The Our Hamptons Podcast
Your idea of the Hamptons on the East End of Long Island may include images of supersized mansions and extravagant parties, but there is an older, richer Hamptons history beneath […]
Tag: Southampton
Cleaning Up After the Hurricane of 1938
Much has been written about September 21, 1938, the day that a massive hurricane hit Long Island. For Jonathan C. Bergman, the more interesting story began the day after. His […]
Judging the Amityville Horror
Thomas M. Stark served as a judge in Suffolk County and New York State beginning in the early 1960s. During his career he presided over a number of important cases […]
The Long Island Archaeologist
Allison McGovern has been digging history for a long time. Fascinated as a child with ancient Egypt and visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, she went on to become […]
Come for the beach, stay for the local history lecture.
More than a beach or a brand, Southampton has a history that stretches back thousands of years with the Native Americans in North America. The coming of English settlers in […]
Tracing the Whale Design
Dr. John Strong, professor emeritus of Southampton College, has spent a career pursuing the history of Long Island’s Native Americans. His latest achievement is bringing to life the earliest […]
Tales from the Shinnecock
Welcome back to our Native American Heritage Month discussion! Today we bring you the rest of our conversation with members of the Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center & Museum in Southampton, […]
A Walk Through Time With the Shinnecock
To honor Native American Heritage month here at the Project, we’ve got two interviews lined up regarding the Shinnecock Nation in Southanmpton. Connie and I sat down with David Bunn […]
An Island of History Under Our Feet
Dr. Gaynell Stone was instrumental in the creation of Readings in Long Island Archaeology and Ethnohistory, the series of reference books that, starting in the 1970s, pulled together the foundational […]