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Scott Chaskey is a poet, farmer, and educator. For 30 years he cultivated garlic, greens, potatoes, and sixty other crops for the Peconic...

Before getting into the life story of Jack Dempsey, it is important to understand the history of boxing as a sport in human culture....

Thankfully for the last almost 2 years now we have been able to record and then post to youtube all of our lectures for anyone who can't...

Artist Jane Wilson, best known for he luminous landscapes hovering between abstraction and representation, once told an interviewer that...

On November 4th we had the pleasure of hosting a talk by archaeologist Dr. Allison McGovern where she talked a lot about the work she has...

If you missed last week's lecture by our Research Center Manager Mary Cummings on the life and works of Grace Hartigan, you can now see...

Last week Eric Woodward joined us live on zoom to talk about the work he had done researching the life of Southampton Whaling Captain,...

Often credited as the founder of the Southampton summer colony, Thomas, the most celebrated gynecologist of his age, was an extremely...

(MARY) MILLICENT ABIGAIL ROGERS (1902-1953) By the time the stunning granddaughter of Standard Oil magnate Henry Huddleston Rogers Sr....

FRANCES (TANTY) BREESE MILLER 1893-1985 Frances Breese Miller lives a life in two acts. In the first, she is born into the mannered...

Last week we had the pleasure of hosting author Skip Finley to talk bout his book, "Whaling Captains of Color: America's First...

Last week one of our wonderful board members, Gerri MacWhinnie, came by the museum with parts of her amazing heart collection. If you...

I have worked with Brenda on a number of different projects over the last few years. Mostly pertaining to highlighting the story of...

GRACE CLARKE NEWTON - The Poet There is mystery and romance in Grace Clarke Newton’s story, though as the daughter of the noted...

THE CRYDER TRIPLETS - THE CELEBRITY SISTERS b: 1882 (Edith, d: 1954; Ethel, d: 1964; Elsie, d: 1981) Cryder Memorial Window, St. Andrew’s...

CONSUELO VANDERBILT BALSAN (1877-1964) - THE PAWN Consuelo Vanderbilt was a willowy beauty of 17 when the 26-year-old Frenchman and...

Rose de Rose (1902-1982) The High Society Misfit Left - Rose de Rose with her father at 6 and a half years old Right - Rose de Rose with...

Ruth Wales du Pont (1887-1967) Ruth Wales, born in 1889, is raised in Hyde Park, New York, and spends much of her adult life in Delaware...

Louisa Van Renssalaer Robb Livingston (1877-1960) In light of her later reputation as a fierce defender of Old Guard ways, and a sharp...

Lily Whitney Barney (1852-1946) The Dedicated Socialite Now, while the museum remains closed, I have been deepening my research into the...