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Local History
Local History Collection Mission Statement:
The Local History Room at the Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library will collect, organize, preserve and provide access to a non-circulating collection of materials with historic significance to the Library, the Town of Haverstraw and its residents. The Library will hold these materials in trust for future generations.
Access to the Thomas F.X. Casey Local History Room is available during the library’s regular hours. Please sign in at the Adult Reference Desk.
This collection includes books, newspapers, photographs and materials relating to all eras of the history of the town of Haverstraw and the Villages of Haverstraw, West Haverstraw and Garnerville.
We accept donations of local historical significance. Donated materials might include: yearbooks, books, family histories, maps, funeral programs or local photographs. If accepted, these materials are added to the collection and are available for in-house genealogical and historical research.
Call (845) 786-3800 or submit a request using the Local History Research Request form
Haverstraw Library’s photographic collection: New York Heritage
Digitization courtesy of the Library Association of Rockland County and funded by the Rockland County Legislature.
Additional historical photographs: Digital Public Library of America
A microfilm reader is available at the Main library.
Journal News (August 1, 1932-May 31, 2011)
New York Times (January 1, 1971-December 31, 2006)
Rockland County Times (January 6, 1894-December 29, 1894; January 6, 1900 – December, 1947; January 3,. 1952 – December, 1970; January, 1974-December, 2024)
Rockland County Messenger (July 8, 1847-April 4, 1878, incomplete, with gaps)
Recensio (Haverstraw High School) – 1927, 1940, 1943-1958
Recensio (Haverstraw-Stony Point High School) – 1959-1966
Recensio (North Rockland High School) – 1968, 1970-1985, 1987, 1989-2023
Genesis (Haverstraw Middle School) – 1978-1986, 1988
Omega (James A. Farley Middle School) – 1968-1969, 1975-1980, 1984-2004, 2006-2008, 2012
Phoenix (Willow Grove Middle School) – 2003-2009
Fieldstone Middle School – 2008
We accept local yearbooks for donation. Thank you!
Census records/images from 1850-1905 from areas within Haverstraw, Warren and Stony Point.
Images acquired from FamilySearch.com
Compiled by Charles McGarvey
Haverstraw, NY
1850
1855
1855-1865
1865
1870
1892
1900
1905
Stony Point, NY
1865
1870
1892
1900
1905
Warren, NY
1870
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