The History of English Springer Spaniel Field Trials on Fishers Island Illustrated talk, first presented and hosted October 13, 2024 by HLFM director Pierce Rafferty Re-recorded on November 3, 2024 due to intermittent distortions in the sound track. Discover how Walton Ferguson, Jr. and a small group of friends
Mansion House: The House that History Flowed Through Illustrated talk, presented and hosted August 4, 2024 by HLFM director Pierce Rafferty Museum Director Pierce Rafferty’s illustrated talk chronicles how the history of Fishers Island from the Colonial era to date can be traced through the evolution of a single
ELECTRICITY: The Past, Present & Possible Future of Power Generation and Distribution on Fishers Island This recorded illustrated talk by Museum Director Pierce Rafferty surveys the past, examines the present, and looks toward the future of this integral component of life on Fishers Island. This illustrated talk was first presented
Wreck of Steamer Atlantic This recorded illustrated talk by Museum Director Pierce Rafferty chronicles the dramatic story of Fishers Island’s most deadly and consequential shipwreck, the wreck of the Steamer Atlantic in November 1846. This tragic wreck caught the attention of the nation, and was commemorated by mournful ballads, popular
WATER: The History of Fishers Island’s Supply, Use and Distribution Systems Illustrated Talk with HLFM Director Pierce Rafferty In this recorded illustrated talk, originally presented August 21, 2022, Pierce examines our island’s water sources and chronicles the evolution of our critical water system infrastructure beginning in the 1890s to
This video has been made possible thanks to a generous grant from the Jeanann Gray Dunlap Foundation. The History of Race Rock Light (2022) Directed by Marisela La Grave and Pierce Rafferty This recorded illustrated talk first premiered at the Fishers Island Theater on July 26, 2022 for
Henry L. Ferguson Museum - Outside Views Of Fishers Island (2021) Presented and directed by Pierce Rafferty This recorded illustrated talk, first presented in 2006, was given in an expanded version during the 2017 summer season, and to an off-season audience in February 2020. However, even if you’ve
A Most Pivotal Decade: Fishers Island In The 1940s by HLFM director Pierce Rafferty Hosted by the Fishers Island Movie Theater Reminders of Fishers Island’s many different historical eras are all around us. One such iconic structure that has been reclaimed, restored, and given an updated purpose for new
This recorded illustrated talk is a 50-minute documentary that traces the history of ferry transportation to Fishers Island.
Henry L. Ferguson Museum - The Bethlehem, PA. - Fishers Island Link (2020) The Bethlehem, Pa. – F.I. Connection: How a Once-Strong Link Became Uncoupled This illustrated lecture by HLFM Director Pierce Rafferty examines the untold story of Fishers Island’s once-strong but now all-but-forgotten connections to Bethlehem, PA., focusing on the Bartlett family,
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F.I. Sketchbook 2005
