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Satellite photo of a L.I. brush fire, Aug. 1995courtesy: U.S. Natl. Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration
Long Island History
This website is a sample of the surprising variety & range of information on the web about the colorful history of Long Island, N.Y. A great deal more is found offline, as well.
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Table of Contents
Amagansett, NY -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
-- General
-- Nazi Saboteurs, U-Boat Landing of, 1942 [WW II]
Amityville, NY -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Archives & Special Collections
Babylon (N.Y. : Town) -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Bellport, NY -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
"Big Duck" [architectural icon]
Brookhaven, N.Y. -- History [Village, Suffolk County, NY]
Brookhaven (N.Y. : Town) -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Central Islip, NY -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
--- 119th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
--- 127th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
-- USS Monitor [constructed & launched in Greenpoint, NY]
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory -- History
Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775
Copiague, NY -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Coram, NY -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Cutchogue, NY -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
East Hampton (N.Y. : Town) -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
East Islip, NY -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Farmingdale, NY -- History [Nassau County, NY]
Farmingville, NY -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Fire Island, NY -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Floyd, William [of Mastic, L.I.; Signer, Declaration of Independence]
Floyd, Catherine ("Kitty") [daughter of William Floyd, courted by James Madison]
Flushing, NY (& Flushing Meadows, NY) -- History [formerly Vlissingen]
Gardiners Island, NY -- History / Gardiner Family
Glen Cove (N.Y. : City) -- History [Nassau County, NY]
Grand Army of the Republic (Union Civil War Veterans' Association)
Hempstead (N.Y. : Town) -- History [Nassau County, NY]
Hempstead Plains -- History [Long Island’s vanishing prairie lands]
Huntington (N.Y. : Town) -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Islip, N.Y. -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Islip (N.Y. : Town) -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Jamaica, NY -- History [Queens Borough, NYC, NY]
Laurel Hollow, NY -- History [Nassau County, NY]
Lindenhurst, NY -- History [formerly Breslau, Suffolk County, NY]
-- Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878)
-- Cooper, James Fenimore (1759-1851)
-- Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1853-1940)
-- Hammon, Jupiter (1711-ca. 1806)
-- Steinbeck, John (1902-1968)
Lloyd Harbor, NY -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Long Island City, NY -- History
Long Island Railroad -- History
Maspeth, NY -- History [Nassau County, NY]
Mastics, Moriches, Shirley Area [see also Floyd, William & Floyd Catherine ("Kitty")
Massapequa Park, NY -- History [Nassau County, NY]
-- Kings County / Borough (Brooklyn), N.Y.C., N.Y.
-- Queens County / Borough, N.Y.C., N.Y.
Oyster Bay (N.Y. : Town) -- History [Nassau County, NY]
Oyster Bay Cove, NY -- History [Nassau County, NY]
Patchogue, N.Y. -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Prohibition (Rum Running & Rum Row)
Queens County [or Borough], N.Y.C.
-- Marconi, Guglielmo, 1874-1937
-- Fort [William] Franklin, Raid on, 1781
-- Long Island, Battle of, 1776
-- Meigs' Raid [on Sag(g) Harbor], 1777
-- New London & Groton Raid, 1781
-- Queens Rangers (1st American Regt. [Loyalist])
Riverhead, N.Y. [Village] -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Riverhead (N.Y. : Town) -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Rocky Point, NY -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Roosevelt, Theodore, President of the United States, 1858-1919
Roslyn, N.Y. -- History [Nassau County, NY]
Sag Harbor, N.Y. -- History ["The Un-Hampton"] [Suffolk County, NY]
Sayville, NY -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Sea Cliff, NY -- History [Nassau County, NY]
Setauket, NY -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Shelter Island (N.Y. : Town) -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Smithtown (N.Y. : Town) -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Southampton (N.Y. : Town) -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Southold (N.Y. : Town) -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
Suffolk County, N.Y. -- History
Note: Suffolk County includes 10 Towns (Babylon, Brookhaven, East Hampton, Huntington, Islip, Shelter Island, Smithtown, Riverhead, Southampton, and Southold), as well as a host of incorporated and unincorporated villages.
Suffolk County Alms House -- History [1871-1953]
Towns [Generally]
See also Babylon (N.Y. : Town) -- History; Brookhaven (N.Y. : Town) -- History; East Hampton, Huntington (N.Y. : Town) -- History; Islip (N.Y. : Town) -- History; Riverhead (N.Y. : Town) -- History; Smithtown (N.Y. : Town) -- History; Shelter Island (N.Y. : Town) -- History; Southampton (N.Y. : Town) -- History; Southold (N.Y. : Town) -- History; Hempstead (N.Y. : Town) -- History; North Hempstead (N.Y. : Town) -- History; Oyster Bay (N.Y. : Town) -- History [the 1st 10 are in Suffolk Co., last 3, in Nassau Co.]
Toxic Waste Sites
Turnerism (Early Gymnastics Clubs)
Women's History
Yaphank, NY -- History [Suffolk County, NY]
-- Camp Siegfried
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Long Island: Our Story (Newsday, Inc.)
The searchable site chiefly contains chronological chapters a number of thematic sections. (African-American, Aviation, Business, Colonial, Jewish, Levittown, Revolutionary War, Scientific, and Sports history are just a few of its clickable topics.) You'll also find timelines, genealogically-oriented selections, famous personalities, interesting documents & places to visit, Long Island Firsts, period images, a directory of historical organizations and agencies. and much more, often illustrated and studded with dramatic & unexpected examples Our Towns provides illustrated capsule histories of Long Island's numerous villages (many having populations equivalent to, & larger than, mid-sized cities, elsewhere in New York State, or around the nation). This was the product of an Island-wide culling of original local history resources from historical societies, museums, academia, public, special, & school, library archives & special collections, government agency public records, private individuals and institutions. Prepared on deadline, edited rather heavily, reviews and historians’ reactions have been mixed, ranging from stormy polemics to high praise. But, Newsday, in its articles, books, and website, has performed a public service, in popularizing the study and research of the history of Long Island, and by making more of it more readily accessible.
Digitized Collections (State University of New York at Stony Brook. Special Collections. Collections & Finding Aids)
Includes, after the mission statement, among other things, links to the University's: (a) Long Island Digital Books Collection, (b) Long Island Historic Postcards Collection, (c) New York State Maps, (d) Poetry Center [video] Collection, which includes many Long Island poets or poets, often of national or international stature, appearing at the University over the years, (e) to selected issues of the student newspaper, The Statesman, (f) and to selected faculty publications, generally technical in nature. The collection is continually expanding. There is also a link to Long Island Books Available Online (from outside sources).
Long Island History (Bethpage High School. Advanced Placement in American History Class, 1994)
An educationally-oriented site with a classified list of chronological and thematic links. Main sections include: Websites About Long Island, Natural History, Native Americans, Colonial Times, American Revolution, Bethpage History, Railroad, Gold Coast, Famous Places, Religion, Fishing and Whaling, Science and Technology, Suburbia, Robert Moses, Aviation and Space, Long Island Map, Resources, Credits, and About the Authors. Many of the subtopics also have clickable thematic links. A nice student site.
Long Island Books Available Online (Stony Brook University. Special Collections. Online Resources. Research Websites) http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/eresources/www/li_online.html
Long Island History on the World Wide Web, by Dr. David Yehling Allen, ret. (formerly of State University of New York at Stony Brook)
A classified, critically annotated list of recommended sites (with links), with insightful remarks, that originally appeared as an article in the Long Island Historical Journal (Spring 2001). While slightly dated, it is still a fine starting point for a sense of the range of material available on the subject at sites either exclusively devoted to, or including Long Island history.
Useful Links (Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society, Port Washington, NY)
Classified sections: The Cow Neck Peninsula Today, State & Local Government, Local Libraries, Local History, Local Museums/Historical Societies/Heritage, Landmarks Preservation/Historic Preservation, Historical Genealogy, Long Island Gold Coast Mansions, Long Island Lighthouses, Long Island Railroad (LIRR), The American Revolutionary War on Long Island (1776 [sic]-1783), Long Island Military History, Long Island Aviation History, Colonial Education, Colonial Games & Toys, and Colonial Cooking.
African-American Archeology: The Betsey-Prince Site (New York State Museum) http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research/anthropology/crsp/arccrspprince.html
Remains of a free black homestead, from approx. the 1760s or 1770s to the 1830's. Maps (b&w), and color photos of artifacts. Discovered along Route 25A, in Brookhaven Town, during a highway-widening project.
Black History Month (February 2007): Selected Long Island & New York State Aspects (Patchogue-Medford Library)http://www.pmlib.org/bhm2007.htm
Long Island in African American History, comp. by Mark Rothenberg (Patchogue-Medford Library) http://www.pmlib.org/long_island_in_african_american.htm
Slave Revolt in Long Island, February 28 [1708], by Jesse Carney Smith (African-American Registry) http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1124/Slave_revolt_in_Long_Island_NY
Update: Long Island Native & Black History, comp. & ed. by Sandi Brewster-Walker
Created in mid-2006, this highly recommended, thoroughly researched site, already contains a wealth of information on both L.I. Native American and African-American history and genealogy. It is loaded with primary documents, citing sources, as well as providing useful and often hard-to-find material, drawn from secondary sources. Its main sections are: 2006 Events. -- Birth, Marriage and Death Records. -- Books. -- LI Cemeteries. -- LI Libraries. -- U.S. Colored Troops (in Civil War military units); a Archives, and a Blog, to which you may subscribe, at no charge. It also provides the editor's credentials, which are elaborated further offline in her new autobiography, The Colored Girl from Long Island. Quite a number of issues of Update have already appeared online and are downloadable at http://longislandgenealogy.com/LINandBNewsletter/Vol1_No1-8.pdf Each of the issues provides useful links to other sites.
#Amagansett, NY -- History
-- General
History: Amagansett (East Hampton.com) http://www.east-hampton.com/history/amagansett.html
Our History (The First Presbyterian Church of Amagansett) http://www.amagansettpresbyterian.com/OurHistory.htm#Amagansett%20Presbyterian%20Church
-- Nazi Saboteurs, U-Boat Landing of, 1942 [WW II]
Amagansett, A Fishing Community, Site of a Nazi Landing (Hamptons Directory.com) http://www.hamptonsdirectory.com/history/towns/amagansett.htm
The Amagansett Incident (U.S. Navy. Naval Historical Center. German Espionage and Sabotage Against the U.S. in World War II: Eastern Sea Frontier War Diary Account of German Agents Landing) http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq114-3.htm#anchor1003581
The Continental Defense Commands After Pearl Harbor (U.S. Defense Department. Guarding the United States & Its Outposts) http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-WH-Guard/USA-WH-Guard-4.html
Places the Amagansett, NY and Ponte Vedra, FL landings of German saboteurs in larger context.
[Amityville Chronology] (Amityville Historical Society) http://www.amityvillehistoricalsociety.org/Hist.Chronological.htm
The Amityville Horror (Snopes.com) http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/amityville.asp
Just because the subtitle of the original fiction novel is "A True Story" doesn't make it so.
Village Info & History (The Village of Amityville) http://www.amityville.com/
Archives (Hempstead Town. Clerk's Office) http://toh.li/content/tc/archives.html
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Oral History Collection (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. CSHL Digital Library) http://library.cshl.edu/OH/mainMovie.html
Individual interviews of 51 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory scientists, including 3 Nobel laureates, arranged alphabetically, by name.
Document Record Group (Suffolk County. Clerk's Office) http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/webtemp3.cfm?dept=33&id=1115
Briefly describes the 14 general record groups, into which the Suffolk County Clerk's Office holdings fall. These include Naturalizations (1853-1900), Suffolk Court Actions (1758-ca. 1900), Vessel Liens (1875-1968), Records or Certificates of Conviction [being processed], Coroner's Inquests, Oaths of Office (early 1700s- ), Deeds (mid-1600s - ), Mortgages (1755- ), [Suffolk County] Almshouse (1870-1937?), [Suffolk County] Orphanage, [Suffolk] County Jail, Index of Clerk's Minutes (1724- ), and Lis Pendens (legal notice of pending court actions).
Hofstra University Archives (Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY) http://www.hofstra.edu/Libraries/WestCampus/SpecialCollections/sc_archives_main.cfm
Includes links to a Microsoft PowerPoint introduction to the collections, to online exhibits, and to descriptions of special collections.
Pennypacker Long Island Collection (East Hampton Library) http://www.easthamptonlibrary.org/lic/
Clickable sections: Visiting the Collection; Special Indexes; Recommended Links; Past Lectures; History of the Collection; and The Book Store (commercial), and excerpts from the journal of the ship Josephine (1846-1847). The research collection, originated with donation of the private library collection of historian, Morton Pennypacker, is now one of Long Island’s great local history collections, including many fascinating original items, set in a modern, well-organized, climate-controlled facility. Do look at the full texts of an exceptionally fine series of lectures by authors, on aspects of L.I. history.
Richard H. Handley Collection of Long Island Americana (The Smithtown Library) http://www.smithlib.org/page_long_island_room.html
This is another of Long Island’s finest local history research collections, 17th century-present. When, in the days of the “Kate Greenaway Plan” (1960’s), New York State and Suffolk County’s public libraries divided subject area responsibilities, it was thought, to reduce duplication of specialized materials, Smithtown and East Hampton Libraries selected local history, of western and eastern Suffolk, respectively. Though the plan was abandoned elsewhere, both libraries maintained their commitment to their collections, and have become meccas for several generations of L.I. history scholars, researchers, and those curious about the history of their surroundings. The site includes Smithtown’s L.I. history lecture series announcements brochure at http://www.smithlib.org/pdf/LI_Room_Brochure.pdf
The Robert R. Coles Long Island History Room (Glen Cove Public Library) http://www.nassaulibrary.org/glencove/history/index.html
Sag Harbor History Room (John Jermain Memorial Library. The Room) http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/libraries/jjer/localhistoryroom.htm
Though little-known outside the East End of Long Island, this room has a fine collection of whaling ships' captains’ logs, bearing on the larger world, and an interesting collection of 17th-19th century (as well as later) material. Sag Harbor was once a major whaling port, and busy U.S. port of entry. (The village also sports a whaling museum, a U.S. Customs House museum, whaler's church, and many houses and a church built by whaling and coastal trade proceeds. It also a pleasant place to visit.)
Long Island Ephemera Collection (State University of New York at Stony Brook. Special Collections & University Archives. Collections & Finding Aids) http://www.sunysb.edu/libspecial/collections/manuscripts/liephemera.html
General list of contents of 21 boxes of material.
Special Collections at Hofstra University (The University) http://www.hofstra.edu/Libraries/WestCampus/SpecialCollections/index_SpecialCollections.cfm
Contains links to Hofstra's: (a) University Archives (b) Long Island Studies Institute (& its Publications), (c) Rare Books & Manuscripts, & (d) Special Collections Online Exhibits. Here, you'll also contact information, hours, and rules governing collection use.
The Map Collection, comp. & ed. by Dr. David Y. Allen (State University of New York at Stony Brook) http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/map/
A major collection, esp. strong in illuminating L.I. history & cartography. Strong in many other areas, as well.
Thomas R. Bayles Local History Room (Longwood Public Library) http://longwood.suffolk.lib.ny.us/bayleslist.html
Contains manuscripts and personal records of a locally well-known L.I. historian. Longwood Public Library owns an impressive Camp Upton collection (which figured in 2 world wars, and now is Brookhaven National Laboratory), as well as a collection of works on L.I. history.
City Artists in LI Country, by George DeWan (Newsday. Long Island: Our Story)
Long Island Museum of History, Art, and Carriages (The Museum; formerly the Museums at Stony Brook) http://www.longislandmuseum.org/
Chronology (Newsday, Inc. Long Island: Our Story) http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-starring_li_chronology,0,4295045.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation
Pollack-Krasner House & Studio Center (SUNY at Stony Brook & Stony Brook Foundation) http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/CAS/pkhouse.nsf
Contains a brief illustrated overview, and amplifying links: Timeline (a series of clickable photos or pictures, tied to an event, from October 1873-April 2001), Aircraft (Brunner Winkle Bird, P-47 Thunderbolt: Aviation Darwinism, The Titanium Bathtub or A-10 Survivability, Shaking the Jug [P-47], Grumman's Ascendancy, Grumman A-6, Grumman F-14, Hellcat: A Fourth of July Remembrance, Variable Pitch: Grumman F3F-2, Westbound), Airfields (Mitchel Field, Suffolk County Air Force Base), Events (Flight of the NC-4, R-34 Dirigible, Long Island on the Moon), and People (Charles Lindbergh, Harriet Quimby, Elinor Smith, Alexander DeSeversky, Leroy Grumman). You will also find links to the Cradle of Aviation's Permanent Exhibits (covering aviation periods, planes, including some not mentioned above, and themes), Imax (show times), and more (see the entry below)
Cradle of Aviation Museum (The Museum) http://www.cradleofaviation.org/index.html
The museum received a major upgrade, making it a now world class attraction. Its website now has General Information, History, Exhibits, Links, timelines, personalities, aircraft, Imax shows & times, more. Its archives documents the aviation & aerospace history of Long Island, which served as a natural platform for some of the key events in the development of flight, and exploration. The extended staff and consultants includes a number of individuals who made aviation or aerospace history.
Grumman Memorial Park History Center (The Center) http://www.grummanpark.org/history.htm#George%20Skurla
If you want to know something about LeRoy Grumman, his corporation, the planes he made and their place in aviation and military history, this is an interesting place to turn.
Lunar Module Page http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/2883/lm_page/lm_home.html
The LEM, that landed on the moon, and saw "One small step for man, and one giant step for mankind", was built on Long Island.
A short narrative, in several sections: (a) How Babylon Got Its Name, (b) Amityville, (c) Barrier Beaches, (d) Farmingdale, (e) North Babylon, (f) West Babylon, (g) Copiague, (h) Village of Babylon. Deer Park, East Farmingdale, Lindenhurst, and Wyandanch are being researched.
Town Clerk (Town of Babylon) http://www.townofbabylon.com/departments/details.cfm?did=11
Maintains the Babylon Town archives.
Bellport History (Old Purchase Properties) http://www.oldpurchase.com/bellport%20history.htm
Long Island Motor Parkway Bibliography, S. Berliner, III. (The Author) http://www.oldpurchase.com/bellport%20history.htm
This is a mixed bag. Commercially-oriented, one links oddly to a calendar, suggesting that sales may figure above informational value. There have been other top 10 lists over the years, notably those occasionally solicited by the NYS Library.
An attractive site, offering a choice of either a brief (Newsday link), or somewhat longer (by Osborn Shaw) history of the village, digitized historical views of the community, historic sites, selected census and genealogical records (e.g., the Post family), the text of the 1995 Brookhaven Hamlet Study, the L.I. Railroad history of the village, images of the salt hay industry, maps, community links, and more. Among the community links are the Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society (which runs a museum complex and has a significant archival collection), South Bay Scooter Club (which lays claim to being the oldest ice-scootering club in the U.S.).
Nobel Prizes at Brookhaven (Brookhaven National Laboratory) http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/history/nobel/
Between 1957 and 2003, BNL produced 10 nobel laureates. Clickable links, by year or by general topic connect you to capsule descriptions of their contributions to science, to "Other Prizes" received by the Laboratory, and to a bit of BNL History.
Camp Upton Timeline (Longwood's Journey) http://www.homestead.com/prosites-johnrcotter/CampUptonTimeline.html
Brooklyn Historical Society (The Society) http://www.brooklynhistory.org/default/index.html
Main sections (column on left): About BHS, Visitor Information, Exhibitions, Education, Library and Collections, Publications, Support BHS; (center of homepage): A Brief History of Brooklyn: An Interactive Timeline, Exhibitions, News (readings, tours), Othmer Library (highlighted collection), Group Tours; (column on right): Calendar (select a month), Online Store, Library Catalog, Newsletter Sign Up. There is also a site map at the bottom of the page. Well worth browsing, or reading in detail.
Brooklyn History (Brooklyn Online), © 1996-2002 Wynn Data Limited http://www.brooklynonline.com/bol/history/
Includes links on the general history, chronology, archeology, historic sites & structures houses, and neighborhoods of the borough, as well as on the Battle of Brooklyn (or L.I.), the USS Monitor, and Brooklyn Dodgers. Well worth visiting.
Brooklyn Bridge Website, by Gary Feuerstein (Endex Engineering. Buildings & Engineering) http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/bbridge/bbridge.html
A Walk Around Brooklyn, with David Hartman and Historian Barry Lewis, in Association with Brooklyn Historical Society (Thirteen, WNET, New York) http://www.thirteen.org/brooklyn/
Brooklyn Public Library. Brooklyn Collection (The Library) http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/brooklyncollection/
While focused on Brooklyn (Kings County / Borough), this collection contains a wealth of information and material on the history of the rest of Long Island. Following a short introduction, Featuring highlights various collections, including: Our Brooklyn (on Brooklyn neighborhoods), Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online, 1841-1902 (searchable major newspaper), Illustrated Covers from the Brooklyn Sheet Music Collection (browsable by Title, Composer/Lyricist/Arranger, Creator, or Year), Fulton Street Trade Card Collection (browsable by Address, Business, or Creator), Historic Brooklyn Photographs (which features the selected photos of specific Brooklyn photographers, as well as a Photo Galleries section (featuring exterior and interior photos of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle building, and 2 series on African-American life and famous African Ameriocans of Brooklyn), and Brooklyn in the Civil War (divided into 4 sections, on Soldiers, Slaver, Women, and Daily Life). Embedded are enlargeable, printable primary documents, maps and other illustrations, lesson plans, and more. The basic site also includes information about "The Morgue" [Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1841-1955], Use of the Collection, and Copyright.
Long Island National Cemetery (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_National_Cemetery
Click on a unit type (artillery, cavalry, infantry, other, brigades, prisons & prisoners, colored troops, or uncompleted and unaccepted organizations), or on one of the resources: e.g.: Charles E. Dornbusch's The Communities of New York and the Civil War: The Recruiting Areas of the New York Civil War Regiments @ http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/dornbusch/longIsland.htm which has separate links, by county (Kings, Queens -- then including Nassau -- and Suffolk, as well as a separate "Long Island" entry). Villages are listed alphabetically followed by the military unit number and usually companies recruited in the village. Click on the unit and you usually get a brief regimental (or artillery battery) history. Nicknames and Synonyms for New York Units @ http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/nicknames.htm is useful, as many units like to refer to themselves or were referred to by an earlier or preferred name, like the Duryea Zouaves or 84th Brooklyn (or Red Legged Devils). These are arranged alphabetically, by unofficial and providing a link to the unit's official numeric designation (and unit history). There are other useful links at this site on U.S. Colored Troops (African-American regiments), the NYS militia and militia law, and a New York State Civil War Newspapers Clippings File @ http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/CWN.htm .
[Note: Long Islanders joined units recruited in both eastern and western Long Island, but also some "upstate", albeit in small numbers, and occasionally out of state. They served in the infantry, cavalry, and artillery, as well as in the navy, or as civilian contractors, physicians, nurses (male and female), fund raisers, sanitary workers, factory workers (manufacturing war materiel), camp followers, a few deserters, and in other capacities, some lent their ships to the Navy. Many veterans from other areas, resettled on L.I., after the war, enriching the mix of military units represented in the politically powerful Grand Army of the Republic (Union veterans') chapters that sprang up across the North in post-war years, not only in Brooklyn and Queens, but in Northport, Patchogue, and elsewhere. Long Islanders ranged from high ranking officers to the rank and file. -- MR]
Long Island & New York -- Civil War Information (LI Genealogy.com) http://www.longislandgenealogy.com/civilwar.html#obtained
Initial material is derived from New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, v. 1. 3rd ed., comp. & ed. by Frederick Phisterer (1912): pp. 72-77. NYS Civil War Links follow, then 2 series of genealogical links, links to selected archives and libraries, as well as a table of participants in the Underground Railroad.
Links to a variety of related sources
Legacy of the USS Monitor http://home.att.net/~iron.clad/
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) http://monitor.nos.noaa.gov/
[Ed. note: The relocated and partially explored wreck of the Monitor had undergone a recent legal transformation, before its more recently having been raised. A Monitor Museum is taking shape. This ship, with its radical design (flush deck, with ironclad plating, revolving turret containing 2 powerful Dahlgren guns, detachable smokestacks, and screw propeller) was built in Greenpoint, L.I. (not at the Brooklyn Navy Yard). It revolutionized naval history in its famous 1862 battle with the ironclad C.S.S. Virginia (the stripped down, iron plated, former USS Merrimack). The Monitor sank in a violent storm, in the Atlantic, off Cape Hatteras, N.C., where it came to rest, for well over a century.]
NOAA, Navy Raise Turret of USS Monitor Civil War Ironclad From Graveyard of the Atlantic, 8/5/02 (U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmpospheric Administration) http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2002/aug02/noaa02099.html
The engine had earlier been raised, as well as small artifacts, but in 2002, the turret, and its 2 Dahlgren guns were recovered at this juncture.
U.S.S. Monitor (1862-1862 [sic]) -- Selected Views (U.S. Navy Department. Naval Historical Center. Online Library of Selected Images -- U.S. Navy Ships) http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/monitor.htm
Of 1862 Monitor and Merrimack fame, was built at the Continental Iron Works, Greenpoint, L.I. A general narrative, plus 9 links to enlargeable captioned images (for sale), are followed by articles, under clickable links from the main narrative, to: John Erikkson (designer of the Monitor), the C.S.S. Virginia (formerly U.S.S. Merrimack), the Battle of Hampton Roads, Day 1 (the Confederate victory), which has its own links to the sunken or grounded ships (U.S.S. Cumberland and U.S.S. Congress), to the Confederate commanders of the Virginia, and to an article on the 2nd day of the Battle of Hampton Roads (the first duel of ironclads, a draw, that rescued the Federal wooden fleet), to views of that day's battle, and to officers of the Federal ships.
USS Monitor Center (Mariner's Museum, Norfolk, VA) http://www.monitorcenter.org/
#Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory -- History
Historical Highlights and Recent Achievements (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) http://www.cshl.edu/History/history.html
History of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Watson School of Biological Sciences) http://www.cshl.edu/gradschool/history.html
Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Dolan DNA Learning Center) http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/eugenics/
#Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775
-- General
The Evolution of Long Island: A Story of Land and Sea, by Ralph Henry Gabriel, drawn from Yale University Press, 1921. (rootsweb.com, Colorful Families. Glover)
-- Dutch Colonization
The Empire Strikes Back -- On the East End, in 1674, Transcript of a Lecture Delivered by Donald Shomette on September 12, 1998 (East Hampton Library. Long Island Collection) http://www.easthamptonlibrary.org/lic/lectures/donaldshomettelecture.htm
This, like the author's spellbinding book, Raid on America: The Dutch Naval Campaign of 1672-1674, on which the lecture is based, is a fascinating read, recommended to anyone remotely interested in 17th century English or Dutch colonial history or who likes their history both readable and well-researched.
-- English Colonization
John Scott, Scoundrel, by Molly McCarthy (Newsday, Inc. Long Island: Our Story) http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs318a,0,6633410.story
A fascinating tale of just some of the 17th century adventures of the master rogue, deceitful opportunist, who became Long Island's (and America's) first "president". This is only part of the story.
[Scott seems to have spawned enough versions of just who he was, what he stood for, and what he'd achieved, to deliberately draw the wool over the eyes of posterity. Scott was in and out of England, New England (Mass. Bay & Conn.), New Netherlands, and New-York, and was no stranger to their jails, or to cross-L.I. Sound and trans-Atlantic, or silver-tongued escapes. In 1660, with the Restoration, he appeared in court, claiming sterling Cavalier credentials, saying he had been arrested, as a boy, in the English Civil War, while cutting Parliamentarian cavalry saddle straps, in 1642, just before a crucial battle, outside London. Dressed in finery, he managed to tell his story to a newly restored, approving Charles II, gaining entry to the circles of the high nobility. He began to solicit patrons and to promote get rich quick schemes on L.I., and personal loans, only to run with or squander the money, on himself and his personal aggrandizement schemes. He attempted, more than once, to gain a proprietorship over L.I., to parley his calculatedly well-attired appearance, and influential promoters' & supposed royal favor, into deferential treatment, sometimes successfully, and to undermine Indians deeds of Setauket (Brookhaven Town) and Huntington Town landholders (the latter calling his bluff). He even attempted to do the same to the newly installed proprietors of New Jersey (Lords Berkeley & Carteret), causing grief to New York's conqueror-governor, Richard Nicholls, who officially complained, "The man was born to make mischief". The Duke of York, later King James II, had granted New Jersey lands to repay debts, and it can be imagined, was not too amused. Scott appears in English court records as a paid witness against Samuel Pepys (diarist of the Fire of London & high court official), helping land the latter in the Tower of London. When Scott's credential's were questioned, he wisely skipped the country. Pepys, released and restored to office, seems to have entertained a slight grudge, for shortly after the culprit's eventual return to England's shores, Scott quietly, permanently disappeared. -- MR]
-- French & Indian War, 1754-1763
Captain Thomas Terry's Company, New York Provincial Battalion, Suffolk County Provincial Militia, Inc. (The Company) http://captainterrys.com/history.html
Diary of Captain William Yarrington, 1738-1811, French & Indian War, Coram, transcribed by Elizabeth Yarrington Russell, Clara Hoyt Russell, new transcript by Carol Russell Law, 1976 (Longwood's Journey) http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/diaries/yardiary.htm
French and Indian War (Longwood's Journey) http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/index.htm
Includes information on a Brookhaven Town draft during the war, and Suffolk County muster rolls, by year.
-- Piracy & Privateering
The Execution of Captain Kidd (Story of London.com) http://www.storyoflondon.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4
Pirates on Long Island, by Jeannette Edwards Rattray, excerpt from East Hampton History. Garden City, NY: Country Life Press, 1953 (Mepham High School)
Coney Island (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Island
Coney Island (PBS.org American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/coney/
PBS' website partial mirror of its documentary. Includes a timeline, photo gallery, people & places, special features (postcards, history of roller coasters, technology with a human face, film clips from the documentary), section about the film, lesson plans, children's section, and more. Naturally, it is hawking its wares.
History of Coram, by Osborn Shaw [historian], 1947 (Longwood's Journey) http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/coram/sintro.htm
Brief History of Cutchogue (Cutchogue-New Suffolk Chamber of Commerce) http://www.cutchoguenewsuffolk.org/history.htm
Cutchogue (NorthFork.net) http://southoldtown.northfork.net/cutchogue.htm
Fort Corchaug (New York State. Division of Military and Naval Affairs. Military Museum and Veterans Research Center) http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/forts/fortsA_D/corchaugFort.htm
Fort Corchaug and Downs Farm Preserve (NorthFork.net) http://southoldtown.northfork.net/Fort%20Corchaug.htm
Fort Corchaug Archaeological Site (U.S. Interior Department. National Park Service. National Historic Landmarks Program) http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-95678437&ResourceType=Site
Short official statement of the site’s historic and archeological significance.