New York Folklore Society Fall 1998 Conference

LIVING, WORKING, and PLAYING ON THE WATERS OF LONG ISLAND

                         September 18-20, 1998
             Hallockville Museum Farm and Folklife Center
                                Riverhead, Long Island

The New York Folklore Society’s programs are made possible in part with public funds from the Folk Arts Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

New York Folklore Society
P.O. Box 764
Schenectady, NY 12301
518/346-7008
Fax 518/346-6617
nyfs@nyfolklore.org

EXPLORE LONG ISLAND

OVERVIEW

PROGRAM

PHOTO ESSAY

For information and an introduction to Long Island and its folklore, follow the links below:

ORGANIZATIONS and HISTORICAL SITES:

Hallockville Museum Farm and Folklife Center (co-host and site of the New York Folklore Society Fall Conference), 6038 Sound Avenue, Riverhead, New York 11901, Telephone: 516/298-5292
Long Island Traditions, 382 Main Street, Port Washington, NY 11050, Telephone: 516/767-8803
Port Washington Public Library, One Library Drive, Port Washington, NY 11050, Telephone: 516/883-7927
Suffolk County Historical Society, 300 West Main Street, Riverhead, NY 11901-2894, Telephone: 516/727-2881
Cold Spring Whaling Museum, P.O. Box 25, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 11724 Telephone: 516/367-3418
East Hampton Historical Society, 101 Main Street, East Hampton, NY 11937, Telephone: 516/324-6850
Montauk Point Lighthouse (516/668-2544)
Connecticut River Museum, 67 Main Street, Essex, CT 06426, Telephone: (860)767-8269
Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Avenue, Mystic, CT 06355-0990, Telephone: 860/572-0711, Visitor Information: 860/572-5315 or 888-9SEAPORT

HISTORY—Oral and Otherwise: Check out these links for a sampling of Long Island’s history.

Don’t miss Newsday’s extensive site, Long Island History with features like:
"Captains Courageous—For generations the Edwards Family has pursued its passion for the sea" is a Newsday feature by James Kindall.
A dozen prominent Long Island historians describe their favorite places on Long Island
From Newsday’s town profile series, read about Riverhead.
Cross Currents: Baymen, Yachtsmen and Long Island Waters, 1930s-1990s by Elly Shodell.
Documenting Maritime Folklife: An Introductory Guide by David A. Taylor.
In the Slick of the Cricket, by Russell Drumm, a reporter who covered the Long Island waterfront beat. Review from the New York Times (available through NJ FishNet)
Men’s Lives: The Surfmen and Baymen of the South Fork, by Peter Matthiessen. Review from NJ FishNet.

MARITIME-RELATED TRADITIONS: Check out these links for information on the region’s maritime-related folklife traditions, including fishing, surfing, and more:

The Stonington Fishing Oral History Project—Mystic Seaport has preserved a spoken and visual record of the fishermen of Stonington Borough, Connecticut.
Surf Long Island by Richard Quinn has great surfing photos and links to daily surf reports from different parts of Long Island.
New Jersey FishNet is a commercial fisherman's comprehensive site with descriptions of current technology, profiles of fishermen, links to government and academic sites involved in fisheries research, articles and book reviews, photos.

MUSIC TRADITIONS: Check out these links for information about music on Long Island.

The Long Island Traditional Music Association supports traditional music and sponsors events on Long Island.
The Folk Music Society of Huntington presents artists in concert, fosters membership participation in community programs related to the arts, and encourages the sharing of musical expertise and knowledge of folklore.
Shanties and sea songs includes lyrics, bibliography and musical links. Much loved by modern sailors and folk musicians, they are rarely used as work songs today.

TRAVEL-RELATED LINKS: For additional geographic and travel-related information about Long Island, check out these links:

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