Manuscripts

Ledger of Unidentified New York Merchant, 1819-1830

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION     TitleLedger of Unidentified New York Merchant, 1819-1830 Collection NumberSC 495 OCLC Number1493334646 Creator Undetermined Provenance Stony Brook University acquired the letter from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints in 2024. This acquisition was made possible from the Dorothy J. and Ronald W. Siegel Rare Book Fund. Extent, Scope, and Content Note 1

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New York Civil Liberties Union. Suffolk County (New York) Chapter Collection

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION     TitleNew York Civil Liberties Union. Suffolk County (New York) Chapter Collection Collection NumberSC 226 OCLC Number156794760 Creator Suffolk County Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union Various Provenance Gift of the Suffolk County Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union in 1975, 1979. Extent, Scope, and Content NoteRecords,

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New York Galleries and Artists Collection

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION     TitleNew York Galleries and Artists Collection Collection NumberSC 350 OCLC Number1155502599 Creator Various Provenance A collection created by Special Collections from donations and mailings received between the 1960s and the 1970s. Extent, Scope, and Content NoteThe New York Galleries and Artists Collection contains approximately 2.5 linear ft. of  annual reports, brochures,

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Parsons and Company Collection (Queens, New York), 1774-1884

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION     TitleParsons and Company Collection (Queens, New York), 1774-1884 Collection NumberSC 287 OCLC Number86164527 CreatorsParsons, James.Parsons, Robert Bowne.Parsons, Samuel Bowne, 1819-1906.Parsons family. Parsons and Company. Provenance Gift of Cornell Jaray in 1981 and 1987.Ledgers and bound manuscript volumes (M11-M21) may or may not be related to the collection. Extent,Scope, and Content Note Records

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Perishable Press Limited Collection

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION TitlePerishable Press Limited Collection Collection NumberSC 214 OCLC Number122573390 Creator Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady, 1940-2019Various Provenance Purchased from Walter Hamady in 1976. Extent, Scope, and Content NoteThe collection is comprised of 44 linear ft. of materials produced between 1964 and 1980 that document the private press of Walter Hamady (b.1940-d.2019), an innovative papermaker,

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Jane Howard Perkins Collection

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION     TitleJane Howard Perkins Collection Collection NumberSC 472 OCLC Number1031468703 Creator Jane Howard Perkins, 1912-2011 Provenance Gift of Leighton Coleman III in December 2017. Extent, Scope, and Content NoteThe collection is comprised of one album (1 linear ft.) containing photographs of Jane Howard Perkins (1912-2011) and her family including her father

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Pocket Maps Collection

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION     TitlePocket Maps Collection Collection NumberSC 360 OCLC Number1164802955 Creator Various Provenance Under review Extent, Scope, and Content NoteThe collection consists of 19th and 20th century maps (1879-1947) with geographic representation of the United States of America and Canada. The collection is comprised of six boxes  which amounts to 1.5 linear

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Jane Porcino Collection

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION TitleJane Porcino Collection Collection NumberSC 481 OCLC Number1122791701 CreatorJane Porcino, 1924-2008 Provenance Gift of the children of Jane Porcino: Mary Porcino, John Porcino, Ann Porcino, Jeanne Dolamore, Paul Porcino, and Vicky Savino in September 2019. Extent,Scope, and Content Note The collection is comprised of 3 linear ft. of Jane Porcino’s

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Portraits and Pictures Collection

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION TitlePortraits and Pictures Collection Collection NumberSC 166 OCLC Number1175586684 CreatorsVarious ProvenanceThe Portraits and Pictures Collection consists of items received by and collected by Special Collections in the 1970s and 1980s. It is a synthetic collection (created by the department).Extent, Scope, and Content NoteThe collection contains approximately 2.5 linear

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Preservation Society of the East End Collection

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION     TitlePreservation Society of the East End Collection Collection NumberSC 251 OCLC Number122314789 Creator Various Provenance Gift of Ormonde de Kay in 1976. Extent, Scope, and Content NoteThe collection is comprised of 3 cubic ft. of records created by and collected by the Preservation Society of the East End (PSEE), an environmental

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