Virtual Talk Over Tea Preserving the Huntington Historical Society Collection
Learn what it takes to preserve a museum collection! Join the Huntington Historical Society Curator and Collections Manager, Emily Werner, for a presentation on the history of our collection and the knowledge and resources involved in storing and exhibiting the more than 10,0000 objects in our care. |
Virtual Lunch & Learn #20
This lecture provides an overview of the cyclical manner in which sweeping social transformations for both social advancement and opposition to advancing human and civil rights have impacted and changed the lives of Black Americans and the nation. The nation’s several social and political “reconstructions” are discussed as they provide insights into contemporary issues and events, and they point to important solutions. |
Virtual Lunch & Learn #19
Historic Sammis Houses of West Neck
Originally aired February 10, 2022
Town of Huntington Historian Robert Hughes and HHS Trustee Robert “Toby” Kissam present the Historic Sammis Houses of West Neck. This presentation was held live on Zoom on Thursday, February 9, 2023 as part of Virtual Lunch and Learn program sponsored by M & T Bank.
Virtual Lunch & Learn #18
Scars of War:
The Politics of Paternity & Responsibility for Amerasians of Vietnam
Originally aired March 10, 2022
Sabrina Thomas, Associate Professor, David A. Moore Chair in American History at Wabash College discusses her new book Scars of War: The Politics of Paternity and Responsibility for Amerasians of Vietnam. She highlights the connection to Huntington High School and their activism.
Virtual Lunch & Learn #17
Long Island Dirt: Recovering our Buried Past
Originally aired February 3, 2022
Allison McGovern, Phd- an anthropological archaeologist speaks about historical research methods, public engagement, planning and historic preservation advocacy. Presentation highlighted the Crippen House located in Huntington.
Virtual Lunch & Learn #16
Long Island Freemasons
Originally aired January 13, 2022
In this presentation Ron Seifried, Chairman of Trustees of the Jephth Masonic Lodge in Huntington gives an overview of the history of the Long Island Freemason.
Virtual Lunch & Learn #15
Building the Brooklyn Bridge
Originally aired December 2, 2021
Jeff Richman has been the fulltime historian at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery since 2007. His fifth and latest book, Building the Brooklyn Bridge, 1869-1883: An Illustrated History with Images in 3D, has just been published. The book features 252 images–including original drawings by the bridge engineers and photographs, including 44 stereo views that are reproduced as 3D anaglyphs in the book, and woodcuts from a wonderful private collection. Join us for a narrated slideshow and about how the iconic Brooklyn Bridge came into being, its human drama, and what makes it so special.
Virtual Lunch & Learn #14
Long Island Gold Coast and the Great War
Originally aired November 4, 2021
Long Island Gold Coast Elite and the Great War presented by Historian Richard F. Welch reveals how the potent combination of ethno-sociological solidarity, clear-eyed geopolitical calculation and financial self-interest inspired the North Shore elite to pressure the nation into war.
Virtual Lunch & Learn #13
Walt Whitman
Originally aired October 7, 2021
Cynthia Shor, Executive Director of the Walt Whitman Birthplace gives an overview of Walt Whitman’s life.
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Virtual Lunch & Learn #6
Holiday Historic House Tours of Years Past
Originally aired December 17, 2020
Society Trustee Toby Kissam and Town Historian Robert C. Hughes highlight houses from our Holiday Historic House Tour’s 15 year history.
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Huntington Historian’s Stories
Presented by The Huntington Historic Partnership (THHP).
For over a century, Huntington has been home to museums that preserve and help us understand our past. From a modest working man’s home to a Gold Coast mansion, Huntington offers visitors the opportunity to explore a wide range of our history.
