NANCY SOLOMON
Friday, March 25, 2022
Virtual via Zoom*
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm 

Topic to be discussed:
Boat Building and Boat Yards of Long Island

Solomon, the executive director of Long Island Traditions, has written a new book “Boat Builders and Boat Yards of Long Island: A Tribute to Tradition”. In this book Solomon documents the traditions and places of Long Island’s boat building industry from a contemporary perspective. During this illustrated program, Solomon will focus on the boat builders and boat yards of Oyster Bay, Huntington, Greenport, Amityville and other Long Island communities. She will share the stories she collected from traditional boat builders and boat yard managers in the region during the late 1990s to the present day. The book includes builders and boatyards from Long Island’s north shore, south shore and east end. Highlights include the Ida May Project, the Knutson Boat Yard, the Scopinich family, the Weeks Yacht Yard, the Steiger Craft boat shop among others. The book contains personal narratives along with historical and contemporary photographs.
Take a trip with us on this historical journey.
NANCY SOLOMON
Nancy Solomon received her M.A. degree in American Studies & Folklife Studies from George Washington University. She is the Executive Director of Long Island Traditions, a non-profit folk arts organization dedicated to documenting, presenting and preserving the architectural, ethnic and occupational traditions of the region. Solomon is also the author of several books on Long Island folklore and is a columnist for Voices published by the NY Folklore Society and the Encyclopedia of American Studies Online. She is the curator of “Sandy Shores: The creation of Jones Beach”, an outdoor permanent exhibit at Jones Beach. She was the primary advisor to filmmaker Glenn Gebhard 1994 documentary “Baymen” and the film “A World Apart: Bay Houses of Long Island.” She was the historic preservation consultant to the Village of Great Neck Plaza and the maritime culture consultant to the South Shore Estuary Reserve and the Village of Rockville Centre. Solomon has lectured extensively on historic preservation and documentation methods for Columbia University’s Historic Preservation Program and area colleges..
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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Stony Brook University
S-101 Social and Behavioral Sciences
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4304
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