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Southampton Windmill Literary Landmark Dedication Ceremony

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Kristen Nyitray

The historic and iconic windmill on the Southampton campus of Stony Brook University has won designation as a Literary Landmark from United for Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. Landmark status was granted to the windmill based on…

Trial Database: Archive Finder (formerly ArchivesUSA)

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Kristen Nyitray

Archive Finder brings together ArchivesUSA and the cumulative index to the National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the UK and Ireland (NIDS UK/Ireland), previously available on CD-ROM. ArchivesUSA is a current directory of over 5,600 repositories and more than 175,000 collections of primary source material across…

NARA Launches Founders Online

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Kristen Nyitray

The National Archives, through its National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), has entered into a cooperative agreement with The University of Virginia Press to create Founders Online and make freely available the historical documents of the Founders of the United States…

Art Criticism Now Online!

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Kristen Nyitray

Art Criticism now online Art Criticism was published by the Department of Art’s program of Art History and Criticism starting in the spring of 1979 and commencing in the spring of 2010. During that period,…

DATABASE TRIAL: The North China Herald (1850-1940)

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Kristen Nyitray

TRIAL THROUGH JUNE 15, 2013. The English North China Herald is a crucial resource for the history of the foreign presence in China from 1850 through 1940. As the official journal for British consular notifications, and announcements of the Shanghai…

DATABASE TRIAL: New-York Historical Society Digital Archives

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Kristen Nyitray

EBSCO has released two new Digital Archive Databases from Collections at the New-York Historical Society. Trials of the two databases are available through June 9, 2013. Gateway to North America: People, Places, and Organizations of 19th-Century New York Collection of…

Conference: “The Italian Literary Canon in Nineteenth-Century England”

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Kristen Nyitray

Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 4 p.m. Center for Italian Studies Conference: “The Italian Literary Canon in Nineteenth-Century England” Organized by Giuseppe Gazzola, Stony Brook University, with presentations by Professors Anthony Oldcorn, Brown University, Giuseppe Gazzola and Robert Viscusi, CUNY/Brooklyn. The…

Special Event: “Chinese Food and Herbs: Available, Fresh, Healthy, Natural, and Sustainable”

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Kristen Nyitray

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 12:45 p.m. “Chinese Food and Herbs: Available, Fresh, Healthy, Natural, and Sustainable” A lecture by Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman, with a food tasting to follow. This talk will explore the terms Available, Fresh, Healthy, Natural, and…

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…

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