ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM
Lou Smith Library
750 Mary Street
Clayton, New York 13624
www.abm.org
Fax number: (315) 686-2775
Library Hours: Year-round - Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Friday, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Other hours by appointment.
Library Access: Open to the public with restrictions.
PERSONNEL
Chief Curator: John Summers, (315) 686-4104 ext. 225
Assistant Curator: Dan Miller, (315) 686-4104 ext. 272
Curator of Education: Lora Nadolski, (315) 686-4104 ext. 232
Director of Development & Curator of Special Exhibits:
Rebecca Hopfinger, (315) 686-4104 ext. 230
Business Manager: Alan Hutchinson, (315) 686-4104
Membership Coordinator: Teresa Brown, (315) 686-4104 ext. 224
Holdings: 10,000+ (including archives)
Number of Volumes: 2,116
Number of periodical/serial titles: 25 periodical titles from early 1900s to date - boating related.
Thirty serials and "newsletters" on marine oriented subjects.
Special Collections/Subject strengths: Photographs, boats and local history, freshwater nautical history;
Sparkman and Stevens Yacht Brokerage archives; local history associated with the St. Lawrence River; boat
building; restoration and oral histories of boat builders; Homer Dodge collection (canoeing); Paul Malo
collection (Thousand Island History); Roy Stanley (boat builder) collection; Leon Peo (boat builder)
collection; Harold Herrick collection (St. Lawrence River photos, paintings and history of skiffs); Gardiner
Skinner (local tackle manufacturer) collection; Chris-Craft (boat builder) collection; Gar Wood (boat
builder) collection; Evinrude collection (outboard engine manufacturing history and photographs). Dodge Boats
collection (boat builder); Note: major emphasis on pleasure craft, not commercial shipping.
Affiliations: Northern New York Library Network, Council of American Maritime Museums, American
Association of Museums, Museum Association of New York, Museum Small Craft Association, Upstate History
Alliance
Email: info@abm.org
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