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DATABASE TRIALS: Three Streaming Drama Collections

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Kristen Nyitray

Routledge Performance Archive includes interviews with key figures in theatre history and contemporary practice; masterclasses with specialist actor trainers from around the world; unique footage direct from the legendary practitioners themselves; excerpted and full-length contemporary productions; and documentaries previously unavailable…

DATABASE TRIAL: Early American Imprints

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Kristen Nyitray

Early American Imprints contains virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in the United States from 1639-1819. The collection includes two parts: Series I: Evans, 1639-1800, based on Charles Evans’ renowned “American Bibliography” and Roger Bristol’s supplement. Including more than…

Robert Browning Bicentennial Celebration, Thursday September 20

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Kristen Nyitray

Please join us at a Bicentennial Celebration for poet and playwright Robert Browning on Thursday, September 20 at 4 p.m. Featured speakers: Mark Samuels Lasner, Senior Research Fellow, University of Delaware Library Edward Giuliano, President, New York Institute of Technology…

Digital Long Island Collection Receives National Recognition

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Kristen Nyitray

SBU Libraries’ Special Collections’ guide to digital Long Island documents and books receives recognition.

Posted in Digital Collections, Special Collections & University Archives

AMAR Collection

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Kristen Nyitray

The Archive of Mesopotamian Archaeological Reports (AMAR) Collection is part of the Iraq Cultural Heritage Program (ICHP) Grant. The ICHP was established in 2008 through a grant from the US Embassy Baghdad. The Cultural Affairs Office at the Embassy oversees…

Posted in Anthropology, Digital Collections

“Letters from a Spy”: James Jay, 1808

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Kristen Nyitray

The university’s James Jay letter (1808) is featured in the August 2, 2012 edition of The Village Times Herald. James Jay (1732 -1815), American physician and politician, and elder brother of John Jay, supplied medicines to George Washington during the…

New Electronic Collections Available: EEBO

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Kristen Nyitray

Over the past two years, the University Libraries has been able to purchase some key research collections of primary resources. One such resource is Early English Books Online (EEBO). It includes digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed…

SBU Baseball: Images from the University Archives

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Kristen Nyitray

Congratulations to the Stony Brook Seawolves on a remarkable season! From the University Archives, view photographs of SBU’s baseball teams over the years…

Posted in Special Collections & University Archives

Chinese Cuisine Event

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Kristen Nyitray

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 1 p.m. CHINESE CUISINE: ITS HISTORY, ART, AESTHETICS & CULINARY APPEAL by Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman founded, and for nineteen years, has edited the award-winning magazine Flavor and Fortune. It is…

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