Queens Public Library’s Queens Memory Project has embarked on an ambitious, new participatory digital archiving project—and we’re seeking your input. The recently launched Queens Name Explorer map unlocks the history behind our borough’s named places—including streets,…
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These shoppers look happy to be on Jamaica Avenue during the Jamaica Day sales in October 1957. This is one of the many images available from Queens Memory. Queens Memory, a project supported by Queens Public Library and Queens College, and focused on collecting personal…
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Frederick Douglass was one of the greatest abolitionists, known for his powerful oratory. David W. Blight, author of a new biography of Douglass and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, will visit Flushing Library on Saturday, November 16 at 2pm. Register for his talk at davidwblight.…
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This year, Kenneth C. Davis, author of books about American history, visited eleven schools in Queens in a series organized by the MyLibraryNYC program. More than 2,000 students and adults attended the author’s presentations, where he primarily spoke about two of his books, In…
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by Maggie Schreiner, Outreach Coordinator, Queens Memory Many items that can help add to the history of Queens are sitting forgotten in apartments and basements all over our borough, potentially being damaged by poor storage conditions. Over the past three years, the Queens…
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