Writings by Sandra Harrison
The book White Plains, New York: A City of Contrasts by Sandra Harrison was published in 2013. This website contains updated versions of the book broken into separate entries. In addition, other things about White Plains are included on the website but not in the book. A full preview of the book can be found on Lulu.com the publisher of the printed…
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Copied here is information from handout given out at White Plains Local History Roundtable Feb 2018. NAACP in area covers Greenburgh & White Plains (WP). Housing in WP was segregated and Battle Hill was part of Greenburgh till 1916 when WP annexed the area as a City. Many Afro-Americans lived in the Business District till…
This a copy of the text from Ben Himmelfarb's blog on Local History on Rosa Kttrell for which White Plains (WP) named one of its parks : Local History: Rosa Kittrell By Ben Himmelfarb October 10 has been designated World Mental Health Day by the World Health Organization. In honor of it, here is a story about…
White Plains (WP) today is a "diverse" community but it has not always been. Census reporting gives the best way to examine the changes.WP's first settlers came from Rye in 1683 and were English Puritans. The first US census of 1790, recorded WP with a total population of 550. This number included 40 slaves. In…
The first play I went to as a teen was Fiddler on the Roof and was hooked. I continued to go to live theatre during my college years. In 1982, I became a TDF member and I was able to attend a lot of theatre on and off Broadway. Most Broadway theatres are historic and…
Decided to post some stories shared by people on Facebook (FB): Mike Stinnett in responding to a picture posted of the former 1909 White Plains Public Library in the FB group of "White Plains, Remember when..." wrote the following: "I used to read the cartoons in the Saturday Evening Post. They were there under the…
White Plains (WP) Historic Society's newsletter posted article below on the history behind the names of City's parks: It should be noted that the City has other parks (see information posted below from City's Park's & Recreation Dept.), plazas and playgrounds (not in a park) and not listed in Newsletter above (i.e. Renaissance Plaza, Bark Park, Bryant-Mamaroneck…
