[Mostly below are full-text, enlargeable, searchable, downloadable]
[Most are also available in the LI REF book section in the Celia M. Hastings Local History Room]
See also Classic NYS Histories & Historic Document Collections
See also the Long Island History web page
See also under Names of individual L.I. counties, towns, villages, and outer islands
- Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New-York, v. 14: Documents Relating to the History of the Early Colonial Settlements, Principally on Long Island, with a Map of Its Western Part Made in 1666 [full text], tr., comp. and ed. from the Original Records in the Office of the Secretary of State and the State Library, under the direction of the Hon'ble. Joseph P. Carr, Secretary of State, by Berthold Fernow. Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons, & Co., 1883. (Internet Archive) -- See also other volumes (1-15) in this series, listed on PML's Classic NYS Histories & Document Collections web page, most of which contribute additional material on Long Island history; note: these volumes are also full text, searchable, downloadable.
- A Sketch of the First Settlement of the Several Towns on Long Island; with Their Political Condition, to the End of the American Revolution [full text], 2nd ed., by Silas Wood. Brooklyn, NY: Alden Spooner, 1828. (Internet Archives)
- History of Long Island, Containing an Account of the Discovery and Settlement, with Other Important and Interesting Matters, to the Present Time [full text], by Benjamin F. Thompson, Counselor at Law. New York: E. French, 1839. (Internet Archive)
- The History of Long Island; From Its Discovery and Settlement, to the Present Time. With Many Important and Interesting Matters, Including Notices of Numerous Individuals and Families; Also a Particular Account of the Different Churches and Ministers, v. 1 [full text], 2nd ed., rev. & greatly enl., by Benjamin F[ranklin]. Thompson, Counselor at Law. New York: Gould, Banks and Co., 1843. (Internet Archive)
- The History of Long Island; From Its Discovery and Settlement to the Present Time. With Many Important and Interesting Matters, Including Notices of Numerous Individuals and Families; Also a Particular Account of the Different Churches and Ministers, v. 2 [full text], 2nd ed., rev. & greatly enl., by Benjamin F[ranklin]. Thompson. New York: Gould, Banks and Co., 1843. (Internet Archive)
- History of Long Island, from Its Discovery and Settlement to the Present Time, v. 3 [full text], 3rd ed., rev. & greatly enl., by Benjamin F. Thompson, with additions and a Biography of the Author, by Charles J. Werner. New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1918. (Internet Archive)
- A History of Long Island, From Its First Settlement by Europeans , to the Year 1845, with Special Reference to Its Ecclesiastical Concerns. In Two Parts. I. Its Physical Features and Civil Affairs. II. Annals of the Several Towns, Relating Chiefly to Ecclesiastical Matters [full text], by [Rev.] Nathaniel S. Prime. New York: Robert Carter, 1845. (Internet Archive)
- Antiquities of Long Island, to Which is Added a Bibliography by Henry Onderdonck, Jr. [full text], by Gabriel Furman, ed. by Frank Moore. New York: Bouton, 1874. (Internet Archive)
- Historic Long Island [full text], by Rufus Rockwell Wilson. New York: Berkeley Press, 1902. (Internet Archive)
- A History of Long Island, From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, v. 1 [full text], by Peter Ross, LL.D. [and William S. Pelletreau]. New York; Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1902. (Internet Archive)
- A History of Long Island, From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, v. 2 [full text], by Peter Ross [and William S. Pelletreau]. New York; Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1902. (Internet Archive)
- A History of Long Island, From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, v. 3 [full text], by William S[mith]. Pelletreau [and Peter Ross]. New York; Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1905. (Internet Archive)
- Long Island: Its Early Days and Development, with Illustrations and Maps [full text]; new and complete vol. of information, with original pen and ink sketches, by Eugene Armbruster (Eagle Library, No. 182). Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 29(6) 1914. (Internet Archive)
- The Evolution of Long Island: A Story of Land and Sea [full text], by Ralph Henry Gabriel. New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press; Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1921. (Internet Archive)
- Historic Chronicles of New Amsterdam, Colonial New York and Early Long Island, 1st Series, ed. by Cornell Jaray. Port Washington, NY: Ira J. Friedman, Inc., 1968.
- Long Island as America: A Documentary History, to 1896 (Empire State Historical Publication Series), ed. by James E. Bunce and Richard P. Harmond Port Washington, NY; London: Kennikat Press Corp.; National University Publications, 1977. -- Main sections: Colonial Foundations; Living and Working on Colonial Long Island; Long Island and the New American Nation; Long Island in the Expanding Republic; The Gilded Age; Appendix A: Population Statistics; Appendix B: A Bibliographical Essay; Sources; Index.
- Long Island: The Suburban Experience (Long Island Studies), ed. by Barbara M. Kelly. Interlaken, NY: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1990. -- Main sections: Classical Suburbs: Brooklyn and Queens; Arcadian Retreats: The Suburban Gold Coast; Urban Villages: The Postwar Automobile Suburbs; Suggested Reading on Suburbia; About the Authors; Long Island Studies Institute; Index.
- Index of Articles on Long Island Studies in Journals and Conference Volumes (A Long Island Studies Institute Publication), comp. by Natalie A. Naylor. Hempstead, NY: Hofstra University, 2001. -- Main sections: introduction; Abbreviations of Journals and Conference Volumes; Author Index; Subject Index; Appendices; Long Island Studies Institute.
- Long Island's Prominent North Shore Families: Their Estates and Their Country Houses, 2 vols. [comp. by] Raymond E. and Judith A. Spinzia. College Station, TX: Virtual Bookworm, [2006].
- Long Island's Prominent South Shore Families: Their Estates and Their Country Houses in the Towns of Babylon & Islip, [comp. by] Raymond E. and Judith A. Spinzia. College Station, TX: Virtual Bookworm, 2007.
- Long Island's Prominent Families in the Town of Hempstead: Their Estates and Their Country Homes, [comp. by] Raymond E. and Judith A. Spinzia. College Station, TX: Virtual Bookworm, 2010.
- Long Island's Prominent Families in the Town of Southampton: Their Estates and Their Country Homes, [comp. by] Raymond E. and Judith A. Spinzia. College Station, TX: Virtual Bookworm, 2010.