# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Uncovering the Past: Archaeology at Sylvester Manor with Dr. Nedra Lee
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Event Description**: The 2026 Tom Twomey Series continues on Thursday, February 26th with “Uncovering the Past: Archaeology at Sylvester Manor.” In this engaging lecture, Dr. Nedra Lee will share discoveries about the lives of enslaved and free people of color who lived and worked at Shelter Island’s historic Sylvester Manor.
ABOUT THE PRESENTATION: At historic Sylvester Manor, a non-profit on Shelter Island, archaeology has been used to highlight and preserve the rich history of Black and Indigenous people in the state over roughly 400 years. This work has done more than make history visible on the landscape; it shows how Africans, Europeans, and Native people have
transformed the world around them and created a complex and interconnected history that still shapes our lives today.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Nedra Lee examines the intersection of race, class, sex, and gender in the lives of African Americans in the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. She has previously studied freed Black landowners in Texas but has recently partnered with the Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research to oversee archaeological excavations of the historic Boston-Higginbotham House on Nantucket
Island, Massachusetts and Sylvester Manor on Shelter Island, New York. Dr. Lee has received funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Texas Historical Commission and previously worked for the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the City Museum of Washington, DC.
MORE INFO: Free admission. Programs presented in the library’s Baldwin Family Lecture Room. Advanced reservations are requested but not required. For additional event information and to reserve a seat, visit: https://tomtwomeyseries.org/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/east-hampton/uncovering-the-past-archaeology-at-sylvester-manor-with-dr-nedra-lee/200029682420950
- **Event Categories**: sports, workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

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## Event venue details

- **city**: East Hampton
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 159 Main St, East Hampton, NY, United States, New York 11937
- **lat**: 40.95813
- **long**: -72.19131
- **full address**: 159 Main St, East Hampton, NY, United States, New York 11937

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Uncovering the Past: Archaeology at Sylvester Manor with Dr. Nedra Lee being held?
  - **A:** Uncovering the Past: Archaeology at Sylvester Manor with Dr. Nedra Lee takes place on Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm to Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm at 159 Main St, East Hampton, NY, United States, New York 11937.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Uncovering the Past: Archaeology at Sylvester Manor with Dr. Nedra Lee?
  - **A:** Uncovering the Past: Archaeology at Sylvester Manor with Dr. Nedra Lee is organized by East Hampton Library.

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