Special Collections and University Archives had an amazing and banner 2017! Classes, tour groups, and researchers visited the department in person to consult the University Libraries’ unique research and primary source collections. Nearly 1,000 reference questions were answered. Digital collections were launched. New materials, including rare documents and scarce books were received as gifts, and grants and philanthropic support helped to grow the collections. Four exhibitions were mounted in the Central Reading Room. The department was covered by local media and will be featured in two national television programs next year. We look forward to 2018!
January
- Special Collections Featured in Faculty Publication
- Special Collections Highlights Presidential Letters
February
- Special Collections Highlights International Darwin Day
- Culper Spy Ring Display at SBU Southampton Library
- Turmoil Radio: A Trove of Punk Rock Music History & Culture
March
- Special Collections Highlights the Papers of Naturalist Mary Fletcher
- Memento Mori: The Richard F. Welch Collection
April
May
- Graduate Student Publications Highlight Special Collections
- Special Collections Acquire Childs and Lockwood Family Papers
June
- SBU’s Class of ’67 Visits Special Collections and University Archives
- Conserving History: Setauket Land Deed, 1752
- New Acquisition: 1775 Brookhaven Land Deed Signed by Culper Spy
- Kristen Nyitray interviewed in TBR News Media
- Special Collections Featured in “The Way of Tea in Asia” Exhibition
September
- Siegel Family and Friends Fund Rare Finds
- University Libraries celebrate CommUniversity Day
- Special Collections Hosts Tours and More on Culper Spy Day
- Art Crawl Draws Enthusiastic Crowd
October
- Papers and Digital Collection of World-Leading Psychiatrist and Neurologist Max Fink Open for Research
- University Archives in “Gold Coast Classrooms” Exhibition
- Prize-Winning Journalist Bill Bleyer Presents on Naval History
- New York Archives Week, October 18-25
- New Exhibition: World War I Through the Lens
November
- Launch of the Digital Collection “Otto F. Ege: Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts”
- University Libraries, Simons Center Gallery and Zuccaire Gallery Featured at Art Crawl
- Library Faculty and Staff Honored at Annual Awards and Recognition Dinner
- Special Collections Featured in Two Upcoming Television Series
- SBU Librarians Invited Speakers at LI GIS Conference
- Stony Brook Rocks! Vintage Concert Photos and Posters on View
December
- LILRC Hospital Library Services Program (HLSP) 3rd Annual Conference Attendees Tour Special Collections
- Special Collections Host Students from SBU’s Mu Pi Chapter of the National History Honor Society
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.
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- SBU Receives Historical Collection Documenting the Founding of the Fire Island National Seashore - September 10, 2024
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