Special Collections and the Three Village Historical Society collaborated on a private grant sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities. The project was awarded full funding ($3,000) and will support “Rebels, Resistors, and Rioters,” a public program of lectures on the American Revolution…
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Special Collections co-sponsors public program on American Revolution, Civil War
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SBU Librarians, Faculty Featured at Museum Event
“The Beginning of Video Games”, a special event at the Museum of the Moving Image on Saturday, October 1, features Cultural Studies professor Raiford Guins, University Archivist and Head of Special Collections Kristen Nyitray, and Librarian Helene Volat. The program…
Long Island Historical Journal digital archives available
The Long Island Historical Journal (LIHJ), a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal founded by Roger Wunderlich at Stony Brook University (SBU), is now available online. Thirty-two issues were published by the Department of History and the Center for Regional Policy Studies at…
Remembering Dr. Margot Ammann Durrer
Stony Brook University Libraries is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Margot Ammann Durrer. Dr. Durrer was one of the university’s most loyal and philanthropic supporters. In addition to establishing several student scholarships, she also made a…
Community Outreach: Setauket Elementary School
One of Stony Brook University’s George Washington letters (1779) made a special trip off-campus and was viewed by over 500 children and their parents at Setauket Elementary School on Monday, September 13. The event was covered by News 12 Long…
“The American Revolution on Long Island and in New York”
A special event sponsored by the Three Village Historical Society in cooperation with Special Collections of the University Libraries and the Center for Global and Local History. Monday, October 4th from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. “The American Revolution on…
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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,…
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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…
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…
