Dutchess County
Local History Resources

COUNTY LEVEL RESOURCES
Dutchess County Historian
William P. Tatum III
22 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601
845-486-2381 - fax 845-486-2138
wtatum@dutchessny.gov

Dutchess County Historical Society
Bill Jeffway, Executive Director
Post Office Box 88
Poughkeepsie, New York 12602
845-471-1630
bill.jeffway@dchsny.org
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CITY, TOWN, AND VILLAGE HISTORIANS AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
Amenia  
Amenia Town Hall
4988 Route 22
Amenia,  New York   12501

Historical Society:  Betsy Strauss
Post Office Box 22
Amenia,  New York  12501
strausshouse72@gmail.com 

Beacon
Historical Society: Diane Lapis
Post Office Box 89
Beacon, New York 12508
845-831-1514
dlapis@beaconhistorical.org
beaconhistorical.org

Beekman 
Historian: Patricia Goewey
845-724-5300 

Clinton  
Historian: Craig Marshall 
845-242-5879
craigmarshall266@aol.com   
  
Historical Society: Cynthia Koch
cynthiakoch@optonline.net
clintonhistoricalsociety.org

Dover 
Co-Historian:  Valerie LaRobardier
845-849-6025
valarobardier@gmail.com  
Co-Historian: Caroline Reichenberg  
sweetcaroliner@aol.com

Historical Society: Fran Braley
845-832-7949
fran1braley@gmail.com 


East Fishkill
Historian:  David Koehler
845-226-8877
healthyharvestcsa@gmail.com

Historical Society:  Rick Soedler
845-227-5374
rjsoedler@gmail.com  


Fishkill (Town)  
Historian:  Paul Gromkowski
(845) 831-7800 ext. 3309

Historical Society (Van Wyck Homestead Museum):  Steve Lynch
914 -525-7667
asklynch@yahoo.com

Fishkill (Village) 
Historian: Antonia Houston
Local History Librarian
Blodgett Memorial Library
37 Broad Street
Fishkill, New York 12524
vofishkillhistorian@gmail.com

Hyde Park  
Historian:  Shannon Butler
rangerbutler.sb@gmail.com  

Historical Society: Patsy Costello
845-229-2559
patsyc97@aol.com

LaGrange 
Historian:  Georgia Trott-Herring
845-452-2911  
herringtrott@aol.com
 
Historical Society:  Bob D’Amato
845-489-5183
lagrangehistoricalsociety@gmail.com

Milan  
Historian: Vicky LoBrutto
victorialobrutto@gmail.com

Millbrook (Village)
Washington (Town) Historian: David Greenwood
845-677-5767
ngreenwd@aol.com

Historical Society: Robert McHugh
computermail@msn.com 

Millerton/North East
Town Historian/Historical Society: Ed Downey
518-789-4442
eddowney12@gmail.com


Pawling 
Town Historian: Robert Reilly
845-855-5040
sc31redsky@gmail.com

Historical Society of Quaker Hill and Pawling: Jaclyn Wagner
PawlingHistory@gmail.com 

Pine Plains
Historical Society: Dyan Wapnick
518-398-5344
dyan.wapnick@gmail.com  
                                       
Pleasant Valley
Historian: Fred Schaeffer
845-454-1190 
fredinhv@aol.com
           
Historical Society: Mary Ellen Cowles
merc@hvc.rr.com

Poughkeepsie (City)
Historian: Tom Lawrence
Poughkeepsie Public Library District
93 Market Street
Poughkeepsie,  New York  12601
845-485-3445 x 3306
tlawrence@poklib.org

Poughkeepsie (Town)  
Historian:  John R. Pinna
845-485-3646
townhistorian@townofpoughkeepsie-ny.gov

Red Hook
Town Historian: Emily Majer
emily.majer@gmail.com    

Village Historian: Sally Dwyer-McNulty
sally.dwyer-mcnulty@marist.edu  

Historic Red Hook: Elisabeth Tatum
845-758-1920
director@historicredhook.org

Rhinebeck
Town Historian: Nancy Kelly
845-876-4592
kinship@hvc.rr.com

Village Historian/Town Deputy Historian: Michael Frazier
845-876-7462
michaelfrazier@earthlink.net  

Historical Society: David Miller
845-750-4486
dhmny@aol.com  

Stanford
Historian/Historical Society: Kathie Spiers
845-868-7320
lakeendinn@aol.com

Tivoli
Historian: Emily Majer
emily.majer@gmail.com

Union Vale  
Historian: Fran Wallin
Town Office 845-724-5600
franw821@hotmail.com  

Historical Society: Peter Gay (Vice President)
845-677-4837
chargaysgy@gmail.com

​Wappinger/Wappingers Falls
Historian: Joseph D. Cavaccini
Town Office 845-297-4158 ext 107
jcavaccini@townofwappingerny.gov

Village Historian: Brenda VonBurg
845-297-2697

Historical Society: Beth Devine
info@wappingershistorialsociety.org
845-430-9520

NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Val-Kill
54 ValKill Park Rd
Hyde Park, NY 12538
845- 229-9422
www.nps.gov/elro/index.htm​

Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
4097 Albany Post Rd.
Hyde Park, NY
845-229-5320
www.nps.gov/hofr/index.htm

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
119 Vanderbilt Park Rd
Hyde Park, NY, 12538
845-229-7770
www.nps.gov/vama/index.htm
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NYS OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION & HISTORIC PRESERVATION HISTORIC SITES
Clinton House State Historic Site
549 Main St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602
(845) 471-1630
parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/clintonhouse/details.aspx

Staatsburgh State Historic Site
​75 Mills Mansion Dr.
Staatsburg, NY, 12580
(845) 889-8851
millsfriends.org
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MUSEUMS, ARCHIVES, HISTORICAL SOCIETIES AND HISTORIC SITES
Locust Grove Estate
2683 South Road
Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601
845-454-4500
www.lgny.org

Madam Brett Homestead 
50 Van Nydeck Avenue
Beacon, NY
845-831-6533
www.melzingahnsdar.org/madam-brett-homestead

​Montgomery Place at Bard College
26 Gardiner Way
Red Hook, NY, 12571
845-752-5000
www.bard.edu/montgomeryplace

Mount Gulian Historic Site
145 Sterling Street
Beacon, NY, 12508
845-831-8172
mountgulian.org

​Wilderstein Historic Site
330 Morton Road
Rhinebeck, NY, 12572
845-876-4818
wilderstein.org
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LIBRARIES WITH SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Culinary Institute of America
Archives and Special Collections
Conrad N. Hilton Library
1946 Campus Drive
Hyde Park, NY 12538
845-451-1747
library.culinary.edu/ciaarchives/cia

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
4079 Albany Post Road (Route 9)
Hyde Park, NY, 12538
1-800-FDR-VISIT
www.fdrlibrary.org

​Marist College
Archives and Special Collections
James A. Cannavino Library, LB 134
3399 North Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
845-575-3364
library.marist.edu/archives

Vassar College
Catherine Pelton Durrell ’25 Archives and Special Collections Library 
Ingram Library
124 Raymond Avenue, Box 20
Poughkeepsie, New York 12604
(845) 437-5799
www.vassar.edu/specialcollections

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