Preservation Long Island would like to thank the Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze Underwriters of our 2018 Country House Gathering for their generous support of our annual benefit. As we celebrate our seventieth year, our donors and members help us to continue the legacy of our founder, Howard Sherwood, and our earliest members to work with Long Islanders to protect, preserve and celebrate our cultural heritage.

📢 We're Hiring! 📢
Are you passionate about New York history, art, architecture, and culture? Join our team as an Educator at the Custom House in Sag Harbor! 🏛️✨
As an Educator, you’ll bring history to life through guided tours of the historic house. This is a great opportunity for history lovers, educators, and storytellers who enjoy engaging with the public. All Educators receive training in museum education practices and work collaboratively to develop their tours.
🔎 What You’ll Do:
âś… Lead interactive tours
âś… Connect visitors to the past through engaging storytelling
âś… Work in a beautiful historic setting
🌟 Ideal for:
🎓 Educators, students, museum professionals, or anyone passionate about history!
đź“… Seasonal Position
đź“Ť Located in Sag Harbor
Click the link below to apply and learn more today!
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📣New blog post! This Women’s History Month, Preservation Long Island's chief curator, Lauren Brincat, shares a powerful story from Harriet Jacobs’s (1813–1897) autobiography, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl." In the summer of 1843, she stayed at the Marine Pavilion in Rockaway as a nurse in the employment of the prominent Willis Family. A chapter of her book is devoted to the injustice she experienced while at the famed resort.
Published in 1861, Jacobs's autobiography is the most widely read antebellum narrative by a formerly enslaved woman and among the most sophisticated of the genre. Jacobs was encouraged to tell her story by another woman, Amy Kirby Post (1802–1889), an abolitionist, suffragist, and Quaker originally from Long Island. ✒️
Clickđź”—below to read the blog post and learn more!
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Incidents at Rockaway: Harriet Jacobs and the Marine Pavilion - Preservation Long Island
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