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Title |
Richard H. Handley Collection |
Collection |
Richard H. Handley Collection |
Scope & Content |
The Richard H. Handley Collection relates primarily to the Handley and Hockman families' intertwined histories and personal lives, as well as Richard Handley's acquisitions to his personal local history collection. The Richard H. Handley Collection is comprised of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, newspapers and clippings, photographs, ephemera, rare book catalogs, scrapbooks, diaries, membership certificates, and blueprints. Supplemental information contained in the collection was collected after Richard Handley's death in 1914. |
Dates of Creation |
1788-1992 |
Historical & Biographical Note |
Richard Hockman Handley (December 23, 1848-July 14, 1914) grew up in Hauppauge and lived in the family home with his father, Robert Handley (1806-1857) and his mother, Mary Roach Hockman Handley (1816-1887). He married Mary Lavinia Osborne Hockman (1862-1934) in 1890, and the pair raised their four children in the Hauppauge home. Handley was a businessman, avid outdoorsman, amateur historian, photographer, and book collector with a passion for Long Island history. One of his many accomplishments included establishing an approximately ten mile bike path that extended from East Hauppauge and Smithtown to Brentwood. He collected approximately 800 books and 1,200 manuscripts related to Long Island history during his lifetime. These works formed the basis of The Smithtown Library's local history collection. Mrs. Handley served as a trustee of the Library Association of Smithtown and in 1921, she loaned her husband's personal collection to The Smithtown Library. She and her children formally donated the collection, as well as funds for its maintenance, to the Library on April 2, 1926. |
Catalog Number |
2018.2 |
Child Records |
Supplemental Information Correspondence Notes Catalogs Brochures Books Booklets Manuscripts Memorandum Book Autograph Books Scrapbooks Newspapers Invitations Newspaper Clippings Blueprints Certificates Diaries Postcards Receipts Financial Records Legal Documents Genealogy Notes Photographs Bookplates |