Hi, While the focus is not on Long Island you'll find some information on aviation - and lots of photos - during the WWII era in the Images of America book on Curtiss-Wright (Arcadia Press, 2005, ISBN 0-7385-3870) David Minor > Jim: > > I would suggest contacting the Suffolk County Historical Society in > Riverhead, the Huntington Historical Society in Huntington, the Oyster Bay > Historical Society in Oyster Bay, and probably also the Northrup-Grumman > Corporation. I'm sure that Northrup-Grumman must have a corporate archive > on > the operations at Bethpage during WWII. > > Hofstra University used to have a Long Island Studies Center. If they > still > do, that might be another good source. There is an aviation museum at the > former Roosevelt Field, Garden City. I'm not sure if they cover history as > late as WWII; I think they might be more into the early years of flight. > > I hope this has been helpful. > > David > > David Roberts > Hollywood, MD > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Epstein" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 4:57 PM > Subject: [NYHIST-L] Long Island & World War II > > >> I'm working on a documentary proposal for a PBS station about New York >> and >> Long Island during World War II. >> >> Can anyone help direct me to archives, libraries, or museums that > specialize >> in Long Island history and that might have photos or ephemera related to >> this period? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Jim Epstein >> [log in to unmask] >> > -- David Minor Eagles Byte Historical Research Pittsford, New York 585 264-0423 'dminor' 'at symbol' 'eznet.net' To be put on the mailing list for the weekly TimeMaster radio scripts (WXXI-FM 91.5), as well as a Quote of the Week and a URL of the Week, e-mail me at the address above. HOME PAGE http://home.eznet.net/~dminor includes NYNY, a series of timelines covering New York City and State, from approximately 1,100,000,000 BC to 1992 AD. http://home.eznet.net/~dminor/NYNY.html Visit the Canal Society of New York State page at http://www.canalsnys.org/