Collection Spotlight

Donation of WW2 silk escape map spotlights the service of a Westport US army air force gunner Russell S. Manchester […]

This exquisite model of the Kate Cory was recently donated to the Westport Historical Society. Learn more about it from […]

A collection of images of Westport Point, late 1800s, showing dredging of the Harbor, Main Road, the old Point bridge […]

A collection of materials relating to the history of Westport skiffs and boat builders such as Fred Hart, George Hart […]

Fragments of Westport’s History Preserved in Scrapbooks The Westport Historical Society’s scrapbook collection includes more than 30 volumes, amounting to […]

After crisscrossing the country from Westport to Alaska and back again, an extraordinary collection of materials relating to the history […]

Westport Town Farm 830 Drift Road, Westport MA Photography by David Allen, 2008  “From the buildings themselves to what artifacts […]

We share a recent discovery of letters written by George F. Sisson during his service as a private in the […]

  Local history research can lead to some unexpected discoveries. What began as an effort to highlight some poetry found […]