The Roost, the Irvington Historical Society's newsletter, is now available online in .pdf format. Issues include illustrated reviews of exhibits at the Irvington History Center, program reviews, Letter from the President; updates from the Historian and Curator, and submitted articles. 

Please note the file sizes and allow time for downloading with slower connections speeds.

CURRENT ISSUE
Fall 2009  (7.75 MB) ~ Volume 10, Issue 2
Peter Oley - A Retrospective; Curator's Corner - The Quadricentennial and Irvington in 1909; Tomorrow's Historians.

PAST ISSUES
Spring 2009  (3.75 MB) ~ Volume 10, Issue 1
Programs at the Children's Workshop; An Irvington Childhood by Dorothy Wood Wetjen; Frocks, Frills, Furbelows reception; Pie baking contest.

Fall 2008 (1MB) ~ Volume 9, Issue 2
With Heartfelt Thanks to Betsy Griggs Wilson; Choring Around the House; Curator's Corner; We Mourn the Nation's Loss; Preview of upcoming exhibit honoring those who served in the United States Armed Forces; Second Grade Visit to the McVickar House.

Winter 2008 (2MB) ~ Volume 9, Issue 1
With Heartfelt Thanks to Betsy Griggs Wilson; Choring Around the House; Curator's Corner; We Mourn the Nation's Loss; Preview of upcoming exhibit honoring those who served in the United States Armed Forces; Second Grade Visit to the McVickar House.

Winter 2006 (17MB) ~ Volume 7, Issue 1 
Fall at the Children's Workshop; Irvington Pharmacies: A Century of Pharmaceuticals and Paraphernalia; Curator's Corner (pharmacy exhibit); Local History Sightings (article about Fletcher Harper of Harper's Monthly fame); Fall 2006 program reviews.

Summer 2005 (1.8 MB) ~ Volume 6, Issue 2. 
Irvington History Center: Children's Workshop; Miss Isabel K. Benjamin: A Remembrance; Curator's Corner - heirloom documentation.

Other issues will be hosted here in the near future.