Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

3/1/1979 - 4/30/1981

Funding Totals

$59,085.00 (approved)
$59,072.39 (awarded)


History of Shellfishing on Great South Bay & the Impact of the Dutch Community

FAIN: GM-*0219-79

Suffolk Marine Museum (West Sayville, NY 11796-1812)
Roger B. Dunkerley (Project Director: August 1978 to October 1990)

To implement an exhibition describing the rise of the shellfishing industry on Great South Bay and its interdependence with the 19th Century Dutch immigrant society and culture on the south shore of Long Island.