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BREAKING NEWS: The Senior Citizens Foundation of Shelter Island Inc.
​has donated $25,000 to the Living History Project!
READ THE ARTICLE IN THE SHELTER ISLAND REPORTER,05/15/2022
     The Living History Project was conceived as a way to document the Shelter Island of today and bring it forward into the future. The Project’s focus is to document lives on Shelter Island over time. It began with interviews of Shelter Island High School students reflecting about growing up here and questioned them about their hopes for their futures, the challenges they expect to face, and the challenges/advantages they had living in such a unique community. 
     The first interviews were recorded in 2017, with the goal of following these students over the years and interviewing them again at important stages of their lives, such as college graduation, marriage, and the birth of a child. Initially organized and staffed by Julia Labrozzi, at the time a High School senior, the Project has grown to include Islanders of all ages and from all walks of life. The Project seeks to record the rich fabric of Island life, past and present, so that we have a record of today to share with generations in the future.
     The Living History Project Committee, a sub-committee of the Education Committee, guides the Project. The Education Committee's mission is to provide historical resources and educate Shelter Islanders and the public at large about the history and culture of Shelter Island.
 The Project welcomes volunteers who wish to help us with our work. If you are interested, please contact the Shelter Island Historical Society at (631) 749-0025 or email livinghistory@shelterislandhistorical.org. We are grateful for the financial support of AFTEE (All for the East End), the Shelter Island Education Foundation, and Suffolk County.
Click here to donate to The Living History Project
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  • Home
  • Virtual Content
    • Digital Tapestry
    • "The Prospect of Summer" Companion Exhibit
    • See Their Names Exhibit
    • Society Timeline 1922-2022
    • This Land is YOUR Land
    • The DNA of Shelter Island
    • Voices from the Vault
    • Then & Now
    • Witness the Manhansett
    • Walter Cole Brigham
    • Alan Shields
    • Helena Hernmarck
    • British Woolworks
    • "Connecting from a Quarantine Kitchen"
  • Havens Store
  • Education
    • The Shelter Island History Project
    • Race, Ethnicity & Class on SI, 1652-2013
  • Living History Project
  • The History Center
    • 2022 Exhibit: Once on this Island
    • Construction
  • The Collections
    • Digital Collections >
      • New York Heritage Digital Collections
    • Donate to the Collections
    • Finding Aids
    • Film Collection
    • House/Building Registry Project
  • The Havens House
    • Renovation
    • Havens DIMONscape
    • History of Shelter Island
  • The Society
    • Leadership
    • Partners
  • Support
    • Donate Now
    • Elizabeth Pedersen Educational Fund
    • Volunteer
    • Shop AmazonSmile
  • Calendar
    • 2022 Events & Programs >
      • May 21: Exhibit Capt. Ed Clark Decoys
      • May 28-Sept 3 : Havens Farmers' Market
      • June 5-Sept 7: Once on This Island
      • July 3: Union Chapel Historic Sunday
      • July 9: Book Signing "The Butterfly Promise"
      • July 16: Book Signing "Track 61"
      • July 23: Book Signing "Captain Henry Green: A Whaler"
      • July 22-24: "The Prospect of Summer" Musical
      • July 24: "Textiles in the Garden" Tour
      • July 25-Aug 5: Brooklyn Acting Lab
      • July 30: 1960's Dance Party
      • Oct. 9: Haunted Long Island Mysteries
  • Contact
  • Directors' Log In