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FINDING AIDS 

What is a finding aid? 
A description that typically consists of contextual and structural information about an archival resource. Often a finding aid places archival resources in context by consolidating information about the collection, such as acquisition and processing; provenance, including administrative history or biographical note; scope of the collection, including size, subjects, media; organization and arrangement; and an inventory of the series and the folders. Finding aids could also describe a single level or a single item.
Definition obtained from the Society of American Archivists.

Please note that these finding aids do not encompass the entire collection. Please reach out to the archivist if have an inquiry. 
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Boarding Houses & Hotels: 
Menantic Grove House 
Ram's Head Inn
South Ferry House

Business/Industry:
Telephone Company 
​
Books: 
Cookbooks

Camps:
Camp Quinipet 
Dr. Petit's Camp
​

Clubs/Organizations:
Shelter Island Heights Association 
Women's Missionary Society

Family Papers: 
General Sylvester Dering Document Collection ​

Geography and Place Names: 
West Neck 

​History:
16mm Film Collection 
Indigenous People 

Religion:
Union Chapel 
Quakers

Transportation: 
Automobiles
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  • Home
  • America's 250th Anniversary
    • 250 CLub
    • Suffolk County 250th Celebrations
  • About Us
    • Leadership
    • Partners
    • Our Timeline
    • Annual Reports
    • The Havens House >
      • Construction
      • Renovation
  • Support
    • Donate Now
    • Elizabeth Pedersen Educational Fund
    • Volunteer
  • Online Exhibits
    • History of Shelter Island
    • A Day in the Life
    • Digital Tapestry
    • "The Lords of Menantic" Companion Exhibit
    • "The Prospect of Summer" Companion Exhibit
    • See Their Names Exhibit
    • This Land is YOUR Land
    • The DNA of Shelter Island
    • Voices from the Vault
    • Then & Now
    • Witness the Manhansett
    • Walter Cole Brigham
    • Alan Shields
    • Helena Hernmarck
    • British Woolworks
    • "Connecting from a Quarantine Kitchen"
    • Havens DIMONscape
  • Havens Store
  • HAVENS FARMERS' MARKET
  • PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
  • Education
    • The Shelter Island History Project
    • Race, Ethnicity & Class on SI, 1652-2013
    • Gardiner Young Scholar's Program
  • Living History Project
  • The Collections
    • Digital Collections
    • New York Heritage Digital Collections
    • Donate to the Collections
    • Finding Aids
    • Film Collection
    • House/Building Registry Project
  • From Our Archives
    • The Soap, The Salesman And The Sailor
    • Historic Women of Shelter Island
    • A Deep Dive on Weakfish
    • The Homecoming of George Remington Havens II
    • The David Harries Young, Jr. Diaries
    • The "A. W." Steamer Trunk
    • Our Nation's 250th Anniversary
  • Calendar
    • 2026 Events & Programs >
      • Now through April 17
      • May 23-September 5: Havens Farmers' Market
      • May 30 Lost & Found
      • May 31 "Historic Homes" Presentation by Zachary Studenroth
      • Opens June 6 - "Havens House: Witness the American Revolution" exhibit
      • June 6: Shelter Island Historic House Tour
      • July 12 "Culper Spy Ring" Presentation by Bill Bleyer
      • July 13 - July 31: Summer Children's Theater Program
      • July 18 - "Red, White & Blue 250th Gala"
      • August 2 - "Battle of Long Island" Presentation by Noel Gish
  • Contact
  • Directors' Log In