FSC Professors Collecting History in East Hampton

July 11, 2016

Department of Sociology and Anthropology professors Anjana Mebane-Cruz and Allison McGovern will be in the East Hampton neighborhood of Freetown on Sunday, July 17, to record residents’ oral histories and collect feedback from the community about restoring Fowler House, a residence once owned by a Native American family.

The event will be held at the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum, 131 North Main Street, from noon – 5 p.m. The community is invited to attend and contribute to the project.

Dr. McGovern has been doing fieldwork in and around Freetown, where Native Americans and African Americans once lived and worked alongside white laborers, doing jobs such as whaling, fishing, farming and working on the railroad.

In addition, Drs. McGovern and Mebane-Cruz have just received a SUNY Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) grant that will support their fieldwork with descendants of former Freetown residents, and help fund the Second Annual Native American Symposium.

The Fowler House in Freetown, East Hampton

Please print out and post: Freetown.

For more information about the event, contact Dr. McGovern at mcgovea@farmingdale.edu.