New & Notable Collections
League of Red Cross Societies. The Red Cross Cookery Book. [Hong Kong]: Printed by South China Morning Post, 1919.
Jacqueline M. Newman Chinese Cookbook Collection
Eversley Childs Collection
The papers of Eversley Childs (1867-1953) and family members, residents of Crane Neck
(New York), New York City, and Norwalk, Connecticut were donated by Childs’ great-granddaughter,
Wendy Lockwood Fidao. The collection is trove for researchers studying all facets
of Long Island history from local politics to business to marine sciences. It includes
thousands of photographs, papers, maps, and textiles documenting generations of the
family. Childs headed and invested in several lucrative companies in the early 1900s,
including Bon Ami and Technicolor, and was a philanthropist, founding a hospital in
the Philippines for treating leprosy and donating land in Setauket to the Salvation
Army. The papers of the Lockwood family include original accounting records and correspondence
from the period of the American Revolution in which Eliphalet Lockwood was a captain
in the Connecticut Militia through the 19th century.
Samuel Hopkins Miller Collection
A important collection of original account books, diaries, ledgers, correspondence,
and land deeds dating from 1705 to 1967 that document several generations of the Miller,
Tuthill, and Tillotson families on Long Island, New York primarily in the areas of
Miller Place and Rocky Point in the Town of Brookhaven. Andrew Miller (1634-1717)
of East Hampton settled in “Miller’s Place,” later named “Miller Place” on Long Island
in 1679.
Senator Jacob K. Javits Collection
Jacob K. Javits was an attorney, United States Congressman, Attorney General of the
State of New York, and United States Senator. The collection comprises more than 1,200
linear ft. of documents and manuscripts, photographs, motion picture footage, audio
and videotapes, slides, microfilm, and memorabilia of New York's longest-serving senator. "It
is my hope and expectation that this collection of my official papers will be a stimulus
for enterprising minds and a source of creativity in human and governmental endeavors.
The lessons of both experience and moderation may be made to serve effectively for
the solution of problems already crystallized or indicated in my time." - Statement of Senator Jacob K. Javits
George Washington Letters
Special Collections acquired two exciting American Revolutionary War-era letters authored
by George Washington that document spy activities in Setauket, NY during 1779 and
1780. The purchase of these letters was made possible with a generous gift from Dr.
Henry Laufer and laid the foundation for the establishment of a Long Island Historic
Documents Collection. The collection includes primary and secondary source material
on the history of Long Island from the earliest settlers through the present, with
a strong emphasis on the period of the American Revolution through the War of 1812
(1764-1812). Consult the research guide forGeorge Washington and the Culper Spy Ring for more information and resources about this topic.
Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman Chinese Cookbook Collection
In 2002, Special Collections and University Archives at Stony Brook University was
the proud recipient of the Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman Chinese Cookbook Collection, the
largest cookbook collection of its kind. The collection includes: over 5,000 Chinese
cookbooks and books about Chinese food culture, medicine, and history; haute cuisine
magazines; archival materials; and audio visual materials. The collection provides
a valuable record of the Chinese Diaspora that has carried its rich cuisine to every
corner of the globe.
Baker-Pisano American Art History Research Collection
The Baker-Pisano American Art Research Collection is a special collection of rare,
first edition, and autographed art books published in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. Ronald G. Pisano (1948-2000) authored several books on Long Island artists,
and the definitive study of The Tile Club, which was the basis of a 1999 exhibition
at The Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages. For over thirty
years, he worked on the catalog raisonné of William Merritt Chase, which was completed
by D. Frederick Baker, with the assistance of Carolyn K. Lane, in four volumes published
by Yale University Press (2006-2010). Cataloging records can be accessed by entering
"Baker-Pisano" in SBU Libraries' discovery catalog, SEARCH.
William Butler Yeats Collection
William Butler Yeats Collection is the most extensive collection of the famed Irish
poet and author's manuscripts housed outside of Ireland. It was acquired in December
1974 by State University of New York for and on behalf of the State University of
New York at Stony Brook. Through agreements with Senator Michael Butler Yeats and
his daughter, Caitriona Dill Yeats, the State University of New York at Stony Brook
received, on microfilm, the papers of William Butler Yeats and his family, held at
that time in the National Library of Ireland (NLI), as well as in the family home,
Cliff House, Dalkey, Ireland. Facsimiles were produced and cataloged, and now comprise
more than 58 cubic ft. of manuscripts, correspondence, documents, printed materials,
memorabilia, music, drawings, sketches, still pictures, and portraits of William Butler
Yeats, his family, and his friends.
Environmental Defense Fund Archive
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is a public membership, non-profit, tax-exempt organization
of scientists, lawyers, economists and citizens dedicated to improving environmental
quality through innovative strategies. It was created “to translate knowledge of the
environmental sciences into public policy through advocacy before courts and regulatory
agencies…the experience of EDF shows clearly that scientific knowledge, as testimony
from the witness stand, exerts far greater influence on public policy than the same
knowledge exposed through the normal channels of scientific literature or advisory
panel.” In 1967, Environmental Defense Fund was incorporated in Stony Brook, Long
Island. Its founding members were a group of scientists, citizens, local activists
and legal minds who demonstrated the toxicity of dichloro-diphennyl-trichloro-ethane
(DDT) in a class action suit against Suffolk County Mosquito Control Commission.
Watch the film "Stony Brook's First Alumni: Reunion and Reflections"
From June 6 to June 8, 2014, a reunion weekend was held at Stony Brook University
and at Planting Fields at Oyster Bay (first campus), in celebration of the 50th anniversary
of the Classes of 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964, and reuniting the Founders Group, classes
of 1961-1966. At Planting Fields, alumni were interviewed about their experiences
and reflections of their time at the Oyster Bay campus and transitioning to the new
campus in Stony Brook. Photographs from the University Archives are featured in the
16 minute film. A full weekend of activities was planned and included: viewing an
exhibition of archival materials in Special Collections and University Archives; campus
tours; a visit to Oyster Bay; and inductions into the newly-established Brook Heritage
Society, for alumni who had celebrated their classes' 50th anniversary year.