The Long Island History Project

Chris Bodkin concludes his visit to Sayville past with this third installment. We talk about his mother's trips out here... Read more

http://wwwx.dowling.edu/library/new/BevTyler.mp3 Stream in the player above or download audio. Historian Bev Tyler of ... Read more

Jeremy Dennis is in pursuit of the past, intent on documenting the historical and sacred sites of indigenous people on L... Read more

We've been tracking the history of the Culper Spy Ring for a while on the Project but today we go to the source - two pr... Read more

James Foote (l. Photo courtesy of James and Joni Foote). President Roosevelt (r. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congre... Read more

What better way to celebrate National Preservation Month than by interviewing Jason Crowley, Preservation Director of th... Read more

We've interviewed people who have restored houses and inns and even old race cars but how do you go about restoring a la... Read more

We're looking back to the Hurricane of 1938 on this episode. Called "The Long Island Expresss" by some, "The Great New E... Read more

David Morrison knows his railroads, from his six books on LIRR history and stations to his extensive research collection... Read more

History is not the full story if not everyone gets to tell it. And in places where the traditional records are scarce or... Read more

Folklorists would make good podcasters. They are used to finding interesting people and getting them to tell good storie... Read more

St. David AME Zion Church in Eastville. Photo courtesy of the Eastville Community Historical Society. Eastville endures.... Read more

Mark Smith, bottle collector extraordinaire last heard on episode #63, returns to reveal his other Long Island history p... Read more

Dr. Gaynell Stone was instrumental in the creation of Readings in Long Island Archaeology and Ethnohistory, the series ... Read more

Welcome back to our Native American Heritage Month discussion! From Whaling and Fishing by Charles Nordhoff, 1895. Today... Read more

Genealogist Rhoda Miller and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Long Island recently published Jewish Community of Long ... Read more

When an athletic, thrill-seeking millionaire builds a mansion hideaway on the outskirts of the city, stocking it with a ... Read more

Imagine a world with a private airport around every corner and an airplane in every garage. Where your form of ID could ... Read more

We were saddened by the recent news of the passing of Gene Horton, Blue Point historian, former social studies teacher, ... Read more

Islip Town Historian George Munkenbeck provides a look at the amazing Ludlows - the first family of Oakdale, veterans of... Read more