~ Richard Barons ~       Executive Director Richard Barons, the Executive Director of the East Hampton Historical Society, is a native New Yorker who grew-up in the Rochester area and has been living on the East End for almost a decade. Educated at the State University of New York at New Paltz, he majored in art and architectural history, and has worked in the fields of preservation and education ever since. Before heading the East Hampton Historical Society, Mr Barons was curator at the Genesee Country Museum, outside of Mumford, NY, curator of history at Binghamton’s Roberson Museum and for the past 6 years, he was the Director of the Southampton Historical Museum. He has consulted with many institutions, including the Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum, American Museum of Folk Art and Old Sturbridge Village. Mr. Barons has authored a number of monographs and catalogues including: Severity and Simplicity: The American Arts & Crafts Aesthetic in the Northeast 1895-1925 19th & 20th Century American Folk Pottery The American Hearth: Colonial and Post-Colonial Cooking Tools The Folk Tradition: Early Arts & Crafts of the Susquehanna Valley. Exhibitions that he has curated include: For the Emperor’s Eyes: Wallpapers from the Age of Napoleon in the Collections of the Cooper-Hewett National Museum of Design The Great Storm of 1938: The Lost Photographs from the Lord Collection. Recently his book “The Lost Hamptons” (written with Steven Petrow) illustrated a lush collection of early 20th century post card (printed in their full hand-colored glory) with a text that revealed a revisionist look at this beautiful haunt of the rich and famous. Coming out this summer is photographer John Jonas Gruen’s newest book, The Sixties: Young in the Hamptons for which Barons supplied the introductory essay. He is currently working on another book of Mr. Gruen’s photographs, focusing on the architectural treasures of historic Sag Harbor.