EVENT: Three Events from the Staten Island Museum
Mysteries of the History Archives & Library
Friday, October 13, 2006, 10:45 a.m.
$5/free for Institute Members. RSVP: 718.727.1135 x123 or to
[email protected]
Take a behind the scenes Talk & Tour of the History Archives & Library with Curator of History Patricia M. Salmon. Rare artifacts, the latest historical finds, and fascinating current and future history projects will be highlighted. Take an up-close look at the catacomb like Archives. The Institute began
collecting in 1881, and we haven’t stopped since!
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“Secret Staten Island Cemeteries”
Sunday, October 15, 2006, 2 p.m. Moravian Cemetery, 2205 Richmond Road
$10 donation requested. RSVP: 718.351.0136
Staten Island is home to numerous forgotten, hidden, or unknown burial grounds. A Slave cemetery existed at the corner of Livermore and Forest Avenues. Immigrant cemeteries “thrived” at Saint George, Prince’s Bay, and Silver Lake. Institutional burial grounds were located at the former Farm Colony and Seaman’s Retreat. Abandoned burial grounds stand today at West New Brighton, Travis, and Oakwood. Little known secrets about these and other historic burial grounds
will be revealed. This talk will be followed by a tour of the oldest section of Moravian Cemetery with Richard L. Simpson.
Copies of “Realms of History: The Cemeteries of Staten Island” will be for sale and signed by author Patricia M. Salmon.
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“Staten Island Then & Now”
Reception and book signing with author Thomas Matteo
Thursday, October 19, 7 p.m.
Free. RSVP: 718.727.1135 x105
Discover this new Arcadia title which features dozens of before and after photos of our Island home! Fascinating facts relating to local history will intrigue all history buffs.
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* Both “Staten Island Then & Now” and “Realms of History: The Cemeteries of
Staten Island” can also be purchased by calling 718.727.1135 x101.