Map, Altas, & Aerial Photography Collections

Special Collections maintains nearly 1,700 maps, atlases, and aerial photographs of Long Island and New York State, dating back to the seventeenth century with Willem Janszoon Blaeu's New Belgium and New England (1635).

Maps and Atlases

The map and atlas collections can be searched in STARS, the Libraries' online catalog. Additionally, the "Specmaps Database" contains information about the maps housed in Special Collections at Stony Brook University. It was compiled by David Allen with additions and revisions by Kristen Nyitray.

Map Collection at Stony Brook University

Digitized New York State Maps

Map and Geography Resources

Aerial Photographs

• 1930 Suffolk County photographs from Air Map Corporation of America. Available on CD-ROM only. Contact Map Librarian for access.
  
• 1938 Suffolk County. Black-and-white high altitude photographs covering much of Suffolk County. From U.S. Department of Agriculture. Stereoscopic coverage for some areas. Housed in Special Collections.
• 1938 Nassau County. Stereoscopic coverage available in Special Collections.
• 1947 Nassau County. Stereoscopic coverage available in Special Collections.
  
• 1970 Nassau and Suffolk counties. High altitude black-and-white photos from Lockwood, Kessler, and Bartlett. Housed in Special Collections.
• 1976 Nassau and Suffolk counties. Black and white 7.5' quadrangle format blueprints from Tri-State Regional Planning Commission. Housed in Special Collections.
• 1988 Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Black-and-white high altitude photographs from Lockwood, Kessler, and Bartlett. Housed in Special Collections.