The Michael Dorman Collection, located in Special Collections of the University Libraries, is open for research. Journalist, reporter, and author Michael Dorman (1932-2008) was born in the Bronx, New York. He was a writer and editor at Newsday, a professor of journalism, and the author of more than a dozen books. When
Sally Stieglitz and Kristen Nyitray, librarians at Stony Brook University Libraries, have been selected by the Library of America as recipients of a grant for programming marking the upcoming centennial of the First World War. World War I and America is a two year initiative of the Library of America made possible,
Make connections and gain greater insight into your research by searching three primary source databases at once. Artemis: Primary Sources provides access and simultaneous cross searching of three Gale primary source databases: Sabin Americana, 1500-1926, Eighteenth Century Collections Online, and Witchcraft in Europe and America (Archives Unbound). Artemis also allows
Special Collections proudly participated in “Culper Spy Day: Our Revolutionary Story” on Saturday, July 23. A collaboration of 17 local institutions and organizations, an activity-filled day of events from Oyster Bay to Port Jefferson highlighted the amazing history behind George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring. Visitors from the New York metropolitan area,
Writing a paper in history, political science, economics or cultural studies? Try searching in SBU Libraries’ Making of the Modern World, 1450-1914 (Gale). Find searchable books, serials, pamphlets, and essays from around the world that tell the story of four pivotal centuries in the West. Special emphases include trade and
Alexander Hamilton, dubbed “the ten dollar founding father without a father” by Lin-Manuel Miranda in his Tony Award winning play, Hamilton: An American Musical, was a major figure in American and New York politics in the late eighteenth century and is now a historical figure of great public interest. For those looking
The Sabin Americana database offers searchable, full-text access to thousands of archival documents from North, South, and Central America, as well as the Caribbean, from 1500 to 1926. Use it to enhance your research in history, cultural studies, religion, literature, and more. Gain insight into issues related to social and
On Wednesday, April 20, SBU Libraries presented a live simulcast of a program presented by the Suffolk Center on the Holocaust, Diversity & Human Understanding, Inc. in which four Holocaust survivors shared their experiences and reflections. All four, including a former SBU Libraries employee Hannah Robinson, spoke movingly of their childhoods interrupted
On Wednesday April 20, from 11-12:15, in the Special Collections Seminar Room of the Melville Library (E-2340), SBU Libraries will host a live simulcast of “A Conversation Among Survivors,” a program presented by the Suffolk Center on the Holocaust, Diversity and Human Rights. The participants in the event are: Annie Bleiberg, now
The SBU Libraries are conducting a trial of Historic Map Works (ProQuest) until April 8, 2016. Give it a try, and let us know what you think! Please send comments to kathleen.kasten@stonybrook.edu. Historic Map Works offers over 1,593,454 searchable, full-color, digitized maps, with content from the 15th-20th centuries. This collection
