Larry Benedict sent me this notice that our friend, Carol Poulos, has just landed a cool job.
March 16, 2012: Wantagh Preservation Society Names Poulos as Curator
At its March Board of Trustees meeting the Wantagh Preservation Society [of Long Island, New York] formally approved creation of the position of Curator, and named Carol Poulos as the first Curator of its collections.
Carol grew up in Wantagh as did her grandmother, who was the blacksmith’s daughter. She was always fascinated by stories of old Wantagh. Carol graduated from Wantagh High School and earned a BA in Sociology and Spanish from Quinnipiac College. Genealogy is a favorite hobby and as such, many hours have been spent researching at libraries, courthouses, and historical societies, as well as online. For the past eight years, she has attended a week long genealogy
tour in Salt Lake City featuring classes as well as research. During the year, she attends various workshops, webinars and lectures and also works with the Freeport Historical Society in their digitization project. She has been cataloging, scanning and archiving documents in the collection of the Wantagh Preservation Society as well as researching local history in old newspapers and Town Hall records. Carol is currently a Trustee of the Society.As Curator, Carol will have responsibility and authority for the permanence, relevance, and availability of the Wantagh Museum Collections consisting of historical photographs, writings, documents, furnishings, tools, implements, and other artifacts owned or managed by the Society.
The Wantagh Preservation Society, founded in 1965, was incorporated and granted an Absolute Charter by the NY State Board of Regents and the State Education Department. The Society’s collection is housed in the Nassau County Wantagh Museum, for which the Society has a custodial and operating agreement with the County. The Wantagh Museum is located at 1700 Wantagh Avenue, Wantagh, Long Island, NY 11793.
