Repository description.

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Repository description.

Papers of families associated with houses and properties owned or restored by SPLIA , including the Dering, Floyd and Thompson families; papers of Howard C. Sherwood, SPLIA founder, 1860-1957; nineteenth-century logbooks of whalers and merchant ships from L.I.; collections of photographs of L.I. from the 1870s to the present, including photos by Clarence Purchase, Herbert S. Pratt, Harry Gelwicks, and aerial photos of the Braeman-Johnson Flying Service; maps and atlases, both historic and contemporary; and architectural drawings and plans of historic buildings on Long Island.

ca. 7 cubic ft., ca. 50 v., ca. 4500 items.

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Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities

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Collecting area: Records relating to the properties owned or administered by SPLIA. Papers and photographs documenting the history, architecture and development of Long Island. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155556497 ...