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Learn about the university’s one-of-kind library collections and university history on Special Collections and University Archives’ Instagram account. Pictured here:

Schedel, Hartmann, et al. Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu [m] figuris et ymagibus ab inicio mu [n]di. n.p.: [Nuremberg]: Anton Koberger, 1493.

Schedel, Hartmann, et al. Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu [m] figuris et ymagibus ab inicio mu [n]di. n.p.: [Nuremberg]: Anton Koberger, 1493.

A medieval woodcut illustration from the University Libraries’ oldest book:  Schedel, Hartmann, Anton Koberger, Michael Wohlgemuth, and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff.  Liber chronicarum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493.

Photograph, Stony Brook Long Island Rail Road Station. This sepia photograph attributed to Arthur S. Greene depicts the arrival of the 2:37pm train at the Stony Brook depot, circa 1905. From the Robert M. Emery Long Island Rail Road Collection.

Stony Brook Train Station, 1905, Robert M. Emery Long Island Rail Road Collection

Stony Brook Train Station, 1905, Robert M. Emery Long Island Rail Road Collection


 

 

 

 

 

 

Members of SBU crew in 1962, rowing in Port Jefferson Harbor. Crew was founded in 1960 at the State University College on Long Island in Oyster Bay, the university’s first campus.

Stony Brook crew, 1962, rowing in Port Jefferson Harbor

Stony Brook crew, 1962, rowing in Port Jefferson Harbor

Photographs will be added on a regular basis, including historic campus scenes and student life, rare books, manuscripts, and more, so please follow us! Information about Special Collections and University Archives’ comprehensive collections and services is available on the website for the department.

Kristen Nyitray

Kristen Nyitray

Associate Librarian; Director, Special Collections and University Archives; and University Archivist at Stony Brook University Libraries
Contact her for research assistance with rare books, manuscript collections, historical maps, and SBU history. E-mail: kristen.nyitray@stonybrook.edu.
Kristen Nyitray
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