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2009 Exhibitions and Events


Tracing Peg: Slavery in Oyster Bay
An Archives Month Exhibition

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On exhibit October 11-- December 23, 2009
Curated by Danielle Apfelbaum



Bill of Sale, 10 January 1722. Thomas Kirby to Nathan Coles and David Vallantine, selling to them, for sixty pounds, two female slaves, Bess and Peg. 23 x 21 cm. Manuscript 168. Oyster Bay Historical Society Collections.

Book of Births of Children Born of Slaves
Town Clerk's Office, Town of Oyster Bay

Documents from the Exhibition
slave_book.pdf
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Oyster Bay Goes to War

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On exhibit June 28 -- September 30, 2009
Curated by Thomas Kuehhas

Link to Portraits of Veterans
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Red Cross Volunteers 1943

Dearest Jane… Love L
Jane Bush and her love letters from Habana

Picture


An introduction to the lives of a far-from-garden-variety family from Long Island’s Gold Coast.


On exhibit February 7-- April 26, 2009
Curated by Yvonne Noonan-Cifarelli and Philip Blocklyn

jane_francke_catalog.pdf
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  • Home
  • Exhibitions and Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Community Collections >
      • Digitization Day
    • OBHS's Exhibition Space
    • Archive
  • Education
  • Collections
    • House and Garden
    • Photograph Collection >
      • Postcard Collection
      • Index to Photographs
    • Maps, Charts, Atlases
    • Newspapers
    • Library
    • Archives and Artifacts >
      • Finding Aids
      • James A Roosevelt Papers
      • Charles Wightman Journal
      • Oyster Bay Academy Account Books
    • The Arts >
      • Needlework
    • Freeholder >
      • Back Issues
      • Submissions: Summer 2011
  • History
    • History of Oyster Bay
    • History of the Society
    • Robert L. Harrison
  • Be Involved
  • Contact
    • Directions & Contact Form
    • Links
  • Windfall Shop
    • Hand Made Crafts