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Veterans Day: Special Collections on Exhibit

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On November 9, Special Collections participated at SBU’s annual Veterans Day ceremony held in the Student Activities Center. Several collections that document the experiences of U.S. veterans were on display, ranging from the correspondence written during the American Revolutionary War to photographs taken during World War II.

Related Library Resources and Events:
November 14, 2022 at 2pm: Online discussion of the film Letters from Iwo Jima, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Ken Watanabe.

Library Resources for Veteran Students and Military Topics

Special Collections and University Archives

Campus Resources: Office of Military and Veteran Student Services

Portrait of Edith Gentile, ca. 1945 and items from the Edith Gentile Collection.
Portrait of Edith (Ida) Gentile, ca. 1945 and items from the Edith Gentile Collection. Gentile was one of the first female stainless steel welders to work on Republic P-47 Thunderbolt airplanes for Republic Aviation Corporation in Farmingdale, New York.
Photograph: American camouflage, silhouette decoys. Paris, France. 4 Guindon Street. December 12, 1917. From Special Collections, SBU Libraries.
Photograph: American camouflage, silhouette decoys. Paris, France. 4 Guindon Street. December 12, 1917. From Special Collections, SBU Libraries.
Letter, George Washington to Major Benjamin Tallmadge, September 24, 1779.
Letter, George Washington to Major Benjamin Tallmadge, September 24, 1779.


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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