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Guide to Collections

Collections are listed in alphabetical order by main entry. This list includes collections that are comprised of manuscripts, books and periodicals, pamphlets, photographs, microfilm, and artifacts. Researchers may also consult the complete list of Finding Aids and a Subject Guide. Please contact department faculty for further information.

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  • Adriance, J. Reynolds MC 101.03
    • Expense book. New York (N.Y.), August, 1886 - February, 1890.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Notations of personal expenses.
  • African-American Tintype Collection  MC 341
    • A collection of 19th century tintypes donated by Mr. Leighton Coleman III.
    • 0.5 cubic ft.
  • Agent Orange Collection  MC 313
    • Records, 1979-1984.
    • 30.8 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Chronological.
    • Donated by Irving Like, Esq.; Chairman of the Law Committee that worked with class counsel representing veterans of the Vietnam Conflict, and an attorney with the firm of Reilly, Like and Schneider, Babylon, N.Y.
    • Agent Orange legal briefs, research files, and correspondence regarding the federal suit brought by veterans of the Vietnam Conflict against the federal government, contractors, and chemical manufacturers regarding the health effects of the use of the herbicide, which was used to defoliate large areas of South East Asia.
  • AIDC 100 Archives: Automatic Identification Data Capture - Advanstar Communications, Inc. Collection MC 383
    • Papers, 1985-2002.
    • 9 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series arrangement chronologically by original order.
      Printed documents, photographs, negatives and slides from the publishers of Frontline Solutions Magazine.
    • AIDC 100 Archives Resource Center
  • AIDC 100 Archives: Automatic Identification Data Capture - AIDC 100 Collection  MC 355
    • Papers, 1996-2001.
    • 0.4 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series arrangement by original order.
    • Printed documents and digital media
    • AIDC 100 Archives Resource Center
  • AIDC 100 Archives: Automatic Identification Data Capture - AIM USA Collection MC 333
    • A collection of material from AIM USA, an organization that provides leadership and focus for the barcode industry.
    • 1.5 cubic ft.
    • AIDC 100 Archives Resource Center
  • AIDC 100 Archives: Automatic Identification Data Capture - Paul Bergé Collection MC 336
    • Papers, 1977-1998.
    • 6 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series arrangement by original order and alphabetically and chronologically.
    • Printed documents, audio, videotapes and artifacts of the first Chairman of AIM Europe.
    • AIDC 100 Archives Resource Center
  • AIDC 100 Archives: Automatic Identification Data Capture - Center for AutoID at Ohio University Collection MC 384
    • Papers, 1991-2001.
    • 2 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series arrangement chronologically by original order; printed documents from the Center for AutoID at Ohio University teaching institutes.
    • AIDC 100 Archives Resource Center
  • AIDC 100 Archives: Automatic Identification Data Capture - Allan Gilligan Collection MC 338
    • Papers, 1975-2000.
    • 34 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series arrangement by re-created order; sub-series arranged alphabetically and chronologically.
      Printed documents, photographs, slides, digital media and artifacts from the 34 year career with AT &T, Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.
    • AIDC 100 Archives Resource Center
  • AIDC 100 Archives: Automatic Identification Data Capture - George Goldberg Collection MC 329
    • Papers, 1973-2001.
    • 38 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series arrangement by original order; sub-series arranged alphabetically and chronologically.
    • Printed documents, photographs, audio, videotapes, slides, digital media and artifacts of the publisher of the first AIDC trade publication.
    • George Goldberg Memorial Digitization Project
    • SCAN Newsletter and SCAN Newsletter International Edition (Digitized)
    • AIDC 100 Archives Resource Center
  • AIDC 100 Archives: Automatic Identification Data Capture - Bill Hakanson Collection MC 395
    • Papers.
    • 1 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Item level arrangement.
    • Printed documents and artifacts.
    • AIDC 100 Archives Resource Center
  • AIDC 100 Archives: Automatic Identification Data Capture - Robert La Moreaux Collection MC 357
    • Papers, 1972-1999.
    • 30.5 linear inches.
    • Organization: Series arrangement.
    • Business papers, manuscripts, and artifacts.
    • AIDC 100 Archive Resource Center
  • AIDC 100 Archive: Automatic Identification Data Capture - Richard Meyers Collection MC 368
    • Papers, 1971-2000.
    • 3 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series arrangement, chronologically by original order.
    • Printed documents, slides, video recordings and artifacts from the President of Delta Services and noted author of "The Ten Commandments of Bar Coding."
    • AIDC 100 Archives Resource Center

  • AIDC 100 Archives: Automatic Identification Data Capture - Jud Miner Collection MC 394
    • Papers, 1985-1999.
    • 0.25 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Item level arrangement.
    • Printed documents.
    • AIDC 100 Archives Resource Center

  • AIDC 100 Archives: Automatic Identification Data Capture - Benjamin Nelson Collection  MC 363
    • Papers, 1972-2001.
    • 25 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series arrangement by original order; sub-series arranged alphabetically and chronologically.
    • Printed documents, photographs, audio, videotapes, slides, digital media and artifacts of the co-founder of the AIDC 100 and author of “Punched Cards to Bar Codes.”
    • AIDC 100 Archives Resource Center

  • American Association of University Women (AAUW) - Smithtown Area Branch (NY) MC 391
    • Local chapter of the AAUW; includes newsletters, membership directories, albums and scrapbooks, correspondence, memoranda, clippings, and memorabilia.
    • 2.5 cubic ft.
    • Donated by the AAUW in 2005.
  • Ammann, Othmar H., 1879–1965 MC 377
    • Articles, books, translated correspondence, and multi-media about the famed engineer of bridges.
    • 1.3 cubic ft.
    • Donated by his daughter, Dr. Margot Ammann Durrer in 2002.
  • Angelo, Valenti, 1897-1982 MC 215
    • Artistic materials, 1935-1979.
    • 2 cubic ft.
    • Artist, author, illustrator, and printer.
    • Occasional printing, original drawings, prints, proofs, sketches, trial pages created in preparation of publications of his Private Press of Valenti Angelo and trade publishers, including a number of his children's books.

  • Atelier Project, The MC 378
    • 16 prints by American artists.
    • Project developed and executed by the Division of Visual Arts of the State University of New York at Purchase.
  • Atkinson, Jacob MC 101.05
    • Account book. 1863.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Notes on expenses. Account of sales of hardware, farm equipment, livestock, and other items, Oswego, N.Y.

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  • Baker, Anson MC 101.11
    • Account book. New York (N.Y.), 1848-1854.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Notations of expenses and receipts of Anson Baker of New York City; includes accounts with A.T. Stewart & Co., 1851.
  • Bayard Cutting Arboretum Horticultural Society MC 239
    • Records, 1974-1990.
    • 1.2 cubic ft.
    • A volunteer horticultural society founded in 1974 in Oakdale, Long Island, N.Y., Andrew Eddy was the first President.
    • Correspondence, by-laws, financial records, news clippings, minutes, programs, newsletters, and printed matter relating to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum near Oakdale, N.Y., The Society is dedicated to developing greater public use of the arboretum, fostering cooperation with other horticultural societies, and encouraging and supporting other educational programs.
  • Bellport, John MC 222
    • Papers, 1970-1973.
    • 4.4 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Alphabetical.
    • Conservative Party councilman, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, N.Y.
    • Correspondence with constituents, town officials, and other appointed or elected officials, and committee files.
  • Bibles Collection MC 139
  • Binnian, Jacqueline Chadwick MC 259
    • Papers, 1960-1976. 1966-1976 (bulk)
    • 5.05 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Alphabetically by topic.
    • Suffolk County (N.Y.) resident and environmental activist who served as vice president of Action for the Preservation and Conservation of the North Shore of Long Island, Inc., was a member of the Town of Huntington's Town Board Conservation Subcommittee, and was the Long Island spokesperson for the Council for Better Transportation Planning.
    • Correspondence, newsletters, reports, clippings, pamphlets, broadsides, address lists, and government documents relating to participation in Action for the Preservation and Conservation of the North Shore of Long Island. This environmental action organization covered the towns of Oyster Bay, Huntington, Smithtown, and Brookhaven, N.Y.
  • Book of Accounts of Milk Sold, from the 1st of April, 1874 MC 101.07
    • Milk account book, New York, N.Y., 1874-1891.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Accounts of milk sold to New York City addresses.
    • Title from front cover label.
  • Brookhaven (Town: N.Y.) MC 268
    • Records, 1964-1978.
    • 10 cubic ft.
    • Trustees and Town Board minutes of meetings, resolutions, and transcripts of public hearings.


  • Brookhaven Land Deeds and Documents Collection MC 417
    • Land deeds and documents pertaining to Brookhaven and Long Island, New York, ca. 1780-1929.
    • 0.3 cubic ft.
    • Surnames include Helme, Rose, Hawkins, Myhr, and Mott.

  • Brown, Helen A. MC 101.18
    • Pocket diary, 1917.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Promotional pocket diary from I.W. Harper distillers, mostly unused, with some personal data filled in by Helen A. Brown of Stamford, Conn.

  • Brown, Sanford J. MC 364
    • A collection of correspondence from political officals, circa 1968.
    • 0.3 cubic ft.
    • Donated by Dr. Bown in 2002.
  • Buttons Collection MC 142
    • A collection of advertisement and poltical buttons.
    • 1 cubic ft.

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  • Campbell, Henry L. MC 101.02
    • Account books, 1855-1877.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Promotional pocket diary from I.W. Harper distillers, mostly unused, with some personal data filled in by Helen A. Brown of Stamford, Conn.
  • Carrera Andrade, Jorge, 1902-1978 MC 202
    • Papers, 1923-1970.
    • 10.8 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series and alphabetical.
    • Ecuadorian poet, author, teacher, and diplomat.
    • Correspondence (1928-1968), manuscripts of writings (1968-1970), and scrapbooks (1923-1967).
    • Spanish.
  • Cergol-Rich, Francis M. MC 289
    • Papers.
    • Restricted.
  • Chilean Revolutionary Press Collection MC 201
    • Broadsides, posters, and newspapers concerning the revolution of 1891.
    • 1.2 cubic ft.
    • Spanish.

  • Ciardi, John: The Edward Cifelli Collection. MC 372
    • A comprehensive collection of books, audio recordings, manuscripts, framed objects and artifacts dating from the 1950s-2003 pertaining to the life of author John Ciardi.
    • 18 cubic ft.
    • Donated by Edward Cifelli, John Ciardi's biographer, in 2003.
  • Ciardi, John: The Vince Clemente Collection. MC 371
    • A collection of program and exhibition flyers, newspaper clippings, periodicals, books, and broadsides which provides insight into the literary and personal life of John Ciardi.
    • 1 cubic ft.
    • Donated by Vince Clemente in June 2003.
  • Clarke, Peter McFerrin, 1920 - MC 227
    • Papers, 1962-1970.
    • 2.95 cubic ft.
    • East Hampton, N.Y., resident active in the Sag Harbor Advisory Council, Southampton Township Preservation Society, Southampton Town Conservation Commission, and the Preservation Society of the East End (which became a part of the Suffolk County Conservation Council in the 1970's).
    • Correspondence, minutes, clippings, drafts and notes relating to conservation and preservation of natural resources on the east end of Long Island.
  • Cooley, Arthur P., 1929-
    • Papers, 1963, 1967-1977. 1971-1977 (bulk)
    • 3.2 cubic ft.
    • High school science teacher and environmental activist. Founding member of both the Brookhaven Town Natural Resources Committee and Environmental Defense.
    • Records relating to the founding and activities of the Brookhaven Town Natural Resources Committee, N.Y.; correspondence, memoranda, news clippings, financial records, reports, and legal documents related to the founding and activities of the Environmental Defense Fund.
  • Cornwell, George, 1831-1910. MC 101.09
    • Genealogy. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1864-1922.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Notes on genealogy of the Morey, Cornwell, and Van Kleeck families. Other family names include Rogers, Lockwood, and Platt.

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  • Daniels, Norton W., Jr. MC 230
    • Papers, 1973-1975.
    • 0.8 cubic ft.
    • Member of the Suffolk County (N.Y.) Legislature, 1974-1976, Republican from Sag Harbor, representing the 1st Legislative District.
    • Legislative office files, primarily related to zoning and related projects on the east end of Long Island.
  • Dean, Mary Ann, collector MC 101.10
    • Album, 1838-1846.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Contains poems, quotations, and notes to Miss Dean from friends in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Washington, D.C., Manchester, Vt., and other places.
  • Demott, John W. MC 284
    • Papers, [ca.1830]-1886. 1840-1889 (bulk)
    • 0.8 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Alphabetically.
    • Under-sheriff and lawyer in Queens County (N.Y.), now Nassau County (N.Y.)
    • Personal bills, receipts, legal, and other papers.
  • Derickson, John B. MC 101.08
    • Notebook. [ca.1897]
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Contains description of diseases and their treatment. (Note on third page: Mr. John B. Derickson / Jefferson College)


  • di Donato, Pietro, 1911-1992. MC 393
    • Papers, notebooks, photographs, books, and artifacts, ca. 1923-1993.
    • 12 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series arrangement by document type and format.
    • A collection of manuscript and published material that documents the life of author, playright, and bricklayer Pietro di Donato.
  • Duncan, Robert Edward, 1919- MC 101.17
    • Autographed published volume, 1966.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (xi, 93, 6 p. port. 23 cm.)
    • The year as catches; first poems, 1939-1946, by Robert Duncan. Berkeley, Oyez, 1966.
    • Printed volume, signed, decorated by the author, and numbered. Copy 22. Front and back endpapers decorated in pencil.

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  • Echevarria Alvarez, Luis MC 306
    • President of Mexico from 1970-76.
    • Clippings and articles.
    • 8.4 cubic ft.
  • Edwards, Michael, 1893-1962 MC 218
    • Papers, 1930-1962.
    • 7.1 cubic ft.
    • Musician, composer and arranger. Music editor for Mills Music, Inc.
    • Correspondence with musicians and publishers; scores and instrumental, band, orchestral and choral arrangements; music, lesson and songbooks; music catalogs; personal and historical scrapbooks; and autographed sheet music and photos. Correspondents include Leroy Anderson, Robert Burns, Tommy Dorsey, Richard Franko Goldman, and Leonard B. Smith.
  • Emery, Robert M.  MC 243
    • Long Island Railroad collection, 1895-1974.
    • 10 cubic ft. (40 scrapbooks, 262 timetables).
    • Organization: Arranged geographically by railroad line, and chronologically by timetable.
    • Railroad conductor.
    • Detailed pencil drawings of Long Island Railroad tracks, with explanatory notes by Emery; over 5,000 identified photographs and postcards of construction, wrecks, engines, trains, depots, conductors, and other railroad scenes; 262 timetables; and other material relating to the railroad. Collected 1960-1970.
  • Englebright, Steven MC 327
    • Papers.
    • 1 cubic ft.
    • Curator of the Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences at the State University of New York at Stony Brook; former Democratic Suffolk County Legislator, representing District 5; elected to the New York State Assembly in 1992.
    • Documents relating to the Long Island Lighting Company received by State Assemblyman Englebright.
  • Environmental Defense MC 232
    • Records, 1967-1989.
    • 1025.4 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Organized by office of origin.
    • A public-membership, non-profit, tax-exempt environmental and legal action organization of scientists, lawyers and concerned citizens. Its primary purpose is to provide a link between law and environmental science. Established in 1967, its earliest official headquarters were located in Stony Brook and East Setauket, N.Y.
    • Papers, correspondence, case files, legal briefs and pleadings, court exhibits and transcripts, minutes, memoranda, speeches, public statements, committee files, legal and scientific research notes, statistical information, published material, etc., documenting the establishment and growth of a national organization of attorneys, scientists, and economists dedicated to the protection of the environment. National Headquarters records are from the original offices in Stony Brook and East Setauket, N.Y., and offices in various locations in New York, N.Y.; Capitol Office records are from Washington, D.C.; Rocky Mountain office records are from Denver and Boulder, Colo., and California Office are from Berkeley and Oakland, Calif. offices. Includes information on environmental issues of local and national significance. Papers of Arthur P. Cooley and Robert E. Smolker, founders and officers of the board of directors, are listed separately.

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  • Fannin, James T. MC 101.25
    • Prompt book, 1863.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Prompt book with extensive notes and changes for a production of Friedrich Schiller's "The Robbers, a Tragedy," at the Front Street Theatre, Baltimore, Md., 1863. Manuscript is interleaved with pages of printed text. English translation published by Samuel French, N.Y., 1853.

  • Feinberg, Nettie MC 390
    • Political button collection.
    • 3 cubic feet.
    • Collected by Mrs. Nettie Feinberg between the 1950s and 2000; donated in 2004.
  • Fields, David Noah MC 277
    • Papers, 1958-1978.
    • 9 cubic ft.
    • Attorney specializing in forensic psychiatry, with a special focus on mental disability and the law.
    • Papers related to service in New York and Pennsylvania. Fields served at the Long Island Research Institute associated with the Department of Psychiatry at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, funded through the New York State Department of Mental Health.
    • Restricted.
  • Flatau, Adelaide MC 302
    • Papers, 1963-1983.
    • 9 cubic ft.
    • Member of the Brookhaven (N.Y.) Conservation Advisory Council, the League of Women Voters of North Brookhaven, and political, environmental, and community activist.
    • Files, records, memoranda, and publications concerning the League of Women Voters of North Brookhaven, Brookhaven Conservation Advisory Council, Council on Environmental Quality, and Fire Island.
  • Fletcher, Mary T., 1895?- MC 242
    • Papers, 1957-1976.
    • 4.4 cubic ft.
    • Educator and environmental activist.
    • Correspondence, reports, pamphlets, clippings, minutes, newsletters, and nature lists of a Nassau County, N.Y., naturalist and environmentalist active in local bird and garden clubs.
  • Ford, Edward Hastings, 1887-1970   MC 283
    • Papers, 1906-1951.
    • 2.2 cubic ft.
    • Comedian and radio personality.
    • Family and publicity photographs, sound recordings and radio show transcripts of the vaudeville comedian who starred on the radio series "Can You Top This?" "Senator" Ford was a resident of Southold, N.Y.
  • Foreign Pamphlets Collection MC 130
  • Fotografias de Mexico MC 359
    • Early 20th century photographs.
    • 1 album, containing 163 black and white photographs.
    • Donated by Leighton H. Coleman, III.
  • Franza, August  MC 385
    • Literary collection, 1952-2007.
    • 14 cubic feet.
    • Novelist, poet, and playwright; author of The Events at Vista Bay and The Murder of Hitler as well as numerous novels, plays and books of poetry.
    • Donated in 2004.
  • Fuoco, Louis A., Jr., 1928-2001  MC 229
    • Papers, 1972-1975.
    • 13.4 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Alphabetically by topic.
    • Insurance agent and member of the Suffolk County (N.Y.) Legislature, 1970-1976, Republican-Conservative from Patchogue, representing the third Legislative District.
    • General office files, including correspondence, memoranda, committee minutes, hearing transcripts, reports and various published documents.

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  • Gallandet Home, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. MC 101.12
    • Grocery and supply ledger, 1913-1925.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.); 280 pp.
    • List of groceries and supplies ordered for a charitable home in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
  • Gideonse, Harry D. MC 280
    • Medals.
  • Giese, Ferdinand J., 1914?-1986 MC 272
    • Papers, 1978-1979.
    • 6.4 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Alphabetically by topic.
    • Member of the Suffolk County (N.Y.) legislature, 1978-1982, Republican-Conservative from East Setauket, representing the 5th Legislative District. Mr. Giese had an office in East Setauket.
    • Legislative committee minutes and resolutions.
  • Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 MC 332
    • Publications and materials, 1957-1988.
    • 6 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series by topic.
    • Literary magazines, correspondence, posters, and broadsides.
  • Gitlin, Samuel Zachary, 1903?- MC 257
    • Letters, 1930-1974.
    • 3.1 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Alphabetically by correspondent.
    • Rockland County, N.Y., bachelor, frame-maker, woodcarver, and home-baked philosopher.
    • Letters from artists and public figures in response to Gitlin's "Creative Brochures," as well as some Futurist pamphlets.
    • Alphabetical list of correspondents.
  • Giuffreda, Leon E. MC 244
    • Papers, 1966-1976. 1975-1976 (bulk)
    • 28.8 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Partially by format, subject files arranged alphabetically, bill files arranged chronologically.
    • New York State senator, Republican, 1st District, Suffolk County, N.Y., (eastern Suffolk County), and civic leader. He chaired the Committee on Labor and Industry and the Education Committee. His resolution for a Bill of Rights for the Handicapped was approved by the Education Commission of the States. He also served as a Brookhaven Town Justice, a member of the Brookhaven Town Board, a Commissioner of the Centereach Fire Department, and a member and president of his local school board.
    • Files, primarily from Giuffreda's Centereach, N.Y., office, including correspondence, newsletters, reports, minutes of meetings, memoranda, copies of bills, hearing transcripts, and press releases.
  • Gordon, Edith L. MC 225
    • Papers, [ca.1963]-1968.
    • 0.8 cubic ft.
    • Grade school teacher and community activist.
    • Correspondence, leaflets, and notes reflecting presidency of the League of Women Voters of North Brookhaven, N.Y., and advocacy of open housing, civil rights, and planning in the Town of Brookhaven, N.Y., as well as the consolidation of the Setauket and Stony Brook school districts.
  • Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888 MC 382
    • Scientist and naturalist.
    • Manuscript volume, signed.
    • Dated 1881-1882.

  • Gradiva MC 249
    • Editorial files, 1976-1983.
    • 2 cubic ft.
    • International psychoanalytic-literary scholarly journal.
    • Correspondence, editorial files, and manuscripts from Mark Heumann, one of the founders and the American editor.
  • Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872. MC 101.19
    • Correspondence, 1848-1870.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Photostatic copies of correspondence with Hamilton Fish.
  • Greenport Driving Park Association, Greenport, N.Y. MC 101.32
    • Share certificate and receipt book. 1886-1887.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Certificates for shares of stock in the Greenport Driving Park Association, signed by Henry A. Reeve, president, and Isaac Reeve, Jr., treasurer, with a list of shareholders.
  • Greenport Oyster Company (N.Y.) MC 278
    • Records, 1940-1957.
    • 4 cubic ft.
    • Primarily bills-paid files and a few miscellaneous files of the Greenport Oyster Company.
  • Greenwich Book Publishers, 1955-1959. MC 212
    • Publications.
    • 3.2 cubic ft.
  • Gregory, John M. MC 101.06
    • Notebook. Schenectady, N.Y., 1845-1846.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Autographs of school mates at Union College, copies of poems, lectures, essays, and other writings.
  • Guide and Travel Books Collection MC 138

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  • Habicht, Ernst R., Jr.
    • Papers.
    • 1 cubic ft.
    • Material relates to Habicht's duties as a staff member of Environmental Defense.
  • Halasz, Laszlo MC 247
    • Sheet music and scores.
    • 9 cubic ft.
  • Hamady, Mary Laird MC 312
    • Papers, 1970-1988.
    • 2 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Arranged in chronological order within series.
    • Author, poet. Former co-proprietor of The Perishable Press Ltd.
    • Recipes, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs and drawings, contracts, and publicity materials relating to the publication of the book Lebanese Mountain Cookery. (Boston: Godine, 1987.)
  • Hansell, Clarence Weston, 1898-1967 MC 209
    • Papers, 1928-1967.
    • 11.2 cubic ft.
    • Research engineer. Worked partially out of RCA facility at Rocky Point, Long Island, New York.
    • Professional and personal correspondence, scientific manuscripts, and publications relating to Mr. Hansell's radio and television research (ca. 1928-1948) for the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), his service (1945) for the United States Government as a scientific investigator in Germany, and his research and publications on the ionization of air and its biological effects, and on the nature of matter and energy. Correspondents include the American Institute of Medical Climatology and W. Wesley Hicks, president of Wesix Electric Heater Company of San Francisco, California.
  • Harth, Dorothy E. MC 101.21
    • Dissertation, 1958.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Carbon copy of typescript dissertation, "The poetic world of Jorge Carrera Andrade." Syracuse University, 1958.
    • Dissertation.
  • [Hartley, Charles] MC 101.33
    • Account book. [Greenport] [ca.1883]-1905.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Mr. Hartley was in the harness and livery business in Greenport, N.Y., ca.1870-1920.
    • Business accounts for carriage painting and repair.
  • Hastings, Michael, 1937- MC 311
    • Papers, 1951-1962.
    • 0.4 cubic ft.
    • Author and playwright.
    • Manuscripts and typescripts of plays, poems, and fragmented writings.
  • [Heudier, Emmanuel] MC 101.31
    • Notebooks, 1815?-1870?
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (2 v.)
    • Holograph poems, quotations, and letters dated between 1815 and 1870.
    • Spine title: "Poesies."
    • French.
  • Heymann, C. David MC 349
    • Research material for the author's RFK: A Candid Biography of Robert F. Kennedy.
    • 70 cubic ft.
    • Interviews, letters, and photographs pertaining to Robert F. Kennedy.
  • Heymann, C. David MC 246
    • Research material for the author's Ezra Pound: The Last Rower.
    • 4 cubic ft.
    • Interviews, letters, and photographs pertaining to Ezra Pound.
  • Heymann, C. David MC 358
    • Research material for the author's Liz: An Intimate Biography of Elizabeth Taylor.
    • 25 cubic ft.
    • Interviews, letters, and photographs pertaining to Elizabeth Taylor.
  • Historic and Literary Manuscripts Collection, ca.1819-1989 MC 100
    • Historical and literary manuscripts and documents, including single items and small groups of materials of local, national, and world interest. Includes letters, correspondence, articles, stories, plays, and legal materials.
    • 3.6 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Alphabetical.
  • Hochbrueckner, George J., 1938- MC 296
    • Papers, [ca.1975]-1984.
    • 4.8 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Alphabetically by topic.
    • New York State assemblyman, 2nd district, Suffolk County, N.Y.
    • Correspondence, memoranda, reports, news clippings, and office files of a Democratic assemblyman. Files were maintained on such topics as the Long Island Lighting Company, the Southwest Sewer District, hazardous waste, and ferry service.

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  • Independent Order of Good Templars, New York (State) Samaritan Lodge, no. 782, Greenport, N.Y. MC 101.35
    • Records, 1885-1909.
    • 0.2 cubic ft. (4 v.)
    • Minutes, financial reports, receipts, initiation book, and membership lists.
  • Independent Order of Good Templars, New York (State) Sterling Lodge, no. 650, Greenport, N.Y. MC 101.34
    • Minute book, 1874-1879.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Minutes and reports, 1874 March 21 to 1879 April 17.
  • Indivisible: Doula Archive MC 339
    • A collection from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University featuring the Doula Service of the University Hospital and Medical Center in Stony Brook, New York.
    • 2 cubic ft.
    • Includes photographic prints, slides, primary interviews, working logs, and multimedia.
  • Inkwell Press Collection MC 397
    • Printed materials, correspondence, papers, textiles, 1961-2005.
    • 13 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series arrangement by original order.
    • Printed documents and printing materials.
    • Processed by F. Jason Torre, January 2006.
  • Inter-American High Commission MC 101.20
    • Report, 1921.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Typescript report by J. Ovalle Q., "Peru; financial and economic conditions and public debt." Prepared for the Central Executive Council, Inter-American High Commission. Rev. by Margaret L. Engle, October, 1920. n.p., 1921.

  • Islip Town Environmental Council Collection MC 298
    • Records, 1970-1984.
    • 1.6 cubic ft.
    • Member, Islip (Town: N.Y.) Environmental Council.
    • Islip Town Environmental Council minutes of meetings and miscellaneous records.
    • Donated by Dr. Frank Turano.

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  • Jacobs, Helen Hull, MC 224
    • Scrapbooks, 1943-1945.
    • 1.6 cubic ft. (4 v.)
    • Scrapbooks with newspaper clippings, programs and ephemera relating to the Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) training at the U.S. Naval Training Station (Wr), Bronx, N.Y., located on the campus of Hunter College.
  • James, Philip, 1890-1975 MC 309
    • Papers, 1914-1975.
    • 31.45 cubic ft.
    • Professor of music and department chairman at New York University; organist, choir director, and composer.
    • Compositions, musical scores and programs, correspondence, and personal papers.
  • Jaray, Cornell, collector. MC 310
    • Papers, [ca.1810-1945]
    • 5 cubic ft.
    • Correspondence, documents, and historical materials relating to Long Island.
  • Javits, Jacob Koppel, 1904-1986 MC 285
    • Papers, 1907-1986. 1956-1981 (bulk)
    • 1200 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series; arranged primarily alphabetically, chronologically, or by accession number.
    • Attorney, United States Congressman, Attorney General of the State of New York, and United States Senator. He died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease.
    • Printed documents and manuscripts, photographs, motion picture footage, audio and videotapes, slides, microfilm, and memorabilia of New York's longest-serving Senator in recent times. The collection contains material from Javits' pre-Senate career through 1986. The bulk of the material covers his years in the Senate, 1957-1981, where his influence was great.
    • Series Guide, unpublished box lists, and database.
    • Some restricted folders.
  • Javits Foundation, The Marian B. and Jacob K. MC 354
    • Papers, 1973-2001.
    • 10 cubic ft.
    • Some restricted folders.
  • Johnson, Oakley Calvin, 1890-1974 MC 210
    • Papers, 1890-1976.
    • 33 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Partially arranged by topic and format.
    • Teacher, author, and radical social activist. Johnson served on the staff of The Daily Worker, edited The Monthly Review, and wrote several books on American radicalism.
    • Correspondence, typescripts, articles, speeches, reviews, photographs, diaries, notes and clippings relating to Mr. Johnson's career as teacher, author, social activist, and member of the Communist Party of the United States. Includes family papers and letters from his first wife, Mary Olmsted Johnson.

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  • Kane, Muriel and Julian MC 324
    • Papers.
    • 5.2 cubic ft.
    • Mr. and Mrs. Kane have been involved in community activities, especially in Levittown and Great Neck, Long Island.
    • Correspondence, memoranda, and research files concerning public library affairs and environmental concerns in Levittown and Great Neck, as well as other locations in Nassau County and Long Island, New York.
  • Keppler Family Photograph and Scrapbook Collection MC 331
    • Photographic and scrapbook collection of poltical cartoonist Joseph Keppler and family.
    • 8 cubic ft.
    • Gift of Mr. Leighton Coleman, III.
  • Kramer, Aaron, 1921-  MC 326
    • Audiotapes.
    • 1.6 cubic ft.
    • Audiotapes of poetry readings and radio broadcast interviews and readings conducted by Aaron Kramer.

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  • Lawrence, Charles E., 1852-1923 MC 286
    • Papers, [ca.1846]-1908. 1885-1886, 1905-1907 (bulk)
    • 0.8 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Outgoing correspondence arranged chronologically, incoming correspondence arranged alphabetically.
    • Commissioner of highways for the town of Smithtown; breeder of trotting horses.
    • Miscellaneous correspondence, flyers, brochures, photographs, receipts, advertisements, account books, diaries, newsletters, and printed material primarily dealing with Long Island, N.Y. Includes materials on the Smith family, a locally prominent family.
    • Alphabetical by correspondent.
    • Gift of Charles Embree Lawrence, 1981.
  • League for Industrial Democracy MC 117
    • Pamphlets and publications, ca.1930-1955.
    • 1.2 cubic ft.
  • League of Women Voters MC 266
    • 1.2 cubic ft.
  • League of Women Voters of Brookhaven South (N.Y.) MC 245
    • Records, 1950-[ca.1975]
    • 4 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series, arranged alphabetically.
    • A chapter of a national bipartisan political organization.
    • Files, minutes, newsletters, correspondence, reports, scrapbooks and related materials.
  • League of Women Voters of Nassau County (N.Y.) MC 321
    • Records.
    • 3.7 cubic feet.
  • League of Women Voters of North Brookhaven (N.Y.) MC 220
    • Records, 1941-1975.
    • 6.45 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series, arranged alphabetically.
    • A chapter of a national bipartisan political organization.
    • Correspondence, committee files, administrative files, case files, financial files, publications, minutes, programs, bylaws, annual reports, scrapbooks, photographs, slides, clippings, pamphlets, and related materials. Issues include relations with the People's Republic of China, Fire Island National Seashore, Brookhaven town planning, Suffolk County planning, water resources and civil rights.
  • League of Women Voters of Riverhead / Southold (N.Y.) MC 231
    • Records, 1950-[ca.1971]
    • 2 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series, arranged alphabetically.
    • A chapter of a national bipartisan political organization.
    • Correspondence, files, minutes, newsletters, reports, and related materials.
  • League of Women Voters of Smithtown (N.Y.) MC 305
    • Records, [ca.1965-1977]
    • 4 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series, arranged alphabetically.
    • A chapter of a national bipartisan political organization.
    • Correspondence, files, newsletters and related materials.
  • League of Women Voters of the Town of Oyster Bay (N.Y.) MC 322
    • Records.
    • 5 cubic ft.
    • The League was organized in 1960 and disbanded in 1985.
  • Lentricchia, Augusto MC 337
    • Notebooks of poetry and prose.
    • 5 cubic ft.
    • Italian-American; prose reflective of the immigrant experience.
  • Like, Irving MC 236
    • Papers, [ca.1963]-1986.
    • 3.2 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series, arranged chronologically or by topic.
    • Babylon, N.Y., attorney.
    • Legal documents, hearings, correspondence, reports and clippings relating to the environment, including the Lloyd Harbor Study Group's challenge to the construction of the Long Island Lighting Company's Nuclear Power Facility at Shoreham, N.Y., and the proposed construction of a nuclear facility at Jamesport, N.Y. Other concerns include the Fire Island National Seashore, the creation of a Hudson Highlands National Scenic Riverway, and litigation by Suffolk County, N.Y., against the Long Island Lighting Company.
  • Linton, Floyd S. MC 273
    • Papers, 1974-1979.
    • 22 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series, arranged alphabetically.
    • Member of the Suffolk County (N.Y.) Legislature, 1974-1980, Democrat from Miller Place, representing the 4th Legislative District and presiding officer, 1976-1977.
    • Correspondence, clippings, committee records, pamphlets, and related material.
  • Literary Broadsides Collection MC 362
    • Broadsides dating from the 1940s-1980s.
    • Alphabetical arrangement.
    • 9 cubic feet
  • Literary Ephemera Collection MC 111
    • 1 cubic ft.
    • Alphabetical arrangement.
  • Little Blue Books Collection MC 135
    • A collection of books and pamphlets published by Emanuel Haldeman-Julius in the early 20th century.
    • 0.6 cubic ft.
    • Numerical arrangement.
  • Lloyd Harbor Study Group (N.Y.) MC 252
    • Records, 1970-1976.
    • 30.4 cubic ft.
    • Environmental action organization.
    • Files documenting the intervention by the Lloyd Harbor Study Group in the Long Island Lighting Company's application to build a nuclear power facility in Shoreham, N.Y.
  • Long Island Archives Conference MC 270
    • Records, 1974-1990.
    • 1.2 cubic ft.
    • Records of an organization dedicated to the preservation of manuscripts and archives on Long Island.
  • Long Island Cookbooks Collection MC 335
    • 2 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Alphabetical.

  • Long Island Environmental Council (N.Y.) MC 228
    • Records, 1969-1974.
    • 4 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Chronological.
    • Environmental action, non-profit organization with both individual and corporate membership. Its stated goal was to preserve and promote a livable environment for Long Island. Founded in 1969 by Claire Stern, who served as executive director.
    • Correspondence, memoranda, telephone registers, newsletters, administrative files, and reading files.
  • Long Island Ephemera Collection MC 133
    • 14 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Alphabetical.
  • Long Island Historic Postcard Collection MC 346
    • 1 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Alphabetical by town/village.
    • Digitized collection.
  • Long Island Land Deeds MC 379
    • Collection of deeds dating from 1759-1851.
    • Families represented include: Wells, Downs, Swezey, Howell, Ferry, Corwin, Tuthill, Hallock, and Youngs.

  • Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) Collection MC 316
    • Records, 1985-1989.
    • 16.8 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Subgroups and series.
    • Donated by Irving Like, Esq., attorney with the firm of Reilly, Like and Schneider, Babylon, N.Y.
    • Dockets and legal materials.
  • Long Island National Organization for Women. Nassau Chapter (N.Y.) MC 248
    • Records, 1970-1974.
    • 3.6 cubic ft.
    • Correspondence and files of the Nassau County, N.Y., chapter of the National Organization for Women.
  • Long Island Power Authority Collection MC 315
    • 14 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series.
    • Donated by Irving Like, Esq., board member, Long Island Power Authority and attorney, Babylon, N.Y. The Long Island Power Authority is a New York State authority responsible for developing electric power alternatives on Long Island and decommissioning the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station.
    • Correspondence, files, legal briefs, newspaper clippings, testimony, and reports. Included are files on predecessor efforts, such as the Citizens Committee to Replace Lilco, Citizens Committee for a Long Island Power Authority, and the Nassau County Public Power Commission.
  • Long Island Pride Parade, Inc. - Gay and Lesbian Community Collection MC 380
    • 3 cubic ft.
    • Correspondence, flyers, memorabilia, and meeting minutes.
    • Donated by Long Island Pride, Inc. in September, 2004.

  • Lowry, Margerie Bonner MC 101.22
    • Photocopied typescript [ca. 1950]
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (455 p.)
    • "Tender is the Night," a film by Margerie Bonner and Malcolm Lowry, from the novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
    • This script was never made into a moving picture.; Cf. Malcolm Lowry, Notes on a screenplay for F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night. Bloomfield Hills, Mich.: B. Clark, 1976.

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  • Merrick and Jamaica Plank Road Company (N.Y.) MC 282
    • Financial records, 1852-1888.
    • 1.35 cubic ft. (ca. 1000 items)
    • Organization: Series.
    • A toll road that operated 1852-ca. 1888 between Merrick and Jamaica, N.Y.
    • Chiefly bills, receipts, and toll gate receipts; together with correspondence, agreements, financial statements, land purchases, maps, notices, orders, petitions, proposals, specifications, stock dividend payment schedules, stockholder proceedings, and a workbook. Many of the bills are for road construction.
  • Microforms Collection MC 301
    • 0.55 cubic ft.

  • Mid-Suffolk National Organization for Women (Suffolk County, N.Y.) MC 258
    • Records, [ca.1970-1980]
    • 8.8 cubic ft.
    • Correspondence, subject files, minutes, published materials, newsletters, clippings, and related materials collected and produced by a National Organization for Women (NOW) chapter based in Suffolk County, N.Y.
  • Millenson, Roy MC 373
    • Legislative and Press Assistant to Representative Jacob K. Javits, January 1949 through October 1955; Legislative Assistant, Administrative Assistant, Executive Assistant to Senator Jacob K. Javits, January 1957 through October 1959; Minority Staff Director, Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, February 1965 through December 1974.
    • Subject files, press releases, and clipping.
    • 0.3 cubic feet

  • Miller, Charles Henry MC 366
    • New York and Long Island Landscapes.
    • 44 plates; 49 cm.
    • By Chas Henry Miller, etched by August Barry.
    • Published in New York in 1879.
  • Miller, Joaquin, 1841-1913. MC 101.26
    • Autographed published volume, 1913 [date of inscription]
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 vol. xix, 327 p. front., plates. 23 cm.)
    • Printed volume, "The complete poetical works of Joaquin Miller," (Rev. ed. San Francisco, The Whitaker & Ray company, 1902), with autograph inscription and a note to W.S. Hughes, and clippings of Miller's obituary.
    • Title vignette. ALS tipped in. Autograph dedication.
  • Morley, Christopher MC 323
    • Papers.
    • 13 cubic ft.
    • This collection was assembled by Elisabeth Post Morrow as part of a Christopher Morley collection of books, manuscripts, ephemera.
    • Manuscripts, books printed ephemera, dealer and trade catalogs and periodicals including contributions by and about Christopher Morley.
  • Morrow, Elisabeth Post, collector MC 325
    • Papers.
    • Correspondence, clippings, papers, and related materials to her book collecting activities and books donated to the State University of New York at Stony Brook's Special Collections Department.
  • Mount Sinai Harbor Conservation League (N.Y.) MC 240
    • Records, 1974-1975.
    • 0.4 cubic ft.
    • Environmental action organization founded by Daniel T. Grinnell, of Mount Sinai, N.Y. The League fought unsuccessfully to raise money to purchase land to prevent development.
    • Correspondence, financial statements, contracts, legal documents, survey maps, newspaper clippings and other materials related to attempts to preserve a portion of land adjacent to Mount Sinai Harbor.
  • Movements Ephemera Collection MC 144
    • Materials pertaining to political and social movements.
    • 10 cubic ft.
    • Alphabetical arrangement.
  • Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 MC 216
    • Papers, circa 1895-1965.
    • 3.35 cubic ft.
    • Naturalist, scientist and environmentalist.
    • Correspondence, typescripts, photographs, negatives, notebooks, journals, book reviews and slides concerning the worldwide travels and natural history studies of a Long Island (N.Y.) naturalist.

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  • Nassau-Suffolk Regional Planning Board (N.Y.) MC 299
    • 0.4 cubic ft.
  • Negative Microfilm Collection MC 132
  • Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973 MC 101.16
    • Typescript, 1954.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (7, 1 p.)
    • Presentation copy of poem by Neruda, "Aquí estoy," written in 1935.
    • Poem is dated 2 April 1935. "La presenta copia, efectuada por Fernando Rivera Zavala, fué transcrita de otra, facilitada por José María Souviron, a quien un amigo del poeta se la remitió. Neruda aprobó su texto y autenticidad, empleándose para reproducirla papel del siglo XVII que perteneciera a Don José Toribio Medina y Zavala. 1954."
    • Spanish.
  • New York Civil Liberties Union. Suffolk County (N.Y.) Chapter MC 226
    • Records, 1966-1974.
    • 2 cubic ft.
    • Legal activist organization dedicated to the protection of constitutional rights for United States citizens.
    • Minutes, office and client correspondence, secretary's and committee files, clippings, agendas, brochures, press releases, flyers, reports, notes, and American Civil Liberties Union publications and artifacts.
  • New York Galleries and Artists Collection MC 350
    • Alphabetical arrangement.
    • 2 cubic ft.
  • New York (State). Constitution MC 204
    • 0.4 cubic ft.
  • New York (State). Fact-Finding Panel on the Shoreham Nuclear Power Facility MC 292
    • Records, [ca.1973]-1984. 1982-1983 (bulk)
    • 12 cubic ft.
    • Dr. John H. Marburger, III, President of the State University of New York at Stony Brook served as panel chair. New York State Governor Mario M. Cuomo proposed the creation of the panel to "develop clearly derived, reliable, and objective information on the economic costs and safety" of this Long Island facility, owned by the Long Island Lighting Company.
    • Testimonies, minutes, reports, official transcripts, proceedings, correspondence, memoranda, statements, news releases, clippings, and audio recordings from the files of Dr. John H. Marburger, III.
  • New York (State) Pamphlets Collection MC 127

  • Newman, Jacqueline M. Chinese Cookbook Collection MC 365
    • Over 7,000 items relating to Chinese food history and herbal medicine, including the largest English-language Chinese cookbook collection in existence (2,626), journals and magazines, videos, and filmstrips.
    • Donated in 2002 by professor, author, and food historian Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman.

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  • Parkway Nursery School (Levittown, N.Y.) MC 234
    • Records, 1951-1975. 1953-1973 (bulk)
    • 6.2 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Primarily chronologically or by topic.
    • A cooperative nursery school in Levittown, NY.
    • Correspondence, minutes of meetings, by-laws, business, financial and tax records, school rosters, bulletins, plot and house plans, programs, contracts, and a scrapbook.
  • Parsons and Company (N.Y., N.Y.) MC 287
    • James Parsons & Sons records, 1774-[ca.1884] 1850-1880 (bulk)
    • 6 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Arranged by content.
    • James Parsons and subsequently his sons operated a dry goods business in Manhattan. In the early 19th century, the family established a garden nursery business in Queens. Parsons & Co. was dissolved in 1872.
    • Bills, inventories, journals, ledgers, letterbooks, financial records, payroll records, receipts, daybooks, invoices, and related records of the Parsons family's businesses.
  • Payne, Robert, 1911-1983 MC 293
    • Papers, [ca.1900]-1983.
    • 78 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Series.
    • Author, biographer, poet, translator.
    • Literary manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, and related materials. Includes extensive correspondence with, and biographical materials relating to Mr. Payne's parents, Stephen and Mireille (Dorey) Payne.
  • Payne, Sheila Lalwani MC 318
    • Records.
    • 2.8 cubic ft.
  • Performing Arts Foundation MC 279
    • Records, 1966-[ca.1982]
    • 138.4 cubic ft.
    • The Performing Arts Foundation was established with federal funding in 1966 by Clint Marantz, a Huntington (N.Y.) English teacher. Composer/singer Harry Chapin served as Chairman of Development on the Board of Directors for a number of years. In the early years (1966-1969), the Performing Arts Foundation consisted of a mobile theater company, a dance ensemble, and various music groups that toured local schools. In 1971, the Playhouse was established, where fully-mounted productions were staged. After the death of Mr. Chapin, the theatre building was renamed the Harry Chapin Center. In 1982, the Performing Arts Foundation went bankrupt.
    • Memoranda, correspondence, minutes, financial records, bylaws, contracts, press releases, reports, critiques, clippings, grant applications, surveys, mailing lists, programs, posters, photographs, scrapbooks, and set designs of a resident professional theater based in Huntington, Long Island, N.Y.
    • Partially restricted.
  • The Perishable Press Ltd. MC 214
    • Records and papers, 1965-1980.
    • 22 cubic ft.
    • The private press of Walter S. Hamady, a papermaker, printer, publisher of unusual books by hand, artist, and teacher. Founded while a student at Wayne State University in 1964, continued during graduate study at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Detroit, Mich., and subsequently in Mt. Horeb, Wisc., Mary Louise Laird Hamady jointly operated the press for a period of time.
    • Correspondence with authors, poets, typesetters, binders, papermakers, and other businesses; drafts, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, dummies, and galleys of materials submitted to and rejected or published by The Perishable Press Ltd. Correspondents include Jane Augustine, Leonard Baskin, Jack Beal, Paul Blackburn, Robert Creeley, J.V. Cunningham, Harry Duncan, Robert Duncan, George Economou, Loren Eiseley, Mitchell Goodman, Donald Hall, Walter Hall, Sam Hamod, Michael Heller, William Heyen, David Kherdian, Galway Kinnell, Elizabeth Kner, Ellen Lanyon, James Laughlin, Denise Levertov, Harry Lewis, Robert Lowell, Khatchik Minasian, Toby Olson, George Oppen, Joel Oppenheimer, Rochelle Owens, Harry Mark Petrakis, Jerome Rothenberg, Norman Russell, Armand Schwerner, William DeWitt Snodgrass, Gary Snyder, Gilbert Sorrentino, William Edgar Stafford, Christopher Stephens, Louis Szathmary II, W. Thomas Taylor, Robert Vas Dias, Diane Wakoski, Keith Waldrop, Rosmarie Waldrop, John Wieners. Included are personal diaries of Walter S. Hamady, as well as personal correspondence and materials about exhibits of his art work, and some files relating to his teaching career as a professor of art at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
  • Photo Albums Collection MC 104
  • Pierson, Lewis E. MC 319
    • Records, 1925-1930.
    • 1.4 cubic ft.
    • Privately financed effort "to get damaging evidence on persons in America who are aiding the Soviet cause and operations in the United States." This included investigation of U.S. Senators William E. Borah and George W. Norris, and the Soviet trading company Amtorg. Reports, correspondence, cablegrams, copies of purported bribes, and codes used by Col. T. Bentley Mott and Van Ness Harwood, who was the contact person for the private group, George Henry Payne, Dudley Field Malone, Ivy Lee, J. Edgar Hoover, Maxim Litvinov, and Georgi Chicherin.
  • Pisciotta, Alex, 1898-1985. MC 237
    • Papers, 1934-1976.
    • 0.8 cubic ft.
    • Legal and community organizational papers of the first mayor of the Village of Lake Grove, N.Y. Includes files on Boys High School, the La Guardia Fusion Campaign of 1934, the Brooklyn G.O.P. Convention, the Republican Columbian League of 1936, Catholic War Veterans, the New York City Charter Revision Commission of 1932-1933.
  • Pocket Maps Collection MC 360
    • A collection of 19th and 20th century maps representative of the United States and Canada.
    • 5 cubic ft.
    • Alphabetical arrangement.

  • Political Buttons Collection MC 369
    • Alphabetical arrangement.
    • 1 cubic ft; 74 individual buttons.
    • Donated by Judge Stuart Namm (retired) in 2003.
  • Portraits and Pictures Collection MC 166
    • Alphabetical arrangement.
    • 5 cubic ft.
  • Posters Collection MC 123
  • Pratt, John W. MC 291
    • Records, 1976-1984.
    • 8 cubic ft.
    • Mr. Pratt was a member of the Port Jefferson (N.Y.) Union Free School District Board of Education, and professor of history, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
    • School board records, including minutes of meetings, agendas, personnel records, correspondence and budget information.
    • Restricted. Closed until 2009.
  • Puleston, Dennis, 1905-2001.
    • Correspondence, memos, meeting minutes, articles, and clippings, 1967-1999.
    • 8 cubic ft.
    • One of the founders of Environmental Defense.

  • Preservation Society of the East End (Suffolk County, N.Y.) MC 251
    • Records [ca.1965-1975]
    • 3 cubic ft.
    • Eastern Long Island, N.Y., environmental action organization founded in 1965, merged into the Group for America's South Fork in 1975.
    • Minute books and office records of an environmental group based in East Hampton, N.Y.

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  • Quarterly Review of Biology. MC 271
    • Records, 1956-1980.
    • 18.8 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Organized by form (articles, correspondence, etc.), arranged primarily alphabetically.
    • Biological scientific review journal headquartered at State University of New York at Stony Brook. The Quarterly Review of Biology, founded in 1926 by Raymond Pearl, was purchased by the Stony Brook Foundation, Inc., in the mid-1960's. Among its editors were H. Bentley Glass, Frank C. Erk, and Rosemary G. Smolker.
    • Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, galleys, financial records, page proofs, production and office files, and memoranda.
    • Restricted.

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  • Radical Education Project, 1960's MC 124
    • Pamphlets and publications.
    • 2 cubic ft.
  • Reid, Robert E. MC 255
    • Papers, 1964-1976.
    • 24 cubic ft.
    • Organization: Primarily alphabetically by subject.
    • Republican councilman, Town of Brookhaven, N.Y., and president of Shorewood Water Corporation. Reid was involved in water quality and waste disposal issues for Suffolk County.
    • Town council papers, including office files, correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, notes, pamphlets, clippings and memoranda.
  • Richards, William C., 1927-1985 MC 274
    • Papers, 1972-1979.
    • 9 cubic ft.
    • Member of the Suffolk County (N.Y.) Legislature, 1976-1982, Republican-Conservative from Kings Park with an office in Smithtown, representing the 7th Legislative District, and presiding officer, 1980-1982.
    • Papers, legislative resolutions, committee minutes, and office files dealing with local issues.
  • Rogers, William H., 1922?-1986 MC 238
    • Papers, 1963-1975.
    • 27.6 cubic ft.
    • Town of Brookhaven, N.Y., Republican councilman, 1964-1975, and chief assessor, 1962-1963.
    • Office files.
  • Russian Books and Pamphlets relating to the Revolutionary Movement in Russia from the 1850's to the Revolution of 1917. MC 211
    • 1.6 cubic ft.
  • Ryder, Charles MC 101.27
    • Typescript, 19--.
    • 0.1 cubic ft. (1 v.)
    • Bound typescript of poem, "Idols," 19--.
    • XXX numbered poems.

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