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      • May 24-August 30: Havens Market
      • June 28 - October 11: Generations of Shelter Island Impressionists Exhibit
      • July 25: ArtSea Art & Science
      • July 28-Aug 15: Summer Children's Theater Program
      • August 13: Basket Weaving Workshop
      • August 14: Children's Basket Weaving Workshop
      • August 19: ArtLab Workshop
      • September 6: 3rd NY Regiment Encampment
      • September 27: Oysters 'R' Here Event
      • October 11: Harvest Festival Market
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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 
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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
  • 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
  • America's 250th Anniversary
  • Education
    • The Shelter Island History Project
    • Race, Ethnicity & Class on SI, 1652-2013
  • 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
  • Calendar
    • 2025 Events & Programs >
      • May 24-August 30: Havens Market
      • June 28 - October 11: Generations of Shelter Island Impressionists Exhibit
      • July 25: ArtSea Art & Science
      • July 28-Aug 15: Summer Children's Theater Program
      • August 13: Basket Weaving Workshop
      • August 14: Children's Basket Weaving Workshop
      • August 19: ArtLab Workshop
      • September 6: 3rd NY Regiment Encampment
      • September 27: Oysters 'R' Here Event
      • October 11: Harvest Festival Market
      • November 29: Holiday Farmers Market
  • Contact
  • Directors' Log In