By Emily Rennie, Archivist for the Levittown History Collection
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| (1968). Mildred Cantor and a Library Cadet Looking at Material from the Levittown History Collection [Photograph]. Photograph Collection (LHC.PHO.1036, Book X, PHO.659). Levittown History Collection, Levittown Public Library, Levittown, N.Y. |
Documenting the history of Levittown has been an ongoing project by the Levittown Public Library since the library’s founding in 1951. Although Levittown had only been established in 1947, residents understood that they were a part of something important as the blueprint for the deluge of suburbs emerging in post-World War II America. By 1956, the public library in Levittown had accumulated a comprehensive assemblage of historical materials. Newsclippings were collected by librarians and indexed into a large cabinet, early 19th century atlases of the local area were purchased by the library, and yearbooks of the local schools were amassed¹. Also added were schools budget reports, a survey of the community by the Levittown Citizens committee, local voting results, and “complete scores and figures for all of Levittown High’s football and basketball games…for the sports-minded members of the community².”