The following list is a compilation of the Local History Resources that are located in North Castle Public Library. The local Historical Society, which meets in Smiths Tavern and Westchester Archives, is also included in this list, as they have additional photos, oral histories as well as maps that we do not archive at the library.  

NORTH CASTLE PUBIC LIBRARY HOLDINGS: 1/9/06

Armonk Independent Fire Department. Armonk Independent Fire Department 1930-1999. Armonk , NY 1999. 
R 974.7277 - MISSING 

Caro, Edythe Quinn. The Hills in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: The History of a Rural Afro-American Community in Westchester County, New York. Valhalla, New York , 1988. R q974.7277 C  

               Crandell, Richard F. This is Westchester. New York : Sterling Publishing Co. Inc, 1961  Ref q 974.727 C  

Cushman, Elisabeth and Nichols, Herbert B.. Glimpses of County History. And Historic Sites New York : Westchester County Publishers, Inc. 1933  R 974.7277 H  

Dunkak, Harry M. CFC, PhD. Still All Around Us and Illustrated Guide to the American Revolution in Westchester County. Eastchester , New York : St. Paul ’s Church National Historic Site, 2001. R 974.7277 D  

Fitzpatrick, John C., ed.  The Diaries of George Washington 1748-1799. Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925.   Three volumes [missing volume IV: 1789-1799].  Ref B Washington

French, Alvah P. ed. History of Westchester County New York . (5 Volumes.)  New York and Chicago : Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1925. R 974.727 F  

Fuller, Elizabeth Green, comp. Index of Personal Names In J. Thomas Scharf’s History of Westchester County New York. New York : Westchester County Historical Society, 1988. R 974.727 F  

Griffin, Ernest Freeland. ed. Westcheste County and Its People A Record. (3 Volumes) New York : Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1946. R 974.727 G  

Eichner , Frances , ed. When Our Town Was Young Stories of North Salem ’s Yesterday Collected and Written by Boys and Girls of Today. North Salem , New York : Board of Education, 1945. R 974.727 N  

Hoffman, Renoda. It Happened in Old White Plains. White Plains , New York : 1989. R 974.7277 H  

Hoffman, Renoda. Yesterday in White Plains A Picture History of A Vanished Era. White Plain, New York: 1981. Ref 974.727 H  

Hufeland, Otto. Westchester County during the American Revolution. White Plains , New York : Westchester County Historical Society, 1926.  Ref 974.727 H  

Lander, Richard N, and Barbara S. Massi, ed.  North Castle Historical Records. Town of North Castle: Town Historian. 1986. R 974.727 L  

Lee , Frances Cook. New Castle Historical Records.  New Castle , New York: Town Historian. 1977. (Volume 2) 
R 974.727 L  

Massi, Barbara S. The Story of Mary Guion Brown from her diary of 1800-1852. North Castle , New York : The North Castle Millennium Committee, 2000. R B Brown (behind Ref Desk)  

Schonnard, Frederic and W. W. Spooner. History of Westchester County New York From Its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900.   New York : The New York History Company, 1900
R 974.727 S  

Town of North Castle, Town of New Castle . North Castle/New Castle Historical Records

Colonial History & Minutes of Town Meetings 1736-1791 also Maps, Patents, Census Lists. (Volume 1) Westchester County : Town of North Castle, Town of New Castle.  (Jointly Published), 1975 R 974.727 L  

Sanford, Harry E., ed. American Revolutionary History in North Castle . New York: The North Castle Bicentennial Committee in Collaboration with The North Castle Historical Society of the Town of North Castle New York, 1976   R 974.727 A  

Sanford, Harry E., ed. Michael J. Kern, PhD. associate ed. American Revolutionary History in North Castle. Armonk, NY: North Castle History Society, R 974.727 S                    

Sargent, Winthrop. The Life of Major John Andre, Adjutant-General of the British Army in America. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. Ref B (Andre)  

Sargent, Winthrop. The Life and Career of Major John Andre, Adjutant-General of the British Army in America. New York : William Abbatt, 1902 Ref B (Andre)  

Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Westchester County , New York , including Morrisania, Kings Bridge and West Farms, Which Have Been Annexed To New York City. [Two Volumes], Illustrated. Philadelphia : L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.  R 974.727 S  

Swanson, Susan Cochran and Elizabeth Green Fuller. Westchester County A Pictorial History. Norfolk , Virginia Beach: Donning Company, 1998. R 974.7277 W  

Votano, Paul. Westchester County New York ’s Golden Apple. Montgomery , Alabama: Community  Communications, Inc., 1996. R 974.7277 V

Westchester County Historical Society. Westcheste Historian. Bulletins 1925-1934, 1935-1944 and 1945-1954. Booklets with indexes.  Local History Shelf.    

 Local Newspapers Held by North Castle Library:

 In basement storeroom, semi-bound volumes:  

         North Castle Sun: (these are listed by binder)  

         May 8, 1936- December 29, 1938

                   September 29, 1939 - December 31, 1943

                   January 7, 1944 - November 27, 1946 approx. (these two runs in one binder)  

The Villager (published in Bedford )  

December 6, 1946 to December 29, 1949

January 5, 1949 to December 31, 1952

January,8, 1953 to June 21’  1956  

Several years of completely unbound copies of the North Castle News.

Starting in the 1980s-near-continuous run of them.  
Nort Castle Sun

In reference area:  bound volumes:  

November 5, 1915 - December 27, 1918.

January 5, 1923 - February 17, 1928

May 25, 1934 (single issue)

September 28, 1934 - December 31, 1936

January 25, 1936 - December31, 1936 (duplicate)

January 8, 1937- December 30, 1937(duplicated in second binder

     thicker binder includes color section, comic strips)

January 6, 1938-Sept 1, 1939

Sept 8, 1939 - December 20, 1940

January 3, 1941- December 25, 1942

January 1, 1943 - December 24, 1943

January 7, 1944-December 27, 1944

January 3, 1945- November 27, 1946  

North Castle Monitor

In reference area: bound volumes:

August 29, 1929 - May 14, 1932  

Gap of several years between 1946-1964, partly covered by the

issues of The Villager held in the basement. No local newspapers

July, 1956 - November 1963 inclusive.  
North Castle News

In reference area: bound volumes:  

Vol 1.  Dec. 4, 1963 - Nov. 25, 1964

      2. Dec. 2, 1964 - Nov. 24, 1965

      3. Dec. 1,1965 - Nov 30, 1966

      4. Dec. 7, 1966 - Nov 29, 1967

      5. Dec. 6, 1967 - Dec 4, 1968

      6. Dec. 11, 1968 - Dec 3, 1969

      7. Dec. 10,1969 - Nov 25, 1970  

Volume 8 - missing.  

 Vol 9. Dec. 8, 1971 – Dec. 6, 1972

     10. Dec.13, 1972 - Dec. 12, 1973

     11 Dec. 19, 1973 - Dec. 11, 1974

     12. Dec. 18, 1974 – Dec. 10, 1975

     13. Dec. 17, 1975 – Dec. 8, 1976

     14. Dec. 15, 1976 – Dec. 7, 1977

     15. Dec. 14, 1977 – Dec. 6, 1978

     16. Dec. 13, 1978 – Dec.4, 1980

     17. Dec. 13, 1979 – Dec.4, 1980

     18. Dec. 18, 1980 – Dec. 2, 1981

     19. Dec. 9, 1981 – Dec. 1,1982

     20. Dec. 8, 1982 – Dec. 7, 1983

                   Vol. 21. Dec.14, 1983 – Dec.5, 1984

     22.  Dec12, 1984- Dec 4, 1985

     23.  Jan 8, 1986 - Dec 18, 1986

     24. Jan 1, 1987 - Dec 31, 1987 (this volume is labeled 23) 

Summary:

North Castle Library has no local newspapers prior to November, 1915.

Other gaps: No coverage: January 1919-December, 1922 inclusive

                  No coverage: mid-February 1928 and late August, 1929.

                  No coverage: July, 1956 - November, 1963.

                  No coverage: December, 1970 - Dec. 8, 1971.  

Near complete coverage from Dec. 1963 to present

after January, 1988, these are unbound and fragile condition  

Near complete coverage (in three different newspapers),

September, 1934 - June, 1956.  

                   North Castle History

                   Pamphlets published by The North Castle Historical Society. Located in the vertical file

                   in the reference area. Fully Indexed by the historical society. Binder located in reference

                   area. Spring 1974 Volume 1- Volume 30, 2003  

Index for North Castle History/Vertical File Holdings A-K

Index for North Castle History/Vertical File Holdings L-Z

The Westchester County Archives and Records Center

  www.westchesterarchives.com  

Reading Room Open to the Public Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9 AM-4 PM.
Closed on public Holiday  

North Castle Historical Society at Smith’s Tavern, Armonk  

Inventory of Oral History Audio Tapes

Articles Master List from North Castle History Society Booklets

Combined Newspaper holdings: Smith’s Tavern and North Castle Public Library
 

White Plains Library Local History Resources: www.whiteplainslibrary.org/collections/local_history/index.shtml