LTV ARCHIVES
EAST HAMPTON IS AN EXTRAORDINARY TOWN
One of the oldest and most historic in America, a famous colony for artists and writers,
a place of exceptional beauty, renowned in summer for its beaches and high end real estate
yet still a year round home to fishing and farming families, Native Americans and independently minded “ex-pats” from the city.
The LTV Archives reflects it all with more than 25,000 shows taped by and for our viewers since 1980 when the first show Save Our Beaches was logged into the library. We also collect vintage film on local life that pre-dates LTV, the earliest from 1927.
In our collection, you can see the meticulous restoration of a windmill, visit the studios of dozens of well-known artists, witness haulseining and trap fishing by 10th-generation local fishermen, listen to talks by local historians and nationally acclaimed writers, hear the stories behind the landmarks and experience over thirty years of debate on the environmental and political hot topics of our changing town.
This archive is primarily a community effort - a living voice of a historic and iconic place and its people. Researchers, documentarians, family historians -- send an email to info@ltveh.org for more information on the LTV Archive.
Learn about the funding needs and budget of this important project HERE.
Genie Chipps Henderson
LTV Archivist
Genie is a writer and documentary videographer specializing in stories and histories of the East End of Long Island. Her latest novel, A Day Like Any Other: The Great Hamptons Hurricane of 1938 explores this monumental day in the history of our town.
In the vanguard of the newly formed LTV in 1986, she has produced numerous community-based television shows among them A Special Mission, winner of the Long Island Broadcasting Award for Public Service. She wrote East Hampton: From the Ice Age to the Year 1998 for the 350th anniversary of the town and produced numerous series such as The Literary Life, Conversations, and Meet Your Neighbor, Neighbor.
She has served as an LTV Board Member and prior President of LTV, and now maintains the 25,000 strong LTV video archive – primarily a collection of shows made by and for LTV since 1980 but also includes vintage film of our area dating back to 1915. Working closely with the East Hampton Library, she has curated and shepherded much of the video collection over to their web site where it is now available for viewing on Digital Long Island.