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New Dorp Branch records

Title
New Dorp Branch records, 1909-1992.
Author
New York Public Library. New Dorp Branch.
Supplementary Content
Finding Aid

Details

Description
1 linear foot (4 boxes).
Summary
Records consist of annual reports, correspondence, circulation records, news clippings, flyers, a guest book, memoranda, press releases, registration books, a scrapbook and other materials.
Subjects
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
  • Box 3 is closed until 2024.
Biography (note)
  • In 1907 the New Dorp Community Library was established by Staten Island residents to circulate books from the Trinity Parish House.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
Call Number
MssArc 5842
OCLC
NYPG04-A32
Author
New York Public Library. New Dorp Branch.
Title
New Dorp Branch records, 1909-1992.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Access
Box 3 is closed until 2024.
Biography
In 1907 the New Dorp Community Library was established by Staten Island residents to circulate books from the Trinity Parish House. By 1909 the library had become a station served by the Extension Division of the New York Public Library. In 1910 it moved to a real estate office on Rose Avenue, and later relocated to Sixth Street. In 1920, at the request of the New Dorp Library Committee, it became a sub-station of the New York Public Library. NYPL provided books and staff, and the community provided and maintained the library building. In 1926, the New Dorp Library became a sub-branch with NYPL assuming full responsibility for operation and upkeep. Hours were extended, the collection enlarged, and the operation moved to 180 Rose Avenue. In 1928 the library moved to its own new building at 155 Third Street. In 1954 its was made a branch library. The branch moved to its current location at 309 New Dorp Lane in 1972.
Indexes
Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
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Research Call Number
MssArc 5842
RG 8
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