Members of the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities (SPLIA) gather in the Woodhull Auditorium of the Setauket Junior-Senior High School to celebate the centennial of the Long Island Historical Society. The recording begins with the President of SPLIA, Allen Woodworth, outlining the event. He then introduces Mr. Edgerton G North, president of the Long Island Historical Society speaks and begins the event. The following speakers include: Mr. Preston Bassett, Vice President of the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, Dr. Albert B. Corey, the New York State Historian and Ward Melville who discusses the murals painted by Vance Locke on the walls of the Setauket School in the Woodhull Auditorium. Other speakers include Dr. Myron H. Luke, Professor of C.W. Post College, vice president of the Nassau County Historical Society, vice president of the Long Island. Follow Historical Society, editor of the Nassau County Historical Journal, editor of the Long Island Historical Society Journal. Luke discusses Captain John Underhill. Following that is Edward J. Smits, curator of the Nassau County Historical Museum. Smits discusses how urbanization is destroying historic Long Island.

People gather to celebrate Ward Melville's 50th year with the Melville Shoe Corporation. Reverend John P. Mitton of the Caroline Church of Brookhaven is introduced, speaks and gives the invocation. Robert C. Erb introduces Ward Melville and explains why they are gathered. The Board of Directors of the Meville Shoe Corp are in attendance: Frederick Attwood, Joel E. Fisher, Francis H. Gleason, David W. Herrmann, David B. Melville, Joseph L. Merrill, Spencer D. Oettinger, Stuart M. Paterson, Francis Rooney Jr., Murray M. Rosenberg, and J. Brent Wells. S. Sloan Colt gives a speech about Ward Melville's life and career. Ward Melville gives a speech and refeclts on his life and career. Address for the University Club in New York, New York: 1 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019