Archival Materials
King Manor Museum preserves a small collection of archival materials that document the social, economic and political history of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries as it relates to the King family, the village of Jamaica, and the King Manor Association.
These primary and secondary materials include scrapbooks, ledgers, reports and minutes; books and pamphlets; letters, diaries and journals; drawings and prints; photographic materials; postcards; maps and broadsides; news clippings; sheet music; certificates and receipts; and ephemera as programs, calling cards, and invitations.
"The King Mansion in King Park, Jamaica, N.Y."
Postcard, c. 1940s
Dear Marian,
There is a history connected with this house. It is one of the places we visited yesterday stands in the center of a large park on Fulton St*. It is such a large house, so many additions to the back of house, will try and find out about it before I come home. Got such a nice drink at the Fountain in the St. in front of the house, cool as Ice water.
Lovingly, Mother
*Fulton Street is now Jamaica Avenue
Scholars & researchers! The largest repository of King family letters and documents can be found at the New-York Historical Society in the Rufus King, King Family, and Erving-King Collections.
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