About our Archives

Contact: Aimee Lusty, Archivist, archives@montauklibrary.org

The Montauk Library Archives collects, preserves, exhibits, and makes available materials documenting the history and culture of Montauk and its surrounding communities. The collection is open by appointment and aims to connect the general public, researchers, students, and genealogists with rich primary source material and community-contributed recollections chronicling Montauk’s history.

The materials in the collection date from the 1800s through the present day. The Archives aims to preserve the diverse voices represented in the Montauk community, including Montauk’s original Indigenous communities, founding settlers and developers, resident families, and seasonal workers and visitors. The Archives preserves formats including, but not limited to, books, manuscripts, photographs, letters, diaries, reports, maps, personal papers, oral histories, audiovisual media, cookbooks, scrapbooks, brochures/fliers, ephemera and memorabilia.

The Archival Collection is open by appointment during library hours. Please consult the library website for updated appointment availability.  We can accommodate walk-in visits for cataloged materials, including books, reports, journals, periodicals, vertical files, and some photographic collections. • Staff will retrieve all archival materials. Patrons will be required to view materials in a designated Research Area. Materials in the Archival Collection are not available for interlibrary loan.

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