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Presentation of the Library of Congress Anniversary Book: Explorers, Emigrants, Citizens: A Visual History of the Italian American Experience

Presentation of the Library of Congress‑Anniversary Book on Friday, October 18 at 7 p.m.: Explorers, Emigrants, Citizens: A Visual History of the Italian American Experience with co‑author Mario B. Mignone (Stony Brook University). On Friday, October 18 at 7 p.m., Dr. Mignone  and a guest panel will discuss the Italian American

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Kristen Nyitray October 9, 2013

Two Members of the University Libraries Honored for Excellence by SUNY

Sixteen members of Stony Brook University’s faculty and staff received 2013 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence. The Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence are presented annually, providing system-wide recognition for consistently superior professional achievement and encouraging the ongoing pursuit of excellence. Lynn Toscano, of Special Collections and University Archives, and Kathleen Maxheimer, of Research

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Kristen Nyitray October 1, 2013

SBU Special Collections and University Archives on Pinterest

Special Collections and University Archives has begun to use Pinterest to share the distinct collections at Stony Brook University. Although early in its development, visitors can already view a selection of photographs and images from Stony Brook University Libraries’ research collections, the University Archives, and the Stony Brook Authors and

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Kristen Nyitray July 11, 2013

Southampton Windmill Literary Landmark Dedication Ceremony

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 playwright Tennessee Williams having lived there during the summer of

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Kristen Nyitray June 25, 2013

Trial Database: Archive Finder (formerly ArchivesUSA)

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 the United States. NIDS UK/Ireland is a major reference work that reproduces

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Kristen Nyitray June 24, 2013

NARA Launches Founders Online

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 of America. Through this website, you can read and search

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Kristen Nyitray June 19, 2013

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

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 event includes a rare books exhibit from the Special Collections

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Kristen Nyitray March 7, 2013

Robert Browning Bicentennial Celebration, Thursday September 20

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 Rosanna Warren, poet and scholar, University of Chicago. Victorian High

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Kristen Nyitray September 12, 2012