Sources for Further Study of White Plains

Listed are sources from White Plains, New York: A City of Contrasts:

Online Internet Sources:

• City of White Plains (http://www.cityofwhiteplains.com)
• White Plains Historical Society (http://www.whiteplainshisoty.org)
• White Plains Public Library (http://www.whiteplainslibrary.org)
• The White Plains Beautification Foundation (http://www.wpbf.org)
• Westchester County (http://www.westchestergov.com)
• Westchester County Archives (http://www.westchesterarchives.com)
• The Westchester Way, New York’s Golden Apple   (http://www.nygoldenapple.com)
• Town /Village of Harrison (http://www.town.harrison.ny.us)
• Bedford Historical Society (http://www.bedfordhistoricalsociety.org)
• Mamaroneck Historic Society (http://mamaroneckhistory.homestead.com)
• Rye Historical Society (http://www.ryehistoricalsocietyrg)
• The Bronx River Parkway (http://www.nycroads.com/roads/bronx-river) 
• Colonial Mansion Caterers/ Knights of Columbus (http://colonialmansion.com/mansion/index.html)
• Music Conservatory of Westchester (http://www.musicconservatory.org)
• WFAS 1230/WFAS-FM 103.9 (http://www.fybush.com/sites/2008/site-080418.html)
• Archbishop Stepinac High School (http://stepinac.org)
• Solomon Schechter (https://www.solomon-schechter.com/default.asp?em_seen=true&bhcp=1)
• Windward School (http://www.windwardny.org/home/home.asp)
• Grace Episcopal Church (http://www.gracewhiteplains.org/our_church_history.htm)
• Hebrew Institute (http://www.hiwp.org/)
• Mt. Hope AME Church (http://mthopeamezionchurch.org/home)
• Ridgeway Alliance Church 465 ridgeway establish 1907( http://www.ridgewaychurch.com/
• Our Lady of Carmel (http://ourladyofmountcarmelwp.org/)
• Sisters of Divine Compassion http://divinecompassiononline.org/-.html
• Temple Israel (http://www.templeisraelcenter.org/)
  

Places for Research:

• Local History Collection and Archives at White Plains Library
• Westchester Historical Society and Westchester County Archives located  in Elmsford
• Rye Historic Society

Books to Read:

• Yesterday in White Plains (1981) by Renoda Hoffman
• Buckout (2018) Eric Pleska
• It Happened in Old White Plains (1989) by Renoda Hoffman
• The Changing Face of White Plains (1994) by Renoda Hoffman
• The Battle of White Plains (1991) by Renoda Hoffman
• Historic White Plains by Thomas Rösch (1976)
• The Jews of Westchester, A Social History by Baila R. Shargel and Harold L. Drimmer (1994)
• Native New Yorkers, The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York by Evan T Pritchard (2002)
• On the Streets Where We Lived, A Pictorial Study of African Americans Living in White Plains, New York From the Beginning of the Twentieth Century by Harold A. Esannason (2011)
• Westchester: The American Suburb edited by Roger Panetta
• Cemeteries of Westchester by Patrick Rafferty (2011)
• The Westchester Historian- Under the Apple Tree: The History of Golf in Westchester County by Dr William Quirin (Summer 2009)
• Franklin Mile Markers on the Old Post Rd: by Cahal Whelan (2015)
• Westchester County Airport by Kevin Patterson (2017)