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Brenda Simmons, Executive Director of the Southampton African American Museum
I have worked with Brenda on a number of different projects over the last few years. Mostly pertaining to highlighting the story of...

Connor Flanagan
Feb 9, 20212 min read
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Self-isolating due to Covid in Sierra Madre
Part of our work is to preserve physical artifacts from Southampton's history. We have plenty of old documents and maps and some...

Connor Flanagan
Jan 26, 20213 min read
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Letters to Santa
This year has been tough. There has been a lot of pain, a lot of anger and a lot of grieving. And while 2021 looks promising to pull us...

Connor Flanagan
Dec 29, 20202 min read
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7 Powell Street
Earlier this year some of my coworkers got the chance to go over to 7 Powell Street and check out an amazing piece of Southampton...

Connor Flanagan
Dec 15, 20201 min read
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Luxury on American Roads: the 1961 Imperial LeBaron Southampton
The 1961 Imperial LeBaron Southampton - a luxury sedan designed by Virgil Max Exner Sr. – is a highly regarded vehicle not only in its...

Zachary Taylor
Nov 10, 20204 min read
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Real Ghost Stories
With Long Island being as heavily populated as it is, it makes sense that it is full of different urban legends and ghost stories. I feel...

Connor Flanagan
Oct 27, 20208 min read
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Haunted Sag Harbor
It seems the more you tell ghost stories, the more you get told. They have an infectious way of coming out of people. The second I bring...

Connor Flanagan
Oct 20, 202011 min read
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Real Ghost Hunting: Rogers Mansion
Continuing with our spooky themed blog entries for the month of October below we have an episode of the Long Island Paranormal...

Connor Flanagan
Oct 13, 20201 min read
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Madman (1982)
While some enjoy watching horror movies year round, October is certainly the time of year the general public will indulge in these...

Connor Flanagan
Oct 6, 20204 min read
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LIPI Paranormal Evidence 2018 and 2019
With the right amount of deterioration, spooky lighting and imagination, any old building can look and feel spooky. But is there really...

Connor Flanagan
Sep 29, 20205 min read
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Are you a Collector?
The hobby of collecting: - seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, maintaining. For the first time...

Laurie Collins
Sep 1, 20208 min read
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The Corona Journals - Week 12, June 14, 2020 - June 20, 2020
This will be our final week posting submissions. The Southampton History Museum would like to thank everyone who's participated in this...

Liana Mizzi
Jun 20, 20203 min read
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The Corona Journals - Week 11, June 7, 2020 - June 13, 2020
If you'd like to play a part in history as it unfolds before us, please send your submissions to lmizzi@southamptonhistory.org

Liana Mizzi
Jun 13, 20201 min read
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Finding God in Southampton
We got an email submission for our Corona Journals project that was a bit longer than the normal submission. Kenneth Gatten III has very...

Connor Flanagan
Jun 9, 202010 min read
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The Corona Journals - Week 10, May 31, 2020 - June 6, 2020
If you'd like to play a part in history as it unfolds before us, please send your submissions to lmizzi@southamptonhistory.org

Liana Mizzi
Jun 6, 20203 min read
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The Corona Journals - Week 9, May 24, 2020 - May 30, 2020
If you'd like to play a part in history as it unfolds before us, please send your submissions to lmizzi@southamptonhistory.org

Liana Mizzi
May 30, 20208 min read
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The Corona Journals - Week 8, May 17, 2020 - May 23, 2020
If you'd like to play a part in history as it unfolds before us, please send your submissions to lmizzi@southamptonhistory.org

Liana Mizzi
May 23, 20203 min read
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The Corona Journals - Week 7, May 10, 2020 - May 16, 2020
If you'd like to play a part in history as it unfolds before us, please send your submissions to lmizzi@southamptonhistory.org

Liana Mizzi
May 16, 20202 min read
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The Corona Journals - Week 6, May 3, 2020 - May 9, 2020
Here's our sixth round of journal entries for the week. If you'd like to play a part in history as it unfolds before us, please send your su

Liana Mizzi
May 9, 20204 min read
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The Corona Journals - Week 5, April 26, 2020 - May 2, 2020
Here's our fifth round of journal entries for the week. If you'd like to play a part in history as it unfolds before us, please send your

Liana Mizzi
May 2, 20201 min read
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