Foundation News Archive 2024

February 7, 2024 | The Gardiner Young Scholars Program

The Board of Trustees of the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation is pleased to announce the initiation of our third year of offering to our historic community for 2024:

The Gardiner Young Scholars Program

This opportunity is available to Long Island historical societies.

It requires the completion of 100 hours of service to a historic society accompanied by a stipend of $1,600.00 to be paid to the Scholar.

Gardiner Youth Scholar candidates are selected at the discretion of the individual historical society which oversees their hours and activities.

Candidates must be between the ages of 15 to 22.

To apply for this RDLGF award organizations must submit a hard copy letter of request along with:

An IRS determination letter establishing them as a 501c3 (3 year minimum);
A copy of their mission statement;

At the completion of the GYS term the historical society is required to submit a short video presentation created by the scholar on their experience, along with a time sheet showing the hours worked by the scholar, a letter from the historical society describing the work performed by the scholar and a copy of the cancelled check paying the scholar.

Hard copy requests must be received by June 23, 2024.

The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation

30 West Main Street

Suite 309

Riverhead, New York 11901

Attention: The Gardiner Young Scholars Program

February 8, 2024 | THE HONORABLE PETER FOX COHALAN SCHOLARSHIP

THE HONORABLE PETER FOX COHALAN SCHOLARSHIP IN AMERICAN HISTORY FOR NASSAU/SUFFOLK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

RIVERHEAD, NEW YORK – The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation is pleased to announce the 2024 Honorable Peter Fox Cohalan Scholarship in American History for Nassau/Suffolk County High School Seniors. The scholarship is awarded to a graduating Nassau/Suffolk County high school senior who will pursue an undergraduate degree with a concentrated study of a minimum of 24 credit hours in American History and/or American Government.

The awardees must attend a 4-year accredited college or university or academic institution subject to Board approval. The scholarship award is $10,000 yearly for 4 years of degree completion.

Application will be closed on March 31, 2024. Notifications will be sent out in the first week of May, 2024. A runner-up will be selected in case the first-place awardee is unable to accept the scholarship.

Eligibility: The Foundation will accept a maximum of 3 applicants from each High School located in Nassau/Suffolk County, New York.

Application Materials

1. An academic writing sample of at least 10 pages (typed and double spaced) based on any aspect of Long Island history and how it reflects New York State and American History.

2. Chicago-style endnotes, as well as a bibliography.

3. Two of the sources must be primary.

4. Two (2) letters of recommendation from an American history or American studies teacher.

5. Personal statement in the form of a 500-word academic autobiography giving special attention to achievements in American history and public service.

6. An official transcript.

A completed package including all of the above items must be received by March 31, 2024.

Mail to: Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, 30 West Main Street, Suite 309, Riverhead, New York 11901 Attention: Scholarship

Yearly renewal of the scholarship will be based on the following conditions:

1. Maintenance of a minimum GPA of 3.25.

2. The awardee must be majoring in American History and/or American Government.

3. Awardees of the scholarship will be required to volunteer at a local participating historical society to help that society grow. The hours allotted to the project will be determined and records kept by a historical society representative. Examples of acceptable projects might include:

• Website design and maintenance

• Social media presences: including postings for the society on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

• Docent and tour site interpreter

• Cataloguing

• Digitizing collections

• Transcription of archives

• Historic site restoration and improvements

• General research

• Event volunteering

4. A yearly report will be due the last week of July from the student and representative of the participating historical society upon completion of each project submitted for The Honorable Peter Fox Cohalan Scholarship in American History for Gardiner Foundation Board review.

The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, established in 1987, primarily supports the study of New York State history, with an emphasis on Suffolk County. Robert David Lion Gardiner was, until his death in August 2004, the 16th Lord of the Manor of Gardiner's Island. The Gardiner family and their descendants have owned Gardiner's Island since 1639, obtained as part of a royal grant from King Charles I of England. The Foundation's mission is inspired by Robert David Lion Gardiner's lifelong passion for New York history.

Questions and inquires may be addressed to:

Kathryn M. Curran, Executive Director

Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation

30 West Main Street, Suite 309, Riverhead, New York 11901

631-594-3990

Kathryn@rdlgfoundation.org

www.rdlgfoundation.org

March 7, 2024 | Mapping Historical New York: A Digital Atlas

Gergely Baics and Rebecca Kobrin will give a lecture, Mapping Historical New York: A Digital Atlas, at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum at 7:00 pm on Thursday, March 7, in the Reichert Planetarium.

The project visualizes Manhattan’s and Brooklyn’s transformations during the late nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Drawing on 1850, 1880, and 1910 census data, the Digital Atlas shows how migration, residential, and occupational patterns shaped the city.

The Digital Atlas breaks new ground by locating each person counted in the Census at their home address, sometimes before the street grid was even established.

The creators used preserved historical maps and city directories, and even traced census takers’ steps, to locate residences. The Atlas is a living project that will expand to include all five boroughs up to the 1940 census.

Baics is Associate Professor of History and Urban Studies and Helman Faculty Chair of Urban Studies at Barnard College. Kobrin is Russell and Bettina Knapp Associate Professor of American Jewish History at Columbia University.

The creators invite visitors to use the website’s interactive features to map and visualize the residential geographies of New Yorkers and Brooklynites. Many histories of New York may be found in the maps. The Digital Atlas includes a few case studies to show how selected data may be visualized to tell a story – and visitors are invited to create their own. Those interested in more in-depth research and alternate methods of visualizing data may access the digital layers and underlying data of the assembled maps.

Baics and Kobrin are co-principal investigators for the project, the result of a multi-year interdisciplinary collaboration between Columbia University’s Department of History and the Center for Spatial Research at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

Funding for the project is provided by the Robert D.L. Gardiner Foundation.

Mapping Historical New York: A Digital Atlas

January 23, 2024 | NYSCA/GHHN Grant Program Workshop

Did you know there are funds for preservation supplies, site assessments, and conservation treatment of objects held by cultural institutions in New York City, Nassau, and Suffolk counties?

Please join us at the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation's Grant Workshop to learn more about the NYSCA/GHHN Grant Program, a statewide program which now offers three opportunities for collecting institutions in New York State: preservation supplies, site assessments, and conservation treatment.

Wednesday, January 31

The Jazz Loft

275 Christian Avenue

Stony Brook, NY 11790

8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

GHHN will present at 1:15 PM

FREE - light breakfast and lunch included

We will be presenting along with representatives from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, the Preservation League of New York State, NY Landmarks Conservancy: Sacred Sites, Burying Grounds Preservation Group, and Long Island University: Digitizing Long Island.

There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. A light breakfast and lunch will be provided. Space is limited. Organizations that have not previously applied for a Gardiner Grant will have attendance priority. Limit of 2 representatives per organization.

RSVP by January 24 togardiner@rdlgfoundation.org

Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Grant Workshop Presenters:

The Jazz Loft | Dr. Thomas Manuel

Preservation League of New York | Janna Rudler

New York Landmarks Conservancy: Sacred Sites | Ann Isabel Friedman

Greater Hudson Heritage Network | Priscilla Brendler

Long Island University: Digitizing Long Island | Dr. Greg Hunter

Burying Grounds Preservation Group | Zachary Studenroth

Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation | Kathryn M. Curran