Archives & Special Collections

Manhattan University serves as the final repository for the historical records of Manhattan University and the Brothers of the Christian Schools (also known as the Christian Brothers or the De La Salle Christian Brothers). The University houses the following archival collections:

  • Archives of Manhattan University (formerly Manhattan College)
  • Archives of the De La Salle Christian Brothers of the legacy New York (NY) District
  • Archives of the De La Salle Christian Brothers of the legacy Long Island-New England (LI-NE) District
  • Christian Brothers of the Midwest District Archives
  • Lasallian Research Collection
  • District of Eastern North America (DENA) Archives
  • Archives of the Christian Brothers Conference
About 10 young boys line up with buckets to pour their sap into a barrel while another 2 young boys carry wood to feed the fire of the wood stove featured in the center. 1 other young boy hauls wood in a wheel barrel. All the boys are out in a wooden field wearing boots, jackets and caps.

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Syrup Making, 1910

Young boys from Lincoln Agricultural School line up with their buckets filled with sap collected from tapping the maple trees of the sugar bush on the property.  The boys pour the sap into a large barrel that will then be boiled in the wood-burning stove to make maple syrup.  Syrup-making was one of the many farming practices the boys of Lincoln Agricultural School were trained in.  The school, on about 900 acres of farmland at Lincolndale, about 46 miles north of New York City, was established in 1907 to prepare future farmers to receive training in theory and practice in farm and dairy management and in the care of domestic animals.


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