Manuscripts

The Emory Payson and Jean Wilcox Tuttle Estate Collection

Schooner “John Crockford” abandoned in ice on the Long Island Sound, three miles off of Old Field Point, New York, February 4, 1904.Photograph by Byron W. Hallock. Left to right: Captain Vincent Hallock, Captain Charles Hallock, Captain John Terrell, Frank Howell, Captain Gilbert Hutchinson, James B. Gurbey, Captain A. Morse

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John Twist Screenplay: The Great Man Votes

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION     TitleJohn Twist Screenplay:The Great Man Votes Collection NumberSC 101/13 OCLC Number122640879 Creator John Twist, 1898-1976 Provenance Under review Extent,Scope, and Content Note Mimeographed manuscript of The Great Man Votes by John Twist. RKO Radio Pictures. Screenplay from a story by Gordon Malherbe Hillman. This manuscript was a presentation copy to Whitney

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Union Free School District No.5, Levittown, New York Collection

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION     Title Union Free School District No.5, Levittown, New York Collection Collection Number SC 235 OCLC Number 122519651 Creator Various Provenance  Donated by Jerome Levitan. Extent, Scope, and Content Note The collection is comprised of 10 linear inches of papers and files collected by Jerome Levitan related to the

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United Farm Workers Union Controversy Collection

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Title United Farm Workers Union Controversy Collection Number SC 145 OCLC Number 1268532041 Creator Various Provenance   Donated by Joseph G. Sheldlock in 1976. Extent, Scope, and Content Note A collection of pamphlets, booklets, and documents including materials related to the United Farm Workers and E & J Gallo Winery

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United States Pamphlet Collection

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Title United States Pamphlet Collection Collection Number SC 129 OCLC Number In-process Creator Various Provenance  Under review Extent, Scope, and Content Note The collection comprises 17.5 linear ft. of pamphlets published in the United States between 1879 and 1976 relating to socialism, Marxism, communism, and other left-wing political movements.

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Barbara Ferris Van Liew Collection

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Title Barbara Ferris Van Liew Collection Collection Number SC 367 OCLC Number 1030961805 Creator  Barbara Ferris Van Liew, 1910-2005 Provenance Donated by Barbara Ferris Van Liew in April 2002. Extent, Scope, and Content Note  The Barbara Ferris Van Liew Collection comprises 2.5 linear ft. of Van Liew’s research

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Kenneth H. Verzyl Collection

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION     Title Kenneth H. Verzyl Collection Collection Number SC 253 OCLC Number 122611044 Creator Kenneth H. Verzyl, 1922-1978 Provenance  Gift of Kenneth H. Verzyl in 1977. Extent, Scope, and Content Note Date: 20 cubic ft. Extent: 1969-1976 Abstract: Village trustee, 1969, and mayor of the Village of Asharoken, 1970-1976, Town

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Richard Vetere Collection

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Title Richard Vetere Collection Collection Number SC 375 OCLC Number In-process Creator  Richard Vetere, 1952- Provenance Donated by Richard Vetere in January 2004. Extent, Scope, and Content Note  The Richard Vetere Collection comprises 12.5 cubic ft. of Vetere’s published and unpublished manuscripts, screenplays, plays, and poetry; notebooks; correspondence; and

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George Washington Autographed Signed Letter: September 24, 1779

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION VIEW THIS LETTER This letter can be viewed online at: https://nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15281coll35/id/544/rec/23 Title George Washington Autographed Signed Letter: September 24, 1779 Collection Number SC 402 OCLC Number 70259654 Creator George Washington, 1732-1799 Provenance  Stony Brook University acquired this secret wartime letter authored by General George Washington to his chief

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George Washington Autographed Signed Letter: September 16, 1780

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION VIEW THIS LETTER This letter can be viewed online at: https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15281coll35/id/493/rec/16 Title George Washington Autographed Signed Letter: September 16, 1780 Collection Number SC 429 OCLC Number 387723917 Creator George Washington, 1732-1799 Provenance  Stony Brook University acquired this secret wartime letter authored by General George Washington to his chief

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