Village History
Collections
The Port Jefferson Village Digital Archive provides public access to a variety of materials in its over twenty collections, including photographs, postcards, documents, manuscripts, prints, textual items, maps, drawings, and more.
In addition to its primary Port Jefferson Collection, the Digital Archive’s collections include Belle Terre, Poquott, Terryville, Port Jefferson Station, Miller Place, Mount Sinai, Old Field, Setauket, East Setauket, Stony Brook, Crystal Brook, Coram, Shoreham, Farmingville, Holbrook, Sound Beach, Holtsville, Lake Ronkonkoma, Lake Grove, Rocky Point, Patchogue, Camp Upton, Bayport, Montauk, Echo and Saint James.
Goals
The goals of the Port Jefferson Village Digital Archive are to
- unify local government, not-for-profit organizations, private individuals, and other parties in a community effort to save and share audio, graphic and textual records;
- preserve, protect and promote Port Jefferson’s rich culture and history;
- increase access to analog media by converting physical records to electronic form, making the resulting digital facsimiles available on the Internet;
- contribute to scholarly research;
- provide unique educational opportunities for area residents; and
- create a virtual museum, supplementing the physical exhibits at the Village Center.
Search the Digital Archive
To begin a search, type one or more words in the search box located on the right of the page. Search results appear as small images (thumbnails). Click on the thumbnail for information (metadata) about the image. Click on the thumbnail again for a larger image.
Metadata
The metadata for an image includes the following fields: subject, type, date, creator, source, location, sales, accession number, and description.
Subject
The Port Jefferson Collection is organized by the following subjects: water scenes, street scenes, business, community life, residences, food and lodging, transportation, events, people, and the arts.
Administration
The Digital Archive is administered by the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson through the office of the Port Jefferson Village Historian with support from the Port Jefferson Harbor Education and Arts Conservancy.
Participation
The Digital Archive seeks the public’s participation in preserving audio, graphic and textual records about Port Jefferson’s culture and history. If you would like to provide originals for digitization, storage and dissemination, please Contact Us. You will be credited in accession records and by “source” in the metadata. Clients will also be given a DVD of their collection, protecting the images from repeated handling while providing a backup in the event of theft or damage.
Guidelines for Citing Digital Images
In citing images from the Port Jefferson Village Digital Archive, include the name of the creator (if known); title of the image; phrase “Electronic Record”; accession number; date the information was retrieved; and address (URL).
Example: Arthur S. Greene. Steamship CITY OF WORCESTER. Electronic Record. 2011.8.18. Retrieved June 11, 2011, from http://www.portjeff.com/village-history/transportation-photos/
Copyright
The Port Jefferson Village Digital Archive will not digitize analog media protected by United States copyright laws unless appropriate permissions have been secured.
Update
The Digital Archive’s website is updated weekly with the addition of new images and/or collections.
Obtaining Copies of Images
Low resolution images on the Digital Archive’s website can be downloaded. You may also purchase a high-resolution copy of an image in the Digital Archive’s collections if the owner of the original grants permission. Contact Us about placing an order, first checking if “sales” are allowed, then referring to the image by its “accession number.” Make your check or money order payable to THE CONSERVANCY.
Fee Structure
The 2011 fee structure is
| 8 x 10” | $10.00 |
| 11 x 17” | $17.00 |
| 18 x 24” | $24.00 |
| 24 x 36” | $36.00 |
| 30 x 48” | $48.00 |
Shipping/Handling
If you are unable to pick up your purchase at the Digital Archive, there is a $5.00 shipping/handling charge per image.
CONTACT US
Port Jefferson Village Digital Archive
101A East Broadway
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
631-802-2165
VILLAGE HISTORIAN
The Port Jefferson village historian is a public officer responsible for matters relating to the community’s past.
The duties of the Port Jefferson village historian are research/writing, teaching/public presentations, organization/advocacy, and historic preservation
The village historian’s office is in the Archive Room on the mezzanine of the Port Jefferson Village Center.
The village historian is publicly available during the following business hours: Tuesday, 9:30 to 11:30 am; Thursday, 12:30 to 4:30 pm; and Saturday, 9:30 am to 11:30 am and 1:00 to 4:30 pm.
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