet

n  London, Sandy  Northport A Whisper of Treason (1991)

n  Longenecker, Clarence E. How to Recover from a Stroke… (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)

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)   

n  Mailer, Norman summered East End The Naked and the Dead (1948) 2 Pulitzer Prizes & 1 National Book Award

n  Mangas, Brian Huntington Station  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 Sagaponack At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965) In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1991) Killing Mr. Watson (1990)

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)

n  MacInnes, Helen   (1907-1984) Europe USA Suspicion (1939) Assignment in Brittany (written on Fire Island)

n  McLerran, Alice Bellport children’s author Roxaboxen (1991)

n  McMullan, Kate   Manhattan Sag Harbor The Noisy Giant’s Tea Party (1992)

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  Mills, Mark  London Amagansett (2004)

n  Mitgang, Herbert The Montauk Fault (1981)

n  Morgenstein, Gary  Bronx Selden Take Me Out to the Ballgame (1980)

n  Morley, Christopher  Haverford PA Roslyn Estates Lloyd’s Neck  Haunted Bookshop (1955) Kitty Foyle (1939)

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)

n  Mrazek, Robert  Centerport U.S. Congressman 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   summers in Hamptons Like China (1991) has Hamptons setting

n  O’Donnell, Lillian NYC Atlantic Beach 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 Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things (1987)

n  Panchyk, Richard  Forgotten Tales of Long Island (2008)

n  Panzarino, Connie Massapequa The Me in the Mirror (1994)

n  Paraskevas, Betty & Mickey Southampton children’s authors Monster Beach (!996)

n  Payne, John Howard 1791-1852 Easthampton playwright “Home Sweet Home” (Charles the Second with Washington Irving)

n  Pellicane, Patricia   North Babylon Whispers in the Wind (1984)

n  Picoult, Jodi raised in Nesconset Vermont My Sister’s Keeper (2004)

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… (1975)

n  Portnoy, Elias  Hicksville Let the Seller Beware (1990)

n  Posner, Richard    teacher Sachem High School  Image and the Flesh 

n  Protopopescu, Orel children’s author Since Lulu Learned the Cancan (1991)

n  Puleston, Dennis   1905 - 2001Brookhaven Hamlet Environmental Defense Fund DDT ban A Nature Journal… (1992)

n  Puzo, Mario Bay Shore The Godfather (1969)

n  Pynchon, Thomas    b. 1937 Glen Cove Oyster Bay High School National Book Award Gravity’s Rainbow (1974)

 

n  Quinn, Peter Shelter Island Banished Children of Eve (1994)

n  Quittner, Joshua   Masters of Deception: the Gang that Ruled Cyberspace (1995)

 

n  Randall, Monica  Oyster Bay The Mansions of Long Island’s Gold Coast  (1979) Winfield (2003)

n  Reeve, Arthur B. 1880-1936  Black Hand (1911) Treasure Train (1917)

n  Rightmire, Robert   Patchogue The Prints of Rockwell Kent: A Catalogue Raisonne (2002)

n  Rubenstein, Lona Easthampton From Away (1997) a novel about Easthampton

n  Rattray, Everett   Easthampton The South Fork: The Land and People of Eastern Long Island (1979)

n  Rosenblatt, Roger Quogue author playwright essayist Life Itself: Abortion in the American Mind (1992)

n  Rossner, Judith Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1975) Emmeline (1980) Perfidia (1997)

n  Ruddick, Sally & Bill Having Children (1979)

n  Ryder, Willet  Patchogue The Art Experience (1991) Celebrating Diversity With Art… (1995)

 

n    Safina, Carl  Amagansett Song for the Blue Ocean (1999) View from Lazy Point (2010)

n   Sanders, Addie   Sayville children’s author Alligators Under the Bed  (1990)

n  Schlichter, Tom Mastic Northeast Party Boat Fishing (1987)  

n  Schulberg, Budd   Westhampton What Makes Sammy Run? (1941), On the Waterfront

n  Schwab, Lawrence playwright screenwriter The Desert Song (1929) Take A Chance (1933)

n  Schwartz, Roslyn &Leonard Brightwaters Becoming a Couple (1980)

n  Shames, Lawrence summers on Shelter Island Florida Straits (1990)

n  Shaw, Irwin  Hamptons Rich Man, Poor Man (1970) Acceptable Losses (1982)

n   Sheed, Wilfrid Sag Harbor North Haven Boys of Winter (1997)

n  Sheehy, Gail  East Hampton Passages (1976) Hillary’s Choice (1999)

n  Simon, Merrill   Oyster Bay Miami Tel Aviv Marketing for Maximum Profit (1995)

n  Skinner, Albert  Patchogue Down Memory Lane (1989)

n  Slatalla, Michelle Newsday reporter Masters of Deception, the Gang that Ruled Cyberspace (1995)

n  Small, Bertrice  Southold (“Lust’s Leading Lady”) All the Sweet Tomorrows (1984)

n  Spier, Peter Netherlands Shoreham The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (1961) Father May I Come? (1993)

n  Stafford, Jean    Springs Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1970 d. 1979 The Collected  Stories of Jean Stafford (1969)

n  Steinbeck, John California Sag Harbor The Winter of Our Discontent (1961)

n  Sterling, George   Sag Harbor  Beyond the Breakers (1914)

n  Starace, Carl West Islip editor of Long Island Forum

n  Strong, John  Algonquian Peoples of Long Island From Earliest Times to 1700 (1997)

n  Swet, Peter Westhampton Interview ( 1979)

 

n  Teale, Edwin Way 1899-1980 Indiana/Baldwin, naturalist, photographer, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Wandering Through Winter (1966)

n  Thomas, Abigail   NYC Greenport  An Actual Life (1996)

n  Turner, John L. environmentalist Exploring the Other Island (1994)

 

n  Uris, Leon 1924 – 2003 Shelter Island QB VII (1970) Trinity (1976) Redemption (1995)

 

n  Waber, Bernard   South Shore Lyle, Lyle Crocodile (1965)  Evie & Margie (2003)

n  Warner, Hank  Old Field radio plays Under Grave Suspicion

n  Watson, James Dewey  Cold Spring Harbor Nobel Prize The Double Helix (1968)

n  Welsh, Richard F.    An Island’s Trade: Nineteenth Century Shipbuilding on Long Island (1993)

n  Westermann, John  Medford Setauket High Crimes (1988) Ladies of the Night (2000)

n  White, Claire Nicolas    St. James The Assault  (1985)

n  Whitehouse, Jack  Sayville Celebrating the Quiet Sacrifices of Others (2007)

n  Whitman, Walt 1819-1892 Huntington Leaves of Grass (1855)

n  Whitney, Phyllis  Brookhaven Hamlet Mystery of the Hidden Hand (1963) Flaming Tree (1986)

n  Wilford, John Noble  Bellport The Mapmakers Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting  (NY Times)

n  Wilson, Lanford 1937 – 2011 Sag Harbor Hot L Baltimore (1973)

n  Wilson, Sloan Stony Brook Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1955)

n  Wodehouse, P.G. England Remsenburg (40 years) Jeeves & the Tie That Binds (1971)

n  Wouk, Herman b. 1915Great Neck Northport Fire Island Caine Mutiny (Pulitzer Prize)

n  Wolitzer, Hilma   Ending  (1974)

 

n  Zeil, Ron   Steel Rails to the Sunrise (1987) Turn of  the Century 1900  (2002)

 

 

Babylon* (N.Y.: Town)   (Town of Babylon*)

n  General

n  1939 - 1999

n  2000 - 2009

n  2010 - 2019

n  Annuals  1969-1971  1978-1979  1981-1990

n  Babylon Railroad

n  Babylon Village

·   1939 – 1999

·   2000 – 2019

·   History

n  Copiague  (Brinckerhoff Manor, Marconiville)

n  History

n  Maps

n  West Babylon

 

 

Baiting Hollow*

 

Bald Hill* (Farmingville)

n  Bald Hill Cultural Center

n  History

n  Maps

n  Suffolk County Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial

 

Bayport*

n General

n 1980 – 1999

n 2000 - 2019

n Bayport Aerodrome see also L.I. – Airports – Bayport Aerodrome

n Bayport Memorial Park

n Brown Family (Brown, Ned)

n Business

·     Ashby & Breckenridge, Contractors and Builders (1911)

·     Bayport Flower Houses

·     J. Chevalley Carnation Specialists (1911)

·     Dam at Lotus Lake

·     Flo’s Luncheonette

·     C.W. Hawkins Bottling Company (1911)

·     Reid Ice Cream Corporation

·     Rogers Ice Cream Company (1911)

·     Shand’s Market

·     Sunshine Shop

n Camp Edey (Girl Scouts of America)

n Fire Department

n Hardy Boys and Edward Stratemeyer (Dixon, Franklin W.) 

n Historic Buildings & House Tours

·     Anchorage Inn (Sphinx)

·     Bayport House

·     Bayport Schoolhouse

·     Edgemere (Charles R. Purdy Estate)

·     117 Fairlawn (“The Allen”)

·     House Tours (1986, 1987, 1989, 1997)

·     Leland Estate

·     Needham Hotel (original W.T. Brown House)

·     Meadow Croft  (Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, John Ellis Roosevelt)

·     1776 House

·     Strandhome (Charles Post Estate) (General Phillippe Regis de Trobriand d.7/15/1897)

·     Suydam House

·     White House

n History  (William Nicoll, oil well)

 

Bay Shore*                                                            

                

Beaches*    (Barrier Beaches Barrier Islands Shore Seashore Shoreline Coast Coastline)

see also Fire Island, Fire Island National Seashore, Inlets, Long Island Sound, Marine Life, Parks, Peconic Bay, Water Pollution

n  General

n  Breaches

n  Climate Change

n  Coastal  Resilience Project (Nature Conservancy)

n  Cupsogue Beach County  Park see also Parks – Suffolk County - Cupsogue Beach County Park

n  Development

n  Directories  (federal, state)

n  Economy  (budgets, fees, closings)

n  Environment  (shore, ocean)            

n  Erosion  (preservation, restoration)

n  Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point (FIIMP) Reformulation Study

n  Gilgo Beach

n  Guides

n  History

n  Jones Beach State Park  see also Parks - New York State - Jones Beach State Park

n  Law & Legislation  (conservation, preservation)

n  Lifeguards

n  Longshore Drift (Littoral Drift)

n  Maps

n  Plants & Animals

n  Pollution  see Water Pollution – Bays, Beaches & Ocean

n  Robert Moses State Park  see also Parks – New York State – Robert Moses State Park

n  Sand Composition  and Sand Dunes

n  Sea Level

n  Tide Tables

n  Trustees - Easement

n  West Meadow Beach

 

Belle Terre*

 

Bellport*

n  1950 - 1979

n  1980 - 1989

n  1990 - 1999

n  2000 - 2009

n  2010 - 2019

n  Gateway Playhouse

n  History

n  North Bellport

n  SEQ (Students for Environmental Quality)

n  United Methodist Church

 

Bibliography*

           

Biography* 

n  General  

n  Notable Long Islanders

 

Biography A*

 

n  Adams, Maude   1842-1922 famed theater actress buried at Cenacle Convent in Lake Ronkonkoma

n  Addams, Charles  Sagaponack cartoonist creator of the Addams Family

n  Albicocco, Salvatore 1987 controls stone market used in asphalt for Manhattan and LI

n  Alburger, David  BNL physicist 1948 -1990

n  Allan, Robin  1988 Hollywood casting director 

n  Amato, Richard  gay rights activist

n  Amper, Richard   LI Pine Barrens Society president

n  Amram, David   1982 internationally known composer

n  Appel, Brian  2004 Changing World Technologies, Inc: processes waste into fuel

n  Arbour, Al  1973 – 1992 Islanders Hockey coach

n  Austin, Diana   1987 Commack pastor Amnesty International

 

 

Biography B*

 

n  Baby Jane Doe handicapped infant public debate court cases

n  Bailey, Paul   1886-1962 newspaperman assemblyman historian

n  Baker, George “Father Divine” 1879-1965 preacher

n  Baldwin, Alec  Massapequa actor

n  Baldwin, John Lee bird and decoy carver

n  Ballton, Samuel  1838-1917 Greenlawn Pickle King

n  Bayles Family     Bayles lumberyard, historian Thomas R. Bayles

n  Beale, Edith Bouvier Easthampton first cousin of Jackie Kennedy

n  Beers, Katie b. 1982 Shirley kidnapped 10-year-old

n  Belmont, Alva Vanderbilt  1853-1933 suffragette

n  Belmont, August  b. 1860 financier famed horse breeder

n  Berlin, Irving   great American composer stationed at Camp Upton, Yaphank 1918 Yip, Yip, Yaphank

n  Booth, Mary Louise Yaphank early editor of Harper’s Bazaar

n   Bourne, Commodore Frederick  Oakdale president Singer Manufacturing

n  Brand, Oscar   Great Neck folk singer songwriter playwright

n  Brown Brothers  Huntington historic pottery firm

n  Brown, Jim   legendary football player Manhasset High School

n   

n  Brunnhoelzl, Eddie stock car driver

n  Bruun, Bertel  ornithologist author  Field Guide to North American Birds

n  Buttafuoco, Joey  Amy Fisher

 

Biography C*

 

n  Carll Family  early settlers in Dix Hills

n  Carman Family early LI family Carman’s River

n  Casey, William Bayport author CIA director SEC director

n  Chambers, Whittaker Lynbrook Alger Hiss Trial

n  Cooley, Arthur  one founder of Environmental Defense Fund

n  Cooney, Jerry  Huntington boxer

n  Cooper, Mercator  Southhampton whaler and sea captain

n  Corbin, Austin  1880 president of LI Rail Road, hotel developer, Montauk developer

n  Cotzias, George  developed treatment for Parkinson’s disease

n  Crystal, Billy  Long Beach comedian actor When Harry Met Sally Academy Awards host

n  Cullen, John (1921-2011) Coast Guard sentry discovers Nazis spies in Amagansett

n  Curtis, Glenn  1878-1930 airplane builder

n  Cutting Family  Oakdale Bayard Cutting Arboretum

 

Biography D*

 

n  Dangerfield, Rodney  Deer Park comedian

n  DeKay, James Ellsworth  Oyster Bay naturalist

n  deMenil, Adelaide  heiress philanthropist

n  Dominy Family  18th & 19th century furniture makers

n  Doughty Family    early LI family

n  Dowling, Robert W.  Dowling College benefactor real estate  NYC

n  Downs Family early LI family

n  Downs, Ferdinand  Southampton constable killed by bootleggers in Eastport

n  Dressler, Marie early movie star

n  Duchin, Peter  pianist conductor composer

n  Duke, Angier Biddle  diplomat, chief of protocol for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson

  

 

Biography E *                    

 

n  Edey, Birdsall Otis Bellport poet suffragette Girl Scout supporter

n  Edwards Family   Bayport

n  Einstein, Albert  scientist summered in Southold and Northport

 

 

Biography F*

 

n  Fairchild Family   Fairchild engine manufacturing company

n  Felicetti, Brenda   ‘debutante who brought down the mob’ William Mackay 1991 FBI informant

n  Fisher, Carl Graham Montauk developer Florida developer

n  Fleet, Samuel  published LI’s first magazine The Long Island Journal of Philosophy and Cabinet of  Variety in 1825

n  Flower, J. Butler  Frank.M. Flower Oyster Co.

n  Floyd, Catherine see L.I. Presidents – Madison, James

n  Floyd, William   Mastic Beach signer of the Declaration of Independence

n  Floyd Family   early LI family from Mastic Beach

n  Foley, Mick   Setauket professional wrestler

n  Fortescue Family  Thomas Massie, Bayport residence, Patchogue kidnapping, murder in Hawaii

n  Fox, Joseph  1979 Landmark case in Right-to-Die debate

n  Frothingham, David Sag Harbor publisher of LI’s first newspaper

n  Fuller, Margaret  feminist who died on shipwreck Elizabeth at Point O’Woods

n  Fullerton, Hal  Long Island Rail Road publicist and photographer

 

Biography G*

 

n  Gabreski, Col. Francis (“Gabby”) 1919-2002 World War II Flying ace, Gabreski Airport in Westhampton, buried in Calverton Nat’l Cemetery

n  Gambling, John Guinness world record for longest running radio show

n  Gardiner Family  Gardiner’s Island Robert David Lion

n  Gibson, Hoot top gun F-14 pilot

n  Greene, I.H.  architect

n  Greene, Robert Newsday editor writer

n  Grucci Family  see also L.I. – Business – Fireworks by Grucci

n  Grumman, Leroy 1895-1982  co-founder Grumman Corp

n  Guggenheim, Harry  industrialist and publisher

n  Gwathney, Charles architect

 

Biography H*

 

n  Hadley, John Heckscher Museum, Lauzen Corp.

n  Hagedorn, Horace Sands Point,co-founder of Miracle-Gro

n  Hale, Nathan Revolutionary War spy, see also Chichester Family

n  Hallock Family

n  Halsey Family early Southampton family

n  Hammond, Jupiter 1711-c.1805 Lloyd Neck 1791 published black poet

n  Havens Family  Shelter Island Moriches Patchogue  early LI family

n  Hawkins Family Zopher Hawkins kidnapped by Indians in South Setauket

n  Haworth, Leland director BNL 1947-1961

n  Hearne, Paul    Americans with Disabilities Act

n  Hewlett, Col. Richard     Long Island Tory

n  Hicks Family early LI family

n  Higinbotham, William A. 1910-1994 BNL physicist video game inventor nuclear non-proliferation champion

n  Hobart, John Sloss  revolutionary war patriot

n  Homan Family early LI family (Mordecai)

n  Horton Family a founding family of Southold

n  Howell Family  early East End family

n  Hudson, Samuel Terry inventor agricultural machinery

n  Hudson, Walter 1200 lb. Man

n  Hutton Family Franklyn, Edna, Barbara

 

Biography I*

 

n  Irizarry, Paul  Pilgrim State Hospital

n  Ittleson, Alvin  founder News 12  Long Island

 

Biography J*

 

n  Jaffe, Norman  architect

n  Jarzombek, Charlie  race car driver

n  Johnson, Robert M    Newsday publisher

n  Jones, Rosalie Gardner suffragette

n  Jones, Thomas Jones Beach

n  Jones, Walter R. 1793-1855 Cold Spring Whaling Company

n  Jorgensen, Christine transsexual

 

Biography K*

 

n  Kahn, Otto banker Oheka Castle Cold Spring Harbor

n  Kammerer, Rudolph  Suffolk County Public Works Commissioner

n  Kanas, John  President North Fork Bank

n  Karan, Donna  fashion designer

n  Kellenberg, Walter P.  Captain Kangaroo

n  Kelly, Dee Dee   singer

n  Kelly, Tom lunar module engineer

n  Kennedy, Jackie see L.I. - Presidents – First Ladies

n  Ketcham Family John E. Ketcham

n  Kidd, Capt. William privateer, pirate (Captain Kidd)

n  King, Ezra “Priest” 1810 minister

n  Klein, John V. Suffolk County Executive

n  Knapp Family

n  Koppleman, Lee Executive Director Long Island Regional Planning Board

n  Kors, Michael fashion designer

n  Kovic, Ron War Vet  movie Fourth of July based on his life

n  Kumar, Sanjay  Computer Associates

 

Biography L*

 

n  Langhorn, Garfield M Congressional Medal of Honor

n  Latham, Roy 1881 archaeologist and naturalist

n  Latimer, Lewis Howard 1848-1928 inventor, poet

n  Lauterbur, Paul Stony Brook U. Nobel Prize developed mathematical theory for magnetic resonance

n  Ledyard, John “American Marco Polo” Captain Cook exploration

n  Levitt, Alfred  developer

n  Levitt, William   developer Levittown and Strathmore

n  Lewis, Francis signer of the Declaration of Independence

n  L’Hommedieu, Ezra Southold, delegate to Provincial Congresses, (husband of  William Floyd’s sister Charity)

n  Lloyd Family early Huntington family

n  Lombardo, Guy    band leader

n  Lovelace, Linda pornography star

n  Lucci, Susan  Southold soap opera star of All My Children

n  LuPone, Patti   actress

n  Lustgarten, Baier    Middle Island nurseryman

n  Lynch, Lincoln   civil rights leader

 

 Biography M*

 

n  Marburger, John  State University at Stony Brook President, BNL

n  Marchiano, Linda   see  also L.I. – Biography -- Linda Lovelace

n  Marconi, Guglielmo  father of wireless

n  Mather Family    Port Jefferson shipbuilders Mather Hospital

n  McClintock, Barbara  geneticist Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

n  McGann, John  Catholic bishop

n  Melville, Ward and   Dorothy Museums at Stony Brook Stony Brook Village Ward Melville Heritage Trust

n  Meskill, Dr. Victor P. Dowling College

n  Mills, K.T.  radio personality, stalking law passed on her behalf

n  Mitchell, John Blue Point Patchogue US Attorney General

n  Montieth, Captain  Robert accomplice of Sir Roger Casement in Ireland during Easter Uprising

of 1916 (fugitive until his death in 1956)

n  Moses, Robert  master planner, builder

n  Mott Family  Valentine, Thaddeus

n  Mount, William Sidney see also L.I. – Artists

n  Muirson Family  colonial Setauket doctor with smallpox sanatorium

n  Mulford Family first settlers of East Hampton

n  Mulford, Samuel  merchant whaler farmer politician

n  Mundus, Frank  shark hunter

n  Murphy Family East Hampton socialite’s daughter author Sara & Gerald

n  Murphy, Charles M. “Mile-a-Minute Murphy” 1898 bicycle racer

n  Murphy, Eddie Roosevelt comedian actor

n  Murphy, Robert Cushman Mt. Sinai Old Field ornithologist naturalist conservationist author

 

Biography N*

 

n  Neal, Joseph honored for heroism in Vietnam

n  Newey, Samuel  ship captain

n  Newins Family late 1700’s LI family   

n  Nicoll Family early LI family

n  Nobel Prize Winners

 

Biography O*

 

n  Oakley, Annie  LI roots in East Massapequa

n  Oerter, Al   4-time Olympic shot put gold medalist

n   Overton Family  early LI family

 

Biography P* Q*

 

n  Patterson, Alicia  Newsday founder

n  Pausewang, Karl  Sayville developer of diesel engines for railroad

n  Payne, John Howard  East Hampton author of Home Sweet Home

n  Pease, Joachim   black Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Civil War Navy

n  Pelletreau, Elias    Southampton early LI silversmith

n  Pelletreau, Robert Halsey, Jr.  Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

n  Pennypacker, Morton LI historian

n  Phillips, Ellis founder Long Island Lighting Company

n  Phipps Family Old Westbury Gardens, book Halcyon Days

n  Pike, Otis US Congressman

n  Prime, Benjamin Young   poet and patriot

n  Puleston, Dennis   author conservationist ornithologist

n  Puzo, Mario Bay Shore The Godfather author

 

Biography R*

 

n  Robinson, Oliver Hazard Perry  (Bellport, ballbearing inventor)

n  Roe Family early Brookhaven Town family

n  Rogers, Will  comedian lived on LI for 8 years

n  Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow  wife of Theodore, First Lady

n  Roosevelt, Francis Webb artist, Quentin’s widow

n  Roosevelt, John Ellis home Meadowcroft in Sayville

n  Roosevelt, Robert Barnswell Congressman, wrote 1886 Love and Luck:

the Story of a Summer’s Loitering on Great South Bay

n  Roosevelt, Theodore 1858 – 1919 26th President of the United States

n  Rose, Dr. David “Priest” doctor, priest on LI during Revolutionary War

 

  Biography S*

 

n  Sammis Family  Huntington

n  Schultz, Dutch NYC based gangster rumrunning

n  Scott, John  Setauket Southampton Colonial scoundrel

n  Seinfeld, Jerry comedian, actor

n  Selchow, Richard   Selchow & Righter board game manufacturer

n  Smith, Elinor Freeport aviator

n  Smith, Col. Josiah East Moriches Revolutionary War

n  Smith, John (Rock) Family

n  Smith, Richard “Bull” founding father of Smithtown

n  Smith, William Tangier Mastic Manor of  St. George Longwood Estate Ridge

n  Sperry Family Sperry-Rand Corp. flight testing air safety equipment

n  Spooner, Alden  early 1800’s Sag Harbor printer and patriot proponent of  L.I. statehood

n  Stern, Howard  radio personality

n  Strong, Selah   St. George’s Manor in Mastic, Revolutionary War Captain

n  Swirbul, Leon  airplane builder with Leroy Grumman

n  Sylvester, John  ill child who Babe Ruth hit 3 homers for

n  Sylvester, Nathaniel  Shelter Island early family

 

Biography T*

 

n  Tallmadge, Col. Benjamin  organized Setauket spy ring, led raid on Fort of  St. George

n  Teale, Edwin Way  entomologist, naturalist

n  Terry Family  17th century Long Island family

n  Tesla, Nikola   1856 – 1943 Shoreham Wardenclyffe Tower My Inventions (1919) discovered radio &  A/C current

n  Thompson, Benjamin  hated Tory commander in Huntington during Revolution

n  Thompson Family  early LI family

n  Tooker Family John Tooker memoir 1874-1893

n  Townsend Family    Oyster Bay (Robert 1753-1838: member Setauket Spy Ring and Sally Townsend

n  Treadwell, Thomas   member first Continental Congress, first NY State Senate

 

Biography U*

 

n  Underhill, John  Pequot War

n  Underhill, Joseph   Matinecock Revolutionary War Captain

 

Biography V*

 

n  Vanderbilt Family  descendants of Cornelius Vanderbilt

n  Vanderbilt, William Kissam 1849 – 1920 Centerport Eagle’s Nest railroad manager and horse br

 

Biography W*

n   

n  Ward, John Montgomery  pioneer in professional baseball

n  Washington, Booker T.  Fort Salonga summer home

n  Webster, Daniel orator, epic struggle with trout in Brookhaven Hamlet

n  White, Stanford 1853 – 1906 St James architect McKimm, Mead & White

n  Whitehead, Mary Beth   mother of Baby M

n  Whitney Family John Hay Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

n  Wickham Family (East End family)

n  Wood, Silas   b.1769 historian

n  Woodhull, Nathaniel General Mastic Beach

 

Biography   X* Y* Z*

 

n  Yang, C.N.  influential theoretical physicist

n  Yastremski, Carl Southampton Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer

                                                  

Blue Point* 

n  General

n  1970 - 1979

n  1980 - 1989

n  1990 - 1999

n  2000 - 2009

n  2010 - 2019

n  Historic Buildings   (McKee Estate, Nick & Flo’s, Stillman House, Suydam Estate)

n  Historic Hotels  (General, Blue Point Inn, Bluponia (Hallett House), Five Mile Look Hotel,

Maples, South Bay House (Ursuline Convent), Warner House)

n  History

n  Library

n  Long Island Rail  Road

n  Maps

n  Name

n  Sphinx

 

Boats & Boating*

n  Beebe-McClellan Life Boat

n  Canoeing & Kayaking

n  Ice Boats (Ice Boating)

n  Ice Scooters (Great South Bay Ice Scooters)

n  Pleasure Boats

n  Sailboat Racing

n  Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club (Oyster Bay)

n  SS Fleet

n  Vintage Boats

 

Bohemia*

Brentwood*

Bridgehampton*         

Brightwaters*                        

Brookhaven Hamlet*

 

 

Brookhaven National Laboratory* (BNL, Brookhaven National Lab*, Brookhaven Lab)

n  General

n  1940 - 1949

n  1950 - 1959

n  1960 - 1969

n  1970 - 1979

n  1980 - 1989

n  1990 - 1999

n  2000 - 2009

n  2010 - 2019

n  Accelerators

n  General

n  Advanced Technology Department

n  Air Pollution Research

n  Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS)

n  Applied Mathematics Division

n  Applied Science Department

n  Biology Department

n  Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor (BGRR)

n  Central Shops Division

n  Chemistry Division

n  Cloud  & Bubble Chambers

n  Contamination

·      1970 - 1979

·      1980 - 1989

·      1990 - 1999

·      2000 - 2009

·      2010 - 2019

n  Directors

n  Energy & Electricity (solar heating, fuel, power transmission, Brookhaven House)

n  Fusion Research

n  Genetics

n  Geology

n  High Flux Beam Reactor  (HFBR)

n  History

n  Instrumentation Division

n  Isabelle + C.B.A. (Colliding Beam Reactor)

n  Medical Research (X-Ray, PET, BNCT, Radiology)

n  Molecular Biology

n  National Synchrotron Light Source  (NSLS)

n  National Weather Service

n  Nobel Prize Winners

n  Nuclear Energy Department

n  Particle Physics

n  Radiation Research

n  Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider  (RHIC)

n  Safety & Environmental Protection Division

n  Star Wars Program

n  Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator

 

Brookhaven* (N.Y.: Town)   (Brookhaven Town* Town of Brookhaven*)

n  General

n  Annuals

n  Bibliography

n  Budget

n  Business

n  Brookhaven “County”

n  Brookhaven Cultural Center  see L.I. – Bald Hill – Cultural Center

n  Clerk’s Office

n  Commemorations  (350th Anniversary)

n  Corruption

·   General

·   Chronology

·   Land Grab Scandals 1956 -1960

·   Conlon, Walter 1967

·   Smithhaven Mall 1967

·   Zeidler, Richard 1976 grand jury

·   McNamara, John 1992

·   Powell, John 1998

·   Spota Investigations 2003 -

§  Towle, Fred May 2003

§  Strebel, Patricia & Milvid, Stephen March 2004

§  Rickman, Theodore April 2004

§  Neppell, Thomas April 2004 (records subpoenaed but never charged)

§  Palermo, Mark   May 2004

§  Penatello, Timothy

§  Rea, Thomas June 2004

§  Wirshup, Daniel June 2004 acquitted

§  Lienau & Dailey Aug 2004 whistleblowers

§  Jannetti, Anthony Feb 2005

§  Dragone, Vincent June 2005

§  Friscia, Richard, Orgass, David & Cellini, Allan December 2005

§  Chartuk, Robert 2005

§  Fehr, Haney & Montecalvo   December 2005

§  Palermo, Gerald   February 2007

n  Description

n  Dongan Patent

n  Economy

n  Environment

n  Ethics

n  Garbage

n  Highway Department  Harold Malkmes John Powell Patricia Strebel

n  Historian’s Office – Preserve America Community

n  History

·   General

·   Bibliography

·   Colonial Period, c.1600-1775

·   Revolution, 1775-1783

·   1784 - 1799

·   1800 - 1899 

·   1900 - 1949

·   1950 - 1959

·   1960 - 1969

·   1970 - 1979

·   1980 - 1989

·   1985

·   1986

·   1987

·   1988

·   1989

·   1990

·   1991

·   1992

·   1993

·   1994

·   1995

·   1996

·   1997

·   1998

·   1999

·   2000

·   2001

·   2002

·   2003

·   2004 

·   2005 (350th Anniversary)

·   2006

·   2007

·   2008

·   2009

·   2010

·   2011

·   2012

·   Timeline

n  Maps

n  Officials

·   General

·   Town Attorney

·   Town Clerk

·   Town Council (Board)

·   Directories

·   Supervisor

·   Supervisor Chronology

·   Trustees

n  Planning  

·   1930 - 1979

·   1980 - 1989

·   1990 - 1999

·   2000 - 2009

·   2010 - 2019

n  Politics & Government

n  Population

n  Seal

n  Secession Movement

n  Trustees

n  Wards

n  Zoning

 

Brooklyn-Queens*

 

Business*

n  Defense Industry

n   Duck Farming

·     General

·     1930 - 1939

·     1940 - 1949

·     1950 - 1959

·     1960 - 1969

·     1970 - 1979

·     1980 - 1989

·     1990 - 1999

·     2000 - 2009

·     2010 - 2019

·     Farms

·     History

·     Long Island Duck Farmer’s Cooperative

·     Genuine Long Island Duck Package Labeling Dispute

·     Pollution sees also L.I. – Water Pollution

·     Recipes

n  Entenmann’s

n  Fairchild Republic

n  Fireworks by Grucci  see also L.I. – Biography – Grucci Family

n  Grumman Corporation

n  Historical  (17th 18th & 19th century businesses – textiles, cordwood industry, dunnage wood, carriage and wagon-makers, salt works, livery stables,

sheep parting day, market gunning, country stores, brickyards, salt hay, door to door salesmen, ice harvesting)

n  Inventors

n  Nurseries

n  Shellfishing  (clamming lobstering oystering scalloping) 

·     General

·     Algae (& Red Tide)

·     Bay Houses

·     Baymen

·     Clams & Clamming

·     Companies

·     Conch

·     Crabs

·     Dredges

·     Ecosystem

·     Equipment

·     F.M. Flower Oyster Co. (Flower, H. Butler)

·     Hatcheries

·     History

·     Human Illness (saxitoxin)

·     Leases

·     Lobsters

·     Oysters

·     Poaching

·     Pollutants

·     Regulation

·     Scallops

·     Seafood Industry

·     Statistics

·     Transplanting

·     Virus

·     Worms

n  Sandmining

 

Calverton*

 

Camp Upton*

n  General

n  World War I

n  Berlin, Irving (World War I)

n  1921 Disposition of Buildings

n  1922 - 1939

n  World War II

n  Maps

n  Museum

n  Upton, General Emery

 

 

Cemeteries*          

See also L.I. – Churches, L.I. - Patchogue – Cemeteries

n  General

n  Bethel A.M.E. (African Methodist-Episcopal)  Church Cemetery Setauket

n  Bide-A-Wee Home and Pet Memorial Park

n  Brentwood   Cemetery  Brentwood

n  Brookhaven  (N.Y.: Town) Directory (to 1881)

n  Burch Family  Cemetery  East Farmingdale

n  Burr Family Cemetery                                   

n  Calverton National Cemetery  Calverton

n  Cedar Grove Cemetery  see Patchogue – Cemeteries

n  Cryo-Crypt Corp.

n  Cryogenic Crypt Methodist-Episcopal Church Middle Island

n  Directories

n  East Hills Cemetery

n  Floyd Family Cemetery  Mastic Beach

n  Fort Hill Cemetery  Montauk

n  Gravestones

n  Gravestones 1640 – 1815

n  Gravestones, Famous

n  Gravestone Theft - Legal Penalties

n  Green River Cemetery  East Hampton

n  Greenwood Cemetery & Woodlawn Cemetery

n  Historic Burial Places

n  Holy Cross Polish National Catholic Cemetery Commack

n  Huntington (N.Y.: Town)

n  Lakeland Cemetery  see Patchogue – Cemeteries – Lakeland

n  Laurel Hill Cemetery affiliated with Bethel A.M.E.

n  Lent-Riker Cemetery  former Poor Bowery, Queens Co. (Riker, Lent, Lawrence, Ditmars, Rapelye burials)

n  L.I. Pet Memorial Park  Middle Island

n  National Cemetery at Pinelawn Farmingdale

n  Methodist Church Cemetery East Quogue

n  Middle Road Cemetery  Coram

n  Military Cemeteries  see also National Cemetery at Pinelawn, Calverton National Cemetery

n  NYC Cemeteries (map)

n  Oaklawn Cemetery  vandalism

n  Oakwood Cemetery East Quogue

n  Old Burying Ground  Sag Harbor

n  Old Burying Ground  Huntington

n  Petty Family   Cemetery  Smithtown

n  Pinelawn Memorial Park  Farmingdale

n  Potter’s Fields

n  Presbyterian Church Cemetery    Setauket

n  Psychiatric Center Cemeteries

n  Quaker Burying Place  Flushing

n  Restoration  (Brewster, Bunn, Purdy and Squires cemeteries)  See also  Cemeteries – Huntington (N.Y.: Town)

n  Revolutionary War Burials  see History – Revolution, 1775 – 1783 - Cemeteries

n  Sands Burying Ground Cow Neck Northport

n  Skidmore Cemetery  vandalisn Northport

n  Tangier Smith Cemetery  Longwood, Mastic Beach

n  Townsend Family Cemetery Oyster Bay

n  Underhill Family Cemetery    Mill Neck

n  Union Cemetery  Middle Neck

n  Washington Memorial Park  Mt. Sinai

n  Washington Memorial Park Crematorium  Mt. Sinai

n  White Funeral Home  (funeral director Bay Shore)

n  Willow Cemetery  see  Patchogue – Cemeteries

n  Woodland Cemetery  vandalism Bellport

n  Woolsey Cemetery  Glen Cove

 

Centereach*

Centerport*

 

Churches*   (Religion*)

n