A Sampling of Donations to the Museum’s Collection in 2025
Please note that this is not a complete list, and we greatly appreciate all of your donations.
Carol Dailey. Watercolor painting by noted American artist and illustrator Nicholas Solovioff (1927-1994) of Race Rock Light and surrounding islands as seen from Race Point, entitled, “The Race – Fishers Is.” (n.d.)
Jeff Carpenter. Painting by donor, “The Christmas Storm 2022 at Race Point,” oil & mastic on canvas, dated Sept. 2023 and signed on reverse.
Karen Marshall. Nine original B/W photographs by Adelard T. Legere documenting damage from the Hurricane
of 1938 at Fort H.G. Wright, NY. Eight of the nine have captions indicating they were taken on Sept. 22, 1938, the day after the storm.
Robert J. Coleman. White ceramic bowl illustrated with Fishers Island, N.Y. scenes created by noted potter Dorothy Long. Signed by artist and dated “1991” on bottom of bowl along with “Pandion Gallery, Fishers Island, N.Y.”
Heidi Henderson. Trompe l’oeil oil painting on wood by artist Charles Benner Ferguson (1918-2018) portraying duck decoy, fishing lure, feather, and hunting stamp.
John Doucette. Misc. ephemera, including ferry schedules for F.I. Navigation Co. dated 1924 and 1931; misc. F.I. Ferry District schedules from 1960s; misc. F.I. Tel. Directories from 1930s and 1960s; HHC Directory for 1930. Assortment of F.I.-related pamphlets, magazines, brochures and books. Orig. blueprint: “HIGHLAND PARK: PROPERTY OF G.H. BARTLETT EST[ATE] and OTHERS, 1919.”
David Edwards. Two QSL ham radio cards, including call sign “W2LXQ,” received in 1940 by a Coast Artillery soldier stationed at Fort H.G. Wright.
Deb Walters. Donation includes four oral history cassette tapes recorded in 1987 by Mrs. Walters’ Fishers Island School 3rd and 4th grade students. People interviewed include Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Horning, [Helen] Best, Judge Edwards, Mary Linda Strunk, and Mary Grebe.
