In 1930, William T. Davis and Charles W. Leng, co-founders of the Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences, published their five volume "Staten Island and Its People: A History 1609-1929". For anyone interested in the past of this borough this is an incredibly important work. Until now I've been forced to copy notes out of the library copies at CSI. My ability to simply leaf through to my heart's content has been limited at best.
Last year I went to an estate sale in hopes of buying a set but was confronted by a price that was above my limits. Now, however, a more attainable set has appeared on my horizons. At present they are being prepared to wing their way down from the Great White North (well, at least Nova Scotia) into my living room and onto my bookshelves. To say I'm excited is way too much of an understatement.
I hope it means a return to regular posting for this site. I've hit a bit of a wall regarding new stuff. Mostly it's because of my recurring laziness and not making myself go to the St. George Library. With these in my hands I should have a surfeit of new material to write about. Here's hoping.
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....this is quite a coup. Do you think there might be links to the text n the net in the future?
I see that this was posted back in November...didn't notice it then.
I've actually talked with a friend about digitizing some of the books (barring any copyright issues). So that's a big maybe. I do plan on using hunks of the text for posts once I actually get up and moving on the project.
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