Tag: libraries

The Carnegie Library of Patchogue

February 23, 2026
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Interior of children's room of a library, early to mid 1950s.
Patchogue Carnegie Library Children's Room, 1950s. (Source: Celia M. Hastings Local History Room)

The story of the Carnegie Library in Patchogue is a great case study in library history. The village started with an association library in the late 1800s, a subscription-based collection […]

If Seeds Could Talk

April 19, 2017
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H.W. Buckbee seed and plant guide 1900. http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.69664

Long Island was once known as “The Garden of the States.” Farms and nurseries and orchards filled the landscape from Queens to Quogue and everywhere in between. Many interesting questions […]