Richard F. Welch Collection
Collection 420

Administrative Information     

Title
Richard F. Welch Collection.

Creator
Dr. Richard F. Welch.

Provenance
The collection was donated by Dr. Welch in 2008.

Extent, Scope, and Content Note
The collection is comprised of five cubic feet of: research notes; journals; correspondence; documents; newspaper clippings; newsletters; publicity files; and ephemeral material pertaining to the study of early Long Island and regional gravestones (c.1680 to 1810). A significant portion of the collection is photographs of headstones that were taken by Dr. Welch.

Biographical Sketch 
Richard F. Welch is a historian and teaches American history, western civilization, and Irish history at the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University. The author of four books and numerous articles, Welch has also worked as a historical consultant, museum exhibit curator, and editor of Long Island Forum, a regional history magazine. He  currently serves on the editorial board of Long Island History Journal.  He is also a contributor to the Encyclopedia of New York. His most recent book is The Boy General: The Life and Careers of Francis Channing Barlow. He lives in Huntington, New York (source: http://www.amazon.com/Richard-F.-Welch/e/B001JS7KKU/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0).

Arrangement and Processing Note
The collection is arranged in series order by subject and format. The collection was processed by Diane Holliday, Associate Professor and Reference Librarian at Dowling College and Kristen J. Nyitray, Associate Librarian/Head of Special Collections and University Archives/University Archivist, Stony Brook University (SBU) with assistance from Lynn Toscano, Assistant Head, Special Collections and University Archives, and Danielle Driscoll, student assistant.
Website by Kristen J. Nyitray.

Languages
English, Dutch, Latin.

Restrictions on Access
The collection is open to researchers without restriction.

Ownership and Literary Rights
Stony Brook Foundation.

Preferred Citation
[Item], [Box], Richard F. Welch Collection, Special Collections, Stony Brook University Libraries.

Location of Associated Research Material
Electronic  Resources
Books Authored and Co-authored by Richard F. Welch

Series Outline

SUBGROUP I: Research Files 
SUBGROUP II: Scholarship
SUBGROUP III: Correspondence  
SUBGROUP IV: Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS)
SUBGROUP V: Photographs and Negatives

Box and Folder List

SUBGROUP I: Research Files 

Box 1
Research files, articles and newspaper clippings

• Brown, Thomas
• Hill, George
• Zunicher, John
• Connecticut
• Eastern Long Island, New York
• Massachusetts
• New York and New Jersey
• New Jersey
• Virginia

Box 2
Research files, articles and newspaper clippings

• Gardiner Cemetery
• Huntington, New York
• Glen Cove, New York: Locust Cemetery, Duryea Family
• Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn
• Lower Hudson Valley, New York
• New York
• New Jersey
• drawing (unidentified)
• notebook (red), 1976
• notebook (teal), 1976 to 1977
• notebook (olive), 1976 to 1978
• notebook (blue), 1978 to June 1984
• notebook (brown), 1979
• notebook, no date

Box 3
Research files, articles and newspaper clippings

• Auerbach, E.: Huntington Historic Cemeteries, June 1985
• Baugher, S. and Winter, F.: Early American Gravestones  
• Benes, P.: Distinguishing Signs of Truly Gracious and Holy Affections Article with reference to Asa Hill
• Clowes, E.: Island’ s Oldest Gravestone, January 1947
• Cody, J.: Van Cortland Cemetery on Vault Hill,
• Coles, R.: Sands Family Burying Ground, September 71
• Cornish, M.: Bay Colony Tendril Carvers, June 1982
• Frazee, J.: Autobiography of Frazee the Sculptor, 1835
• Graves,T.: Lutheran and Reformed Pennsylvania German Gravestones, 1986
• Kelly, S. and Williams A.: Cemetery Survey: Glastonbury Model, June 1984
• Koppleman, Connie: Dead Men/Women Do Tell Tales, January 1981
• Lloyd, Henry: Letter, re: Woolsey Gravestones 
• Ruggles, J.: A Walk Through History, October 1980
• Stone, G. and Persons, W.: Cultural and Social Information from Long Island Gravestones 
• Trinity Church, New York, NY: gravestone project
• Van Santvoord, P.: Historic Hillside Cemetery, July 1959
• Van Santvoord, P: Some North Shore Cemeteries, January 1962
• Wood, C.: Ancient Graves of Southold with letter to editor, April 1947
• miscellaneous articles and newspaper clippings on burial grounds
• Canoe Place Inn and Shinnecock Canal
• Gardiners Island
• Summer Club on the Great South Bay
• wills and estates

Box 4

• notes on gravestones (index cards)

SUBGROUP II: Scholarship

Box 5
Articles and manuscripts

• "Careers in Stone: I. Thuel and Phineas Hill," Long Island Forum, January 1983
• Memento Mori (research files)
• Memento Mori (page proofs)
• Memento Mori (photographs)
• "New York New Jersey Gravestone Carving Tradition: An Introduction" (manuscript)
• "Preserving a Neglected Heritage" (manuscript)
• Welch and Langhans, Rufus: "Proposal for the Removal of Selected Gravestones"
• unidentified manuscript

SUBGROUP III: Correspondence

• correspondence, 1976
• correspondence, 1977
• correspondence, 1978 to1988

SUBGROUP IV: Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS)

Box 6
Correspondence, by year

• 1979 to 1982
• 1983
• 1984
• 1985
• 1986
• 1987
• 1988
• 1990
• undated  

Box 7
Conference materials and publications, by year: includes programs, meeting minutes, etc.

• Bradford, Massachusetts, June 1980
• Storrs, Connecticut, June 1981
• Williams College, Massachusetts, June 1982
• Worcester, Massachusetts, June 1983
• Hartford, Connecticut, June 1984
• New Brunswick, New Jersey, June 1985
• Boston, Massachusetts, June 1986
• Amherst, Massachusetts, June 1987
• Lancaster, Pennsylvania, June 1988
• Essex, Massachusetts, June 1989
• Bristol, Rhode Island, June 1990
• Brookline, Massachusetts, June 2001

Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS): Publications and Guides

• Act for the Preservation and Care of Burial Places and Memorials for the Dead (draft)
• AGS Book Loan Service form
• Archives Catalog, June 1986
• Bibliography, Gravestone Related Resources
• Care of Old Cemeteries and Gravestones
• Graveboard (AGS newsletter), December 1987 to October 1988
• Gravestone Rubbing for Beginners
• Making Photographic Records of Gravestones
• Recommendations for the Care of Gravestones
• AGS Guide 1: Narragansett Bay Area Graveyards, Rhode Island
• AGS Guide 2: Long Island, New York Graveyards
• AGS Guide 3: Graveyards, Essex County, Massachusetts
• AGS Guide: Eastern Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts Graveyards
• Symbolism in the Carvings on Old Gravestones
• Recording Cemetery Data (draft)

SUBGROUP V: Photographs and Negatives

Box 8
Album of Long Island gravestones
For more detailed information, including the location of headstones, please access the inventory here.

• Long Island (8 folders): areas represented include Bridgehampton, Mattituck, Wainscott, Smithtown, Nissequogue,
  North Haven, East Hampton, Sag Harbor, Huntington, Dix Hills, Huntington, Southold, Mount Sinai, Middle Island, Southold, Greenport, Orient, Baiting Hollow, Setauket, Southampton, Sagaponack, Strong's Neck
  

Box 10

• Brooklyn and Queens, New York
• Queens, New York
• Rye and Tappan, New York
• Schenectady, New York
• Staten Island, New York
• New York (3 folders)
• New York and New Jersey: areas represented include Mount Vernon, Paramus, Cranbury, Staten Island, Trinity Church, Morristown, Hackensack, West Point, Sparta, Yorktown, Van Cortlandville, New Brunswick, Mount Sinai

Box 11

• Windsor, Connecticut and Richmond Town, Staten Island, New York
• Connecticut: areas represented include North Windsor, East Glastonbury, Harwinton
• New Jersey:  areas represented include Cranbury, Scotch Plains, Elizabeth, Middletown, Woodbridge, Westfield, New Brunswick, East Orange, Werthfield, Woodbridge, Perth Amboy (2 folders)
• Nova Scotia
• Oregon
• Vermont and Northeast United States
• Williamsburg, Virginia (Bruton Episcopal Church) and Annapolis, Maryland (St. Anne’s Church)
• unidentified geographical locations (2 folders)
• miscellaneous photographs of Long Island; includes "Dead Man's Curve, Motor Parkway" and "Observing the Seawanhaka Cup Races, 1890s"

Box 12

• negatives

Location of Associated Research Material

• Association for Gravestone Studies, and Friends for Long Island's Heritage. (1986). Long Island, N.Y. graveyards (including lower Manhattan Island): Worcester, Mass.: Association for Gravestone Studies. (Special Collections, NB1856.N72 L75 1986)
• Association for Gravestone Studies. (1980). Markers: the annual journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies. [Worcester?, Mass.]: The Association.  (Main Library Stacks, E159.5 .M28, v. 1-10 (1979/1980-1993))
• Duval, F. Y., and Rigby, I. B. (1978). Early American gravestone art in photographs. New York: Dover Publications. (Main Library Stacks, NB1856.N4 D8 1978)
• Forbes, H. M. (1967). Gravestones of early New England, and the men who made them, 1653-1800. New York: Da Capo Press. (Main Library Stacks, NB1855 .F6 1967)
• Gabel, L. K., and Association for Gravestone Studies. (1989). A basic guide to carver research: an interview. Needham, Mass.: Association for Gravestone Studies. (Special Collections, NB1855 .G23 1989)
• Stone, G. Stony Brook University, Department. of Anthropology. (1978). Colonial Long Island gravestones and trade networks. (Main Library Stacks, F127.L8 L48)
• Stone, G. Stony Brook University, Department of Anthropology. (1987). Spatial and material aspects of culture: ethnicity and ideology in Long Island gravestones, 1670-1820. (Main Library Stacks, F127.L8 L488 1987)
• Wasserman, T. E. (1972). Gravestone designs: rubbings and photographs from early New York and New Jersey. New York: Dover Publications. (Main Library Stacks, NB1856.N5 W37 1972)

Electronic  Resources

• Nyitray, Kristen J. and Diane Holiday. (2011). "Long Island Gravestone Studies: Research Sources." Stony Brook University Libraries website: http://sunysb.libguides.com/content.php?pid=278109&hs=a
• Association for Gravestone Studies Book Collection [finding aid]. (2010, June). Retrieved November 15, 2011, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries: http://www.library.umass.edu/‌spcoll/‌umarmot/‌?p=1457
• Beine, J. (2011). Online New York Death Records, Indexes and Obituaries. Retrieved November 15, 2011: http://www.deathindexes.com/‌newyork/
• Curly. (2009, January 29). Old Gravestone Styles [online forum message]. Retrieved from Bygone Long Island: http://www.bygoneli.com/‌forums/‌showthread.php/‌1219-OLD-GRAVESTONE-STYLES
• Gunnarson, M., and Barnhill, G. B. (2009, October 19). Photographs of Sculpture on American Gravestones . Retrieved November 15, 2011, American Antiquarian Society: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/‌gravestones.htm
• New York Cemetery Records. (2011). Retrieved November 15, 2011: http://newyork-genealogy.com/‌New-York-Cemetery-Records.cfm
• Rumsey, D. (2003). Farber Gravestone Collection. Retrieved November 15, 2011, American Antiquarian Society: http://www.davidrumsey.com/‌farber/
• World’s Best Photographs of Gravestones and Long Island [n.d.]. Retrieved November 15, 2011, Flickr Hive Mind: http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/gravestone,longisland
• Wyckoff, E. H. (1978). Buried Past of Long Island. Retrieved November 15, 2011, Long Island Genealogy: http://longislandgenealogy.com/‌buriedpast.html

Books Authored and Co-authored by Richard F. Welch

• Welch, R. F. (1983). Memento Mori: the Gravestones of Early Long Island, 1680-1801. Syosset, NY: Friends for Long Island Heritage.  (Special Collections, F127.L8 W44 1983)
• Welch, R. F. (1993). An Island’s Trade: Nineteenth Century Shipbuilding on Long Island. Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum.  (Special Collections and Main Library Stacks, VM299.6.N72 W44 1993)
• MacKay, R. B., Welch, R. F., and Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities. (2000). Long Island: an illustrated history. Sun Valley, Calif.: American Historical Press.  (Main Library Stacks and Special Collections, F127 .L8 L5 2000)
• Welch, R. F. (2005). The Boy General: The Life and Careers Of Francis Channing Barlow. OH: Kent State University Press.
• Welch, R. F. (2009). King of the Bowery: Big Tim Sullivan, Tammany Hall, and New York City from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era. NY: State University of New York Press.