Field Notes: Presented by the Roslyn Landmark Society
This summer, the Roslyn Landmark Society is doing something new.
Field Notes is a summer initiative that invites Long Island middle and high school students to spend the season as Roslyn Landmark Society Field Correspondents - youth journalists who follow the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation’s Long Island History Hunt map to visit historic sites across the region, document what they find, and publish original work under their own names. Field Notes is a supplemental program created by the Roslyn Landmark Society that nests under the Long Island History Hunt. As Roslyn Landmark Society Field Notes participants, Field Correspondents are required to register for the Long Island History Hunt and complete site challenges as the framework for their visits. The program runs May 23 through September 30, 2026.
Each Field Correspondent completes a minimum of three site visits from the Long Island History Hunt map — including a required visit to the Roslyn Grist Mill — and produces three things at every stop: a short video, a written dispatch, and a selection of photographs, all shot on their own phone (plus the task required by the LIHH program!) That content is reviewed, approved, and published across the Roslyn Landmark Society’s digital platforms throughout the summer, with the student’s name attached to every piece.
The Roslyn Landmark Society is looking for students who are curious, inquisitive, and who notice the little things other people might just walk past. No prior experience in writing, photography, or video production is required, only a smartphone and a genuine curiosity about the world around you. Three to five Field Correspondents will be selected for the 2026 program. Participants earn community service hours, a certificate of completion from the Roslyn Landmark Society, and named recognition across all published content. Recommendation letters are available upon request.
The Roslyn Landmark Society was founded in 1961 on the belief that the places that shaped this community are worth protecting and worth understanding. Field Notes is an extension of that belief — an invitation to a new generation to engage with Long Island’s history not as something distant or academic, but as something alive, discoverable, and worth documenting. The students who spend this summer as Field Correspondents will leave with published work, earned hours, and a perspective on the place they call home that most people never develop.
Applications close May 11, 2026. Apply here - we're excited to learn about you!
Questions can be directed to Kaitlin Handler, Deputy Administrator, at [email protected].
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