Farmingdale State College (Greenley Library, College Archives)

Farmingdale State College’s Greenley Library will re-house approximately 1,000 photographic prints from 1914-1950, a selection of historical and mission critical documents, and glass plate negatives from 1914-1916 that show the first construction on campus, as well as significant, early campus figures. These important archival materials record the efforts of the first public institution of higher education on Long Island as it sought to serve the agricultural education needs of “city boys and girls.” These photographs also help illustrate the development of Long Island by depicting farms and open swathes of land, now home to suburban tracts, shopping centers, and commercial parks linked by highways.