Graduate Students in History have tremendous resources available to them through the library and on the open web. Find out what’s available through the library’s online databases, the internet, in print, and in microforms, as well as how to access…
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5/13: “Cooking from China’s Fujian Province” special lecture featuring Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2009 FROM 12:30 – 2 p.m. at the Charles B. Wang Center, Room 301 “Cooking from China’s Fujian Province” special lecture featuring food historian and scholar Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman. Reception follows with Fujianese food tasting. Fujian,…
Posted in Events, Special Collections & University Archives
Herstory Archive Launch & Reception 4/20
Please join us for a reception celebrating Herstory Writers Workshop. The archives of Herstory and Erika Duncan are being donated to Special Collections of Stony Brook University Libraries. Erika Duncan is the founder of Herstory Writers Workshop, as well as…
Posted in Women's Studies
Melville Library Author Series: The Modern Russian Theater
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 at 12:45 p.m. Melville Library Author Series: The Modern Russian Theater: A Literary and Cultural History featuring Nicholas Rzhevsky, Professor and Chair, Department of European Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Program: This comprehensive and original survey of Russian…
Posted in Author Series
Historical Research Workshop on 3/9
Using the Internet for Historical ResearchMore and more valuable historical information can now be found on the internet, especially primary source material being digitized by libraries and research institutions around the world. This workshop will highlight some of the most…
Posted in Library Instruction
SBU Digitized Collections, scheduled maintenance
There may be periodic interruptions in access to the Stony Brook University Libraries’ digitized collections on Wed, 2/15 as we conduct scheduled maintenance to the server on which the collections reside.
Posted in Digital Collections
SBU Libraries acquires second Washington letter
From Chris Filstrup, Dean & Director Stony Brook arrived in force at Christie’s auction of American documents yesterday. Kristen Nyitray, Richie Feinberg, and I represented the library. We were joined by Barbara Russell, Suffolk County Historian, and Elizabeth Kaplan, Director…
Historical Research Workshop – Nov. 12
Using the Internet for Historical Research More and more valuable historical information can now be found on the internet, especially primary source material being digitized by libraries and research institutions around the world. This workshop will highlight some of the…
Posted in History, Library Instruction
Washington Letter Visits Brewster House
On Saturday, May 17, the Library’s George Washington letter, written in 1779, made its first trip off-campus for a public viewing. The occasion was the designation of The Brewster House (c.1665) in Setauket being placed on the New York State…
A Wok Through Chinese Culinary History
A 3,000-course cultural feast… with no calories! Save and digest the history of Chinese cuisine at a dramatic new exhibition of the Jacqueline M. Neiman Chinese Cookbook Collection. Stony Brook University’s collection includes more than 3,000 cookbooks – from the…
