The SBU Southampton Library is proud to present a display on George Washington and the Culper Spy Ring for the month of February. Kristen Nyitray, Head of Special Collections and University Archives, provided the material and the background on this fascinating chapter in Long Island history. The Culper Spy
The University Libraries is pleased to announce its first lecture of the spring 2017 STEM Speakers Series presented by Dr. Dan Davis, Chair of Department of Geosciences. His talk, “Mapping the Geology of Long Island Through Time at and Below the Surface” will be given on Thursday, February 9 from
Visit the Central Reading Room to view “Stony Brook on the Map,” a selection of rare atlases and maps from the University Archives and Special Collections that illustrate the growth and development of Stony Brook University and the Long Island region. Maps and Atlases Beers, F. W. Atlas of Long Island,
Special Collections has acquired an extremely rare 1860 nautical chart or maritime map of Long Island by Brooklyn-based publisher Charles Copley. Copley’s chart covers Staten Island to Montauk, inclusive of the Connecticut coast, Long Island Sound, Long Island, New York City, and parts of adjacent New Jersey and Rhode Island.
Historic Map Works provides access to over 1 million maps and to more than 1 thousand city directories from the United States and abroad. This searchable collection contains materials from the 15th through 19th centuries. The SBU Libraries will trial this product until April 8, 2016. Please provide feedback to your
A very rare, perhaps the first, dedicated road map of Long Island from the earliest days of the automobile has been acquired by Special Collections of the University Libraries. Published by Hyde & Company in June 1897, The Standard Road Map of Long Island documents Long Island’s roads at the
TRIAL THROUGH JUNE 15, 2013. The English North China Herald is a crucial resource for the history of the foreign presence in China from 1850 through 1940. As the official journal for British consular notifications, and announcements of the Shanghai Municipal Council, it is the first – and sometimes only
The Web Team of the New York State Library is featuring SUNY Stony Brook’s “New York State Historical Maps” as their “Featured Site” for October 2006. Each month the NY State Library picks a site that they feel is of interest and use to a large number of New Yorkers,
