Stony Brook University Libraries announce receiving the archive of the Citizen’s Committee for a Fire Island National Seashore. This grassroots campaign, led by Maurice Barbash and Irving Like in the 1960s, thwarted Robert Moses’ plan to build a highway through Fire Island, New York. The collection, donated by the Barbash family, is crucial to the history of the Fire Island National Seashore (FINS), which was established as a National Park Service unit on September 11, 1964. Learn more about the historical significance of the collection and the papers at Stony Brook University News.
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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