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Tottenville Historical Society

Tottenville Historical Society
The former Village of Tottenville had no organization or place to care for its records and treasures of the past. Scattered in shoeboxes, attic trunks, scrapbooks and dusty basement library stacks were the isolated repositories that contained clues to the Village's history.

Staten Island Museum

Staten Island Museum
You'll find publications pertaining to many fascinating subjects including - Nature, Wildlife, Architecture, Art, Staten Island History and much more! You can even purchase a membership online.

Alice Austen House

Alice Austen House
Located just one block east of Bay Street at 2 Hylan Boulevard is the childhood home of Alice Austen, one of America’s earliest and most accomplished female photographers. Known as Clear Comfort, Alice’s home was built in 1690 as a seaside cottage

Conference House

The Conference House
The Conference House, built in the 17th Century and located at the southern most tip of New York State in Staten Island, is famous for the Peace Conference held there on September 11, 1776
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Staten Island Historical Society

Staten Island Historical Society
Historic Richmond Town is New York City’s living history village and museum complex. Visitors can explore the diversity of the American experience, especially that of Staten Island and its neighboring communities, from the colonial period to the present.

Snug Harbor Cultural Center

Snug Harbor Cultural Center

Snug Harbor Cultural Center, a distinguished Smithsonian Affiliate, is Staten Island's premier destination for culture and entertainment.

Sea View Historic Foundation

Sea View Historic Foundation

Affordable Supportive Senior Housing will include hotel-like services such as three meals daily, weekly laundry and linen service, activities, jitney service to the local malls and will also include cable TV.
Tibetan Museum

Tibetan Museum
The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art celebrates its 60th anniversary of the Museum's official opening with the installation of a new exhibition, From Staten Island to Shangri-La:

Preservation League of Staten Island

Preservation League of Staten Island
The Preservation League of Staten Island (PLSI) is the only borough-wide historic preservation organization in New York City. Organized in 1977, the PLSI’s mission is to:
Staten Island History on the Web

Staten Island History on the Web
Libraries are the memory of humankind, irreplaceable repositories of documents of human thought and action.
Help Find Your Ancestors.

Help Find Your Ancestors
or those of you interested in tracing your family tree, I have listed several web sites that can be helpful. I will be attaching more as times go by.
Moravian Cemetery

Moravian Cemetery
AmericanTowns offers communities a single online location for everything--and everyone -- needed to navigate daily life in their town. The AmericanTowns site is an indispensable practical tool and the most effective way to bring neighbors together.
Richmond Recovery

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Uncovering Staten Island's past through modern metal detecting technology

Read "Staten Island"
by Dr. Thomas W. Matteo

Book on Staten Island
From the moment Giovanni da Verrazzano first spied it in 1524, Staten Island has been recognized as a verdant oasis at the mouth of one of the world's most breathtaking natural harbors. Since that time, Staten Island has evolved from a hunting ground and farming community to one of suburban homes and small businesses.

For your copy of "Staten Island" contact me Dr. Thomas W. Matteo

This is the Staten Island Borough Historian's official website for Staten Island History

This website offers information about Staten Island history that will not be found anywhere else on the internet. Since no one person or website can provide all the information about any topic, this site also serves as a portal to other organizations and resources that will hopefully help the researcher find the information they are seeking.

 

Each month a different organization will be featured here to highlight the resources they have available and activities they offer to those interested in Staten Island history.

 

This month’s feature:

Staten Island History Day Fair 2010

This year’s History Day Fair will be held on May 7, 2010. Sponsored by the Borough President’s Office and Borough Historian Thomas Matteo, with assistance from the New York Public Library, last year’s inaugural competition to teach fourth-graders about Staten Island history was a great success. Our host for the evening will be Dr. Tomas Morales, President of the College of Staten Island and the event will be held at Performing Arts Center at CSI.

 

This year the fair has been expanded to include both fourth and fifth grade students. For detail and an application, click on the links below.

4th Grade 5th Grade
click PDF above for 4th grade click PDF above for 5th grade

 

 

If you have additional questions, please call Tom Matteo at 718-605-7568.

 

PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Pat Wilks February 11, 2010 (718) 816-2049 B.P. MOLINARO ANNOUNCES 2ND ANNUAL “STATEN ISLAND HISTORY DAY FAIR”

 

4th Grade Contest Now Expanded to 5th Grade at Public, Private, and Parochial Schools

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Borough President James P. Molinaro today announced that the second annual “Staten Island History Day Fair” will be held on May 7th, and has been expanded to fifth-graders at Island public, private, and parochial schools.

 

Sponsored by the Borough President’s Office and Borough Historian Thomas Matteo, with assistance from the New York Public Library, last year’s inaugural competition to teach fourth-graders about Staten Island history was a great success.

 

“One hundred sixty enthusiastic students from 24 of our schools contributed very impressive projects last year,” said Molinaro. “This year, I’m pleased to announce that the contest is now open to fifth-graders as well. With Staten Island preparing to celebrate its 350th anniversary next year, the second annual fair should be even more exciting and meaningful for our students.”

 

Last year’s fair was designed to support the Social Studies curriculum of fourth-graders, which focuses on local history. Now fifth-graders in all the Island’s schools will also learn to research and study our Borough’s rich past. Each school is encouraged to hold its own fair, and school-wide winners chosen by the principal by April 9th, will move on to the Borough-wide fair on May 7th.

 

Students are encouraged, either individually, in small groups, or as a class, to prepare a project describing a person, event, or significant place in Staten Island history. Projects can be done in various media, including written, video, photographic, audio or web-based, and will be judged on presentation, content, and the student’s ability to answer questions presented to them by the judges in reference to their project.

 

The winners will have their projects featured on the Borough Historian’s website, www.statenislandhistorian.com, and the New York Public Library’s website, http://nypl.voicethread.com. For more information, contact Borough Historian Thomas Matteo at HYPERLINK "mailto:sihistorian@aol.com" sihistorian@aol.com or Andrew Wilson of the New York Public Library at ahwilson@nypl.org.

 

NEW BOOKS:

Staten Island: I didn't Know That!

Paper back book of "Staten Island I didn't know that!"

The Donning Company Publishers in partner with Dr. Thomas Matteo are pleased to announce the upcoming publication of a new volume in the history of New York: Staten Island: I Didn’t Know That. To celebrate Staten Island’s heritage, this stunning 8.5” x 11” soft cover volume, chronicles unknown Staten Island history. The unique collection of photographs and insightful text relates the past to the present and makes historic Staten Island come alive for readers of all ages.

he book is available at Border's Express in the Staten Island Mall, Clove Lake Book Store, Historic Richmond Town, the Staten Island Museum and Amazon.com. The price is $22.99.

 

 Contact Dr. Matteo at sihistorian@aol.com to reserve your copy of
Staten Island I Didn’t Know That today.

 

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