Special Collections and University Archives will be profiling researchers that have consulted collections in the department. SBU student Victoria Wood is a senior and recipient of an Ashley Schiff Park Preserve Scholarship for her study of land use and history of the campus preserve. I’m Victoria, and I’m a senior Environmental
Stony Brook’s Alumni Association will celebrate its 50th anniversary on August 28. For the last 50 years, the association has supported its extensive network of Stony Brook alumni around the world – now 160,000 alumni strong. Established on August 28, 1965, the first president was Phil Mighdoll; board members were
The main library on the west campus is the Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library. But who was Frank Melville Jr.? Melville and his wife Jennie rose from humble beginnings and founded the Melville Shoe Company in 1892, which evolved into the Melville Corporation. Their 5,000-store shoe chain Thom McAn thrived; later businesses included
The papers of Charles E. Lawrence of Hauppauge, a breeder of trotting horses on Long Island in the late 1800s and early 1900s, are available for research. Correspondence, flyers, brochures, receipts, and advertisements are represented in the collection. The papers also include materials on the Smiths, a locally prominent family.
Special Collections is the recipient of a $20,000 Priority Projects Grant to support acquisitions and for the curatorial care of collections at Stony Brook University Libraries. The funding was granted by the Honorable Steven Englebright, 4th Assembly District, Suffolk County. With past funding, the department acquired and conserved several rare Long Island documents
Learn about the university’s one-of-kind library collections and university history on Special Collections and University Archives’ new Instagram account. Pictured here are crew team members in 1962, rowing in Port Jefferson Harbor. Crew was founded in 1960 at the State University College on Long Island in Oyster Bay, the university’s first campus. Photographs
Special Collections has acquired a Revolutionary War-era letter (1777) authored by Samuel Blachley Webb (1753-1807), an aide and secretary to George Washington. The acquisition was made possible through a grant awarded by Assemblyman Steven Englebright. Days after this writing, Webb was captured by the British in Setauket and held for
The expansion of Frank Melville, Jr. Memorial Library, which began in May 1970, was completed by 1972. Branch libraries for Chemistry, Earth and Space Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering were located in their respective academic buildings. Holdings in campus libraries totaled about 700,000 volumes (today, there are more than two million volumes). In this photograph, circa 1975,
An online exhibition presented by Special Collections showcases the works of noted Long Island artist Charles Henry Miller. Currently featured on the university’s homepage, Special Collections’ rare set of “New York and Long Island Landscapes” is available for viewing. Comprised of forty-five oversized plates, Charles Henry Miller’s drawings of regional
On July 1, a grand opening celebration for the new Computer Science Building will be held. This photograph from the University Archives is a rendering of the original building, which opened in May 1971. Founded in 1969, the Computer Science Department is the largest unit in the College of Engineering and Applied
