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Oral Histories

The Nyack Library Oral History Collection aims to document, preserve, and celebrate the unique history of Nyack by collecting the stories of people who experienced it firsthand. We seek to not only witness the changing landscape of our community, but to record it before it is forgotten.

The Oral History Collection is a distinct, searchable collection of interviews that presents previously undocumented history in a shareable and engaging way. The Nyack Record Shop Project was a 2018 collaboration between the Historical Society of the Nyacks and the Edward Hopper House to gather the stories of Nyack's African-American residents.
Digital Oral History Collection
Walter Blount Jr.
Dorothy Crawford
Hezekiah Easter
William Faison
Martha Graham
William Henry Hand
Eunice Lyon
Richard Mathsen
Helen McFarlane
George McManus
Mary McMonegal
Louise Palmer
Virginia Parkhurst
Frances Pratt
Esther Van Slyke
Virginia Smith
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Nyack Record Shop Project
Wilbur Aldridge
Joann Anagnost
Jamaal Bey
Faith Blount
Ruth Case
Jackie Cassagnol
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Norma Crowder
Hilda DeLoach
​Frankie Diaz
Alexandreena Dixon
Colette Fournier
Lewis Green
Althea Hill-Burrell
Virginia Jeanty
Lonnie Leonard Jr.
​Donna Lightfoot-Cooper
Rev. Earl S. Miller
​Marie Olivier
​Minerva Parker
​Eugene Reece IV
​Joann Humphries Saunders
Rev. Owen Thompson
Wille Trotman
​Eunice Carter Turnbull
Norvin Van Dunk
Gertrudis Velez
Sam Waymon
​Hope Wade
​Cora Sarjeant Wilder
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    • About the Library
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    • Nyack Seed Exchange
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    • Children
    • Teens
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    • Novelist
    • Adult Summer Reading 2025
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    • Community >
      • Benefits of Reading for Seniors
      • Combating Racism
      • Local Housing & Food Resources
      • DMV Resources
      • NYS Civil Service Test Guides
      • NY Crime Victims Legal Help
    • ELL Resources
    • Homebound Delivery Service
    • In the Stacks
    • Papercut: The Nyack Library Podcast
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    • Research Business and Employment Opportunities
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    • Niche Academy
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    • Carnegie Concerts
    • Exhibits
    • Highlighted Programs
    • National Library Week
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    • Present a Program
    • Programs and a Book
    • Quarterly Newsletter
    • Rent a Room
    • Virtual Author Talks
    • Weekly Event Email
  • Local History
    • Local History Room
    • Genealogy
    • Images
    • Newspapers
    • Obituaries
    • Oral Histories