Browse Collections (40 total)

YPL Librarian Fashion History

Sarah Lawrence student Molly Blade Hatch researched the history of librarian fashion and gendered expectations for professional dress as they shifted…

Yonkers Voices

Collection of oral history interviews of people who grew up and live in Yonkers. Most of these interviews were conducted by the Hudson River Museum.

Contributors: Hudson River Museum

Yonkers Remembers

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Photographs, documents, oral history interviews, and awards preserving the legacy of veterans.

Contributors: City of Yonkers Department of Veterans Services, Frank Sullo, Liborio Giordano, J. Gayle Gaymon, Carmen Mollica, Robert Abate, Joseph La Rocco, Melvin Goldstein, Frank Fortuna, James Mullarkey, Andrea Molina, Armando Galella, Reverend James Blakely, Stanford Bernstein, Alex Strohmayer




Yonkers Public Library Writing Group

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Interviews with writers who talk about their passion for writing.
Short stories read out loud.

Yonkers Public Library Founders

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Photographs and letters relating to the founders of the Yonkers Public Library.

Yonkers Public Library Bookmobile

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Photographs and oral history interviews relating to the Yonkers Public Library bookmobile.

Yonkers Police Historical Society

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Historic photographs of Yonkers and the Yonkers police force. All photographs were provided by the Yonkers Police Historical Society.

Contributors: Yonkers Police Museum
Yonkers Police Department

Yonkers Fire Department

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A list of Yonkers fire department locations.

Will Library's Pajama Story Time

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Photographs of the Children Department's Pajama Story Time from 1977 to 1980.

Will Library's Halloween Celebrations

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Photographs of Halloween parties hosted by the Children's Department.