Queens County History
See also Nassau County History web page
See also Long Island Town Histories and Records web page
Note: Queens County voted to incorporate as a Borough of greater New York City
in 1899; at which time, its 3 eastern towns (Hempstead, North Hempstead,
and Oyster Bay) voted to separate from Queens, and following a political
drama, the latter formed Nassau County, in 1900.
-- General
- Queens County in Olden Times: Being a Supplement to the Several Histories Thereof [full text], by Henry Onderdonck, Jr. Jamaica, N.Y.: Charles Welling, 1865. (Internet Archive)
- History of Queens County, with Illustrations, Portraits & Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals. New York: W.W. Munsell & Co., 1882 (Internet Archive)
- Slak, George von. Illustrated History of the Borough of Queens, New York City [full text]. [New York; Flushing, NY:] Comp. by F.T. Smiley Publishing Co., for the Flushing Journal, 1908. (Internet Archive)
- Queens Borough: Being a Descriptive and Illustrated Book of the Borough of Queens, City of Greater New York, Setting Forth Its Many Advantages and Possibilities as a Section Wherein to Work, to Live and Succeed [full text], comp. and arranged by Walter I. Willis, Secretary. [Brooklyn, NY: The Chamber, 1913]. (Internet Archive)
- Queens Borough, New York City, 1910-1920 [full text]. New York: Issued by the Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of Queens, 1920 (Internet Archive)
- Rafferty, Isolde. "The Historian Knows and Walks About Queens." (New York Times. N.Y. / Region. City Room, June 10, 2010)
- Horan, Kathleen. "A Passion for All Things Queens." (WNYC News, July 19, 2010)
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- Seyfried, Vincent. Queens: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, VA: Donning Co., Publishers, 1982.
-- Agriculture
- Dix, John A. Address, Delivered October 2d, 1851, at the Tenth Annual Exhibition. of the Queens County Agricultural Society, at Jamaica, L.I [full text], by the Hon. John A. Dix. Hempstead, NY: The Hempstead Inquirer, 1851. (Internet Archive)
- Patrick, M.R. An Address Delivered Before the Queens Co. Agricultural Society, at Their Nineteenth Annual Exhibition, at Jamaica, L.I., September 19, 1860 [full text], by Major M.R. Patrick, President of the New York State Agricultural College, Ovid, Seneca County, N.Y. Hempstead, [NY]: Printed for the Society, 1860. (Internet Archive)
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- Carpenter, James Weaton. The Mineola Fair. Westbury, NY: Agricultural Society of Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties, [1965].
-- Archaeology
-- Cemeteries
See also Genealogy
- Graveyard at Flushing Meeting House (Flushing Quaker Meeting House)
- Description of Private and Family Cemeteries in the Borough of Queens / comp. by the Topographical Bureau, Charles U. Powell, C.E., engineer in charge; ed. by Alice H. Meigs
-- Flag
- History of the Queens Flag (CRW Flags)
-- Flushing Remonstrance
See History -- Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775 [below]
-- Genealogy
See also Cemeteries
- History of Queens County, with Illustrations, Portraits & Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals. New York: W.W. Munsell & Co., 1882 (Internet Archive)
- Genealogy Resources - Queens County, New York (New York Genealogy.com)
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- Abstracts of Wills for Queens County, New York, 2 vols., comp. & ed. by Ray C. Sawyer. Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., [200?].
- Flushing, Long Island, Friends Records: Marriages, 1764-1821, copied by Mr. Frank Haviland for Long Island Historical Society, 1905.
- New York 1860 Brooklyn (Kings and Queens Counties), 2 vols., ed., Ronald Vern Jackson. North Salt Lake, VT: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1987.
- Queens County Sentinel, Queens County, New York: Birth, Marriage, and Death Announcements, 1858-1878, comp. by Anthony Hood. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1991.
-- Historical Periodicals
- Articles in the Nassau County Historical Society Journal, 1989-2009 (Nassau County Historical Society. Journal)
-- Historical Societies
- Queens Historical Society (The Society)
-- History -- Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775
- Document: The Flushing Remonstrance, 1657 (Dutch New York)
- Flushing Remonstrance (Origin of Religious Freedom in America) /text by Haynes Trebor
- Flushing Remonstrance - Links And Resources (Bowne House Museum)
-- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
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- Onderdonck, Henry, Jr. Documents and Letters Intended to Illustrate the Revolutionary Incidents of Queens County: With Connecting Narratives, Explantatory Notes, and Additions [full text]. New York: Leavitt, Trow and Company, 1846. (Internet Archive)
-- History, 1790-1860
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- Friends of Freedom: The Underground Railroad in Queens and on Long Island, by James Driscoll, et al.; ed. by Wini Warren. Flushing, NY: Queens Historical Society, 2006.
- Vahey, Mary Feeney. A Hidden History: Slavery, Abolition, and the Underground Railroad in Cow Neck and on Long Island. Port Washington, NY: Cow Neck Historical Society, 1998.
-- History, 1866-1918
- New York G.A.R. Records (Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War)
-- History, 1910-1919
- Chamber of Commerce (Queens, New York, N.Y.). Queens Borough, New York City, 1910-1920. The Borough of Homes and Industry; A Descriptive and Illustrated Book Setting Forth Its Wonderful Growth and Development in Commerce, Industry and Homes, During the Past Ten Years, 1910-1920; A Prediction of Even Greater Growth During the Next Ten Years, 1920 to 1930; and a Statement of Its Many Advantages, Attractions and Possibilities as a Section Wherein to Live, to Work and Succeed [full text], [comp. by] Walter I. Willis. New York: Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of Queens, 1920. (Internet Archive)
-- Long Island City
- Seyfried, Vincent F. 300 Years of Long Island City, 1630-1930 (Queens Community Series). Garden City, NY: Edgian Press, Inc., 1984.
-- Museums
- Queens Museum (The Museum)
-- Neighborhoods
Note: Towns existed within Queens until it became part of NYC.
- Queens County, New York: Cities, Towns and Neighborhoods (NY Hometown Locator)
-- Photographic Works
--- PML Catalog Sampler:
- Seyfried, Vincent F. Queens, A Pictorial History, design by Jamie Backus Raynor. Norfolk, VA: Donning, 1982.
- Seyfried, Vincent F. and William Asadorian. Old Queens, in Early Photographs. New York: Dover, 1991.
-- Probate Records
- New York, Queens County Probate Records (FamilySearch)
-- Special Collections and Archives
- Guide to Historical Resources in Queens County, New York Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
- Local History (Queens Library) - resources not only on Queens but also on the history of the rest of Long Island, both east and west
- Queens Library - Archives Photostream (Flickr.com)
-- Water Resources [Wells]
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- Record of Wells in Queens County, N.Y.: Exclusive of Those Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 44, prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the [N.Y.] Water Power and Control Commission and with Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Albany: [s.n.], 1938.
- Roberts, Claude M. and Marion C. Jaster. Record of Wells in Queens County, N.Y., Supplement 1: In Adddition to Those Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 44 and N.Y. Water Power and Control Commission Bulletin GW-6, prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Water Power and Control Commission. Albany, NY: New York (State). Conservation Department. Water Power and Control Commission, 1947.
-- World's Fairs (Flushing Meadows, NY, 1939 & 1964-65)
- 1939 New York World's Fair (Wikipedia) -- see esp. References and External Links sections
- 1964 New York World's Fair (Wikipedia) -- note esp. Cultural References, Bibiography, References, External Links, and Videos sections
- World's Fair Collection - Maps, 90 maps, 1937-1964 (Queens Borough Public Library. Long Island Division) - list of holdings