Long Island University Unveils Groundbreaking Project Offering Public Access To Digital Historic Documents Students Conduct Research & Archiving Funded by $1.5 million Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Grant News provided by Share this article BROOKVILLE, N.Y., June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Long Island University's Palmer School of Library and Information Science announced today the opening of "Digitizing Local History Sources," a groundbreaking five-year project and website offering the public access to over 51,000 images from 40 participating historical societies across Long Island. The endeavor was funded by a $1.5 million grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation. An early 1900s automobile from the photo albums of William K. Vanderbilt II kept at the Vanderbilt Museum, included in the "Digitizing Local History Sources" project.