This collection includes digitized documents and books about Long Island from Special Collections at Stony Brook University Libraries. Highlights include two American Revolutionary War-era letters authored by George Washington that document spy activities in Setauket, New York during 1779 and 1780.
The Long Island Historic Postcard Collection consists of approximately two hundred postcards of towns and villages in Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties of New York dating from the 19th and 20th centuries.
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The Aerial Photos of Long Island Region Collection contains digital reproductions of original, black and white, photographic contact prints, depicting aerial views of Nassua and Suffolk counties dating from 1930 to 1970. The collection images provide researchers and interested parties with a unique perspective of the evolution and …
The materials in this collection were gathered over a period of about 5 years in anticipation of doing this experimental digitization project. They mostly deal with Long Island issues with the exception of some early AIDS statistics from New York City. The Long Island subjects include History, Description, LILCO reports, Fire Island …
In 2002, Special Collections and University Archives at Stony Brook University acquired the Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman Chinese Cookbook Collection, the largest cookbook collection of its kind. The collection includes more than 3,000 Chinese cookbooks; books on food Chinese food culture, medicine, and history; haute cuisine magazines; …
Founded by George and Teddy Goldberg in September 1977, SCAN Newsletter was one of the first trade publications to document the field of automatic identification and data capture (including barcode scanning and related technologies) and its application in the retail industry, manufacturing, distribution, transportation, health care, …
In November 1982, George and Teddy Goldberg expanded the scope and coverage of SCAN Newsletter, as the field of technology became global and the subscriber base became international. Full-text coverage spans from November 1982 to October 1984.
From 1986 to 1989, Dr. Karl D. Hartzell conducted oral histories with administrators, faculty, and staff of Stony Brook University. This collection includes audio and text files of these interviews. Dr. Hartzell served as chief administrative officer from 1962-1965 and as administrative officer in the office of the president from 1965 …
The video collection contains film footage of events held at Stony Brook University dating from 2005 and includes the Melville Library Author Series, special library events, tours of campus, and Stand, a documentary about the Ashley Schiff Park Preserve.
This collection features sixteen videos of poetry readings held at Stony Brook University between 1977 and 1978. Poets include Allen Ginsberg, Robert Lowell, Erica Jong, Gwendolyn Brook, and Robert Duncan.
The Front Page Discussion series is sponsored by the Stony Brook West Campus/Southampton Chapter of the United University Professions. It was started by Michael Zweig during his tenure as vice president for academics (1999-2007). The series is the chapter's contribution to the intellectual life of the campus and is also designed …
The Center for Study of Working Class Life is dedicated to exploring the meaning of class in today’s world. Looking at society through the lens of class clarifies many important social questions in new ways – why the rich get richer while the poor get poorer, what attacks on government programs through privatization mean, why the …
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The Stony Brook University Library Club was a campus club comprised of undergraduates, graduates, and alumni members of SUNY - Stony Brook who worked together over the span of four years to draw attention to the fun, alluring side of information literacy and the academic library environment. Among other things, the group of dedicated …
The Iraq Digitized Book Project's Iraqi Archaeology Digital Texts Collection was developed by the Stony Brook University Libraries in collaboration with Dr. Elizabeth Stone as part of an U.S. Aid grant awarded to the university. The project sought to re-build libraries and library collections within Iraq by providing …
The Stony Brook University Libraries' Digital Library was established to provide online access to Stony Brook University Libraries' valuable and varied archival and general research materials, including books, periodicals, maps, photographs, video and audio recordings. Materials contained within the individual collections represented within the repository may be access directly through this portal, or through the University Libraries' on-line catalog STARS. Additional information on the libraries many other holdings, services and research opportunities may be found by visiting the Stony Brook University; the contents of this repository are best viewed with the latest versions of Google Chrome and Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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