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Last week, MHP Student, Grace Robbins, returned to Washington D.C. to attend the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s newly organized National Preservation Summit as one of 25 emerging professionals selected for the Diversity in Preservation Scholarship. Grace attended sessions by leaders in preservation on advocacy, conservation, memory, and civic engagement and she met Brent Leggs, President and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She also participated in advocacy day on the Hill with the Florida delegation team, informing our state’s representatives on the importance of protecting our historic places and empowering communities as stewards of their local heritage. After a long day of fruitful discussions on the Hill, the team enjoyed visiting the Florida House, the only state embassy in D.C. Grace is grateful to the National Trust for Historic Preservation for supporting emerging scholars and having an opportunity to represent Florida in this national conversation on preservation’s future. UF is proud to have students like Grace--the future of preservation is in good hands with students like her! by @ufhpp

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Another PIN summer has come to a close. 1,292 miles to Gainesville! We love our time on this beautiful island, and leaving is always hard . . . especially in August heading back to Florida! Thanks to everyone who opened their homes to us this summer and all of our island experts and support network, you all made this summer fantastic. by @ufhpp

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Our PIN2026 students 'flew the coop' and are off are their next academic adventures. We wish them well on their journeys and can't wait to see what they do next. We will miss you, but welcome to the PIN Alum club! by @ufhpp

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Nine weeks flies by when you are having fun! We are so excited about all these students accomplished this summer. We couldn't have done it without the help of Marsha Fader and Betsy Tyler through the summer, or without NCTV who provided amazing A/V support for the final presentations. Thank you to everyone who came out, you are the reason we do this work! If you were unable to attend, or if you just want to watch it again, we will be sharing the video and research updates to our website later this fall. Stay tuned! by @ufhpp

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Join us for our final PIN presentation! The students will share their research into the families that built New Guinea. You will hear about the exciting finds that expand on the known stories of some of the most well-known families as well as lingering questions. We hope to see you all this Friday, August 7th from 10 to 12 at 11 Centre Street by @ufhpp

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Our last weekly recap for the summer! We finally had our very first bonfire of the summer, and the s'mores, sunset and company did not disappoint. The students continued to investigate buildings and properties in the neighborhood for ties back to the original families of New Guinea. A huge thank you to Pauline Bogan and Paul LaPaglia for letting us into your homes and sharing your knowledge and artifacts with us! And finally, we would like to invite you all to our final presentations on August 7th 10-12 at 11 Centre Street. We will be sharing more about our research this summer into the people who created the neighborhood of New Guinea (now often called Five Corners). by @ufhpp

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It's been a great two weeks! After four weeks of researching, PIN students are identifying sites and houses that belonged to the original New Guinea families or were early houses within the neighborhood. A huge thank you to the current homeowners—Marianne Crowdis, Sam Manske, and Ethan Griffon—who welcomed us into their houses and allowed us to snoop around in your cisterns and attics, your garages and your fireplaces! We are continuing to research, and Marsha Fader kindly brought in her original Sanborn map collection to help the students visualize and identify some of our remaining mystery properties. But it isn't all work; PIN celebrated Ava's birthday with ice cream from Juice Bar down along the waterfront, and we got to spend some time in the yard with Olaf, our 'pawperty' manager. Stay tuned for more house visits and research and come learn about all that we found this summer at our final presentation on August 7th! by @ufhpp

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We love it when PIN alums come to visit! And three at one time?!? Nothing better. Thanks for the visit, Nick, Moriah, and Grace! by @ufhpp

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Week four was a blast! We started the week out at the Milestone Cranberry Bogs with NCF's Interpretive Education Coordinator and Ecologist, Neil Foley, who talked to the students not only about the history and ecology of a working cranberry bog, but led us on an archaeological scavenger hunt looking for evidence of the former worker's housing on the site! If that weren't enough fun, the students met star mill docent, Bill Winkler and Amy Boyce, millwright and President of Husk Preservation, Inc who is helping to restore the NHA's windmill! Amy was incredibly generous with her knowledge and time, explaining the restoration work, dendrochronology, and walking the group through the layers of preservation interventions at this incredible site. During the weekly research check-in, PIN students shared their research updates for the week, and it was a GOOD week--so many connections are being made between the early New Guinea families and the neighborhood! To wrap things up, PIN celebrated this extra-special Fourth of July in true Nantucket fashion. From the marching drum band and community band, to the water fight on Main Street, and then our own annual cookout at the cottage and fireworks at Brant Point. We even had a special guest appearance from PIN property management's Chief of Fluff and Luf, Olaf (who slept through most of the fireworks)!

Next week marks our summer midterm--where is the summer going?!?! Stay tuned to find out more about our research this summer and for an announcement about the final presentations! by @ufhpp

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Week 3! After two days of dedicated research in the deeds office, the students got to have a full 'Sconset Day! It started off with a tour by NPT's Executive Director, Rita Carr, of the Codfish Park neighborhood and ended with an amazing stroll around the Underhill Cottages led by local architect and HDC and NHC co-chair, Angus Macleod, who graciously took the group into a cottage under renovation. In between the group got to experience the Bluff Walk and discuss renovation of buildings as well as the conservation efforts underway to try to slow the erosion. Then we had our first 'PIN up' to look at all the information the students are uncovering about the early inhabitants of New Guinea and start to make family connections. If that weren't enough, on Saturday the group participated in NCF's annual Race for Open Space! In addition to volunteering, this year PIN dad, Carlos Ariza, ran the 10k (his very first one)! Go, team, go! by @ufhpp

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Week 2 of PIN is in the books, and it was a busy one! This week, the students got to dive into their research projects for the summer, so in addition to spending lots of time in the Town's Registry of Deeds office, the went to the Archives at the @nantuckethistoricalassociation and met with Reference Archivist, Matt Kuhnert. He pulled all sorts of treasures related to our study area, including maps and glass plate negatives. Next, the students met with Holly Backus, the Town of Nantucket's Preservation Planner and PIN alum! She spoke about the role of a preservation planner for an island, county, town AND a National Historic Landmark as well as her work with resiliency for the island. To stick with the theme of "Nantucketers who wear many hats," Shantaw Bloise-Murphy came to speak about her role as the Director of Culture and Tourism for the Town, the Nantucket Cultural District, the new interactive walking tour app she and her team are developing, and how they try to balance the needs tourists to the island as well as the year-round community. PIN Alum, Haley Weltzein joined us remotely to share how she evaluated different tools to engage people in learning about history as part of her Master's thesis work. We wrapped up the week attending the monument unveiling for Absalom Boston and Hannah Cook Boston, prominent 19th century community members who never had a gravestone until now, and heard about the importance of having a physical place to anchor a memory. The students also attending the annual Juneteenth celebration at the African Meeting House and heard from Dr. Noelle Trent of MAAH and Neville Richen who gave a performance as Absalom Boston. It was a full week! by @ufhpp

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DCP doctoral candidate Sarah E. Miller has been awarded a 2026 Dissertation Research Scholarship from the Society for Historical Archaeology (@sha_org ) in support of summer dissertation research focused on cultural planning and Gullah/Geechee heritage landscapes in Northeast Florida.
The SHA Dissertation Research Scholarship program supports graduate students conducting travel and research related to dissertations in historical archaeology, defined as the study of material remains and historical evidence from the fifteenth century to the present. Funding from the award will support stipends for Gullah/Geechee community members participating in Community Conversations about Heritage at Risk (CCHAR) sessions and pilot cultural mapping initiatives connected to descendant-informed preservation planning and cultural landscape documentation.
Additional information about the 2026 SHA Dissertation Research Scholarship cycle is available through the SHA Awards and Grants Program. by @ufhpp

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