On Friday, December 6, 2024, Save Ellis Island hosted a special group of visitors on the south side of the island. William “Bill” Hale Baker lived on the south side from 1949 to 1951 while his father, Dr. James Baker, served as the director of the neuropsychiatric service at the Ellis Island hospital.
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Recently a class of third grade students from PS 134 in New York City visited Ellis Island. They came to attend a reading of “An Ellis Island Christmas” by author Dr. Maxinne Rhea Leighton.
On August 9th and 10th, 2023, Save Ellis Island welcomed students from the Stephen T. Mather Building Arts & Craftsmanship High School for a preservation project on the south side of Ellis Island – the Ellis Island Hospital Complex.