Rockland Room

Chisel & Brush • The artwork of sculptor Theodore Ludwiczak

Posted: October 6, 2017

[soundcloud id=’223435069′ height=’false’] Don’t miss the latest exhibit at the New City Library in October: Chisel & Brush • The artwork of sculptor Theodore Ludwiczak. At the link below you can listen to an excerpt of Theodore’s interview with Bob Goldberg from August 20, 2015. Ted passed away earlier this year, but his spirit lives […]

Using online Newspapers for Genealogy Research

Posted: August 31, 2017

Some of the resources we discussed at the April 25th program on Using Newspapers for Genealogy Research can be accessed below by clicking on Read More. HRVH Historical Newspapers (FREE) http://news.hrvh.org Includes holdings from 6 Rockland County Newspapers with more titles & issues coming soon -Independent Advertiser (1884-1888 with many gaps) -Rockland County Journal (1850-1900 with a few gaps) […]

Haverstraw Landslide Images from the Dutcher Collection

Posted: August 31, 2017

8 original images of the afternath of the Haverstraw landslide have been scanned from the Leonard C. Dutcher, Jr. Collection and added to the New City Library digital collections on http://hrvh.org.  4 of the images were scanned from glass plate negatives and 4 from real photo postcards.  We thank the Dutcher family for sharing this material with […]