SCHS: Book & Bottle — ‘The Unsettling Legacy of Wayland Jefferson’ w/ Jacqueline Dinan, 9.28

BOOK & BOTTLE LECTURE

The Unsettling Legacy of Wayland Jefferson: 

Missing Evidence, Racism, & Collective Amnesia

with author Jacqueline Dinan

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Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 – 1:00 PM

Members Free, Non-Members $8. Includes refreshments.

Registration + non-refundable prepayment required. Space is limited!

This event will also include a Book Sale & Signing!

Call 631-727-2881 X100 to reserve your spot! Or reserve at Eventbrite for a small surcharge: 

https://tinyurl.com/WaylandJefferson

In 1935, the Town of Southold elected Wayland Jefferson their official historian. During his tenure, Jefferson disrupted traditional religious narratives and wrote histories steeped in taboo subjects—sex, smuggling, and slavery. Although institutions pushed back after 1940 to reclaim their cultural dominance, Jefferson pursued venues remaining open to him to promote his counternarratives.

Author Jacqueline Dinan will discuss her new biography, The Unsettling Legacy of Wayland Jefferson, and the controversies related to the Southold historian that erupted after his death: the intersection of racism and historiography, shifting perspectives on collective memory and collective amnesia, and the application of scientific testing to correct errors of interpretation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jacqueline Dinan spent her early professional life in the nonprofit sector. Her first book, In Search of Barnabas Horton (2015), depicts the life and times of the early settler of Southold, a presumed direct ancestor of her husband. Jackie is an active contributor to the “Forgetting to Remember” Project and the affiliated Plain Sight Project.