Rare
Books
A
card in the card catalog marked RB, indicates a book in
the Rare Book Room. At present, few titles appear in LIUCAT. There
are currently around 1550 volumes in Rare Books dating from the
17th to the 20th century. The collection is strong in history,
particularly New York and Brooklyn history, and American and European
literature. The Rare Book Room also houses a collection of Nineteenth
Century Schoolbooks, which consists of about 450 volumes of school
texts, primers and grammars on all subjects dating from the 19th
to the early 20th century. Additional collections are: rare 19th
and early 20th century serials, including a The Southern Workman
1872 to 1939; and a collection of early manufacturer’s catalogs.
Artist
Books
The
library holds over 200 volumes of artists' books representing
the work of over 50 contemporary book artists and fine presses.
A sub-collection documents the publications and book illustrations
of Edward Gorey.
A checklist of this collection is available.
LIU
Brooklyn Archives
Over
150 linear feet of university records and publications make up
the Archives. Long Island University and the Brooklyn College
of Pharmacy are documented from its beginnings through scrapbooks,
administrative records, publications, photographs and sound and
film recording. The Archives is particularly strong in the early
years of the University from 1926 to1960. A close to complete
run of Sewanakha, the LIU, Brooklyn student newspaper and
and Sound and Pharmakon yearbooks are also available.
A finding aid to the LIU, Brooklyn
Archives is available.
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MANUSCRIPTS
The manuscript
collections are particularly strong in American Urban Planning and
African American History.
Below is a list and short description of each collection:
Collis
P. Huntington Papers: 1865-1901
These papers
document the Collis Huntingtons’ career as a founder of the Central
Pacific Railroad Company and builder of the western end of the
trans-continental railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad system.
Also documented are his work as a political lobbyist, founder
of the California Republican Party and financial donor to Booker
T. Washington’s Tuskegee Institute. The originals
of these papers are in the Syracuse University Library.
A printed finding aid to this collection is available from
Special Collections.
This collection is on microfilm.
Heller
Collection of Transit and Construction Photographs
Donated to the library by Saul Heller in 1974, this collection
is in two parts:
O'Rourke
Engineering and Construction Company Project Photographs
6 boxes of album photographs document various project (1896-1913)
of this company, which specialized in demolition of older building
and excavation of foundations for new buildings.
A finding aid is available.
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Staten
Island Rapid Transit Photographs
23 boxes of photographs document the refurbishment (1935-1945)
of the Staten Island Rapid Transit.
A finding aid is available.
Historical
Prints of Brooklyn and New York
2 boxes of prints dating from 1857-1907 document old New York
in maps and illustrated scenes.
A finding aid is available.
Professional
Papers of Robert C. Weinberg
78 linear of papers and over 150 rolls of architectural drawing
document the professional work of city planner and architect Robert
C. Weinberg. A Guide to the Professional Papers of Robert C.
Weinberg, edited by Albert Fein and Elliott S.M.Gatner, is
available in the library Department. It can be located by the
call number:
NA737.W45 F45 1984x.
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Records
of the New York African Society for Mutual Relief
15 boxes contain papers that document this early beneficial society
providing sick and death benefits for African Americans from 1867-1949.
This collection is available for consultation on microfilm.
A finding aid is available.
Saul Nimowitz
Papers
10 boxes of papers, reports and publications document the work
(1974-82) of Saul Nimowitz in the New York City Department of
City Planning.
A finding aid is available.
Slave Narratives
On 11 reels of microfilm, these typewritten manuscripts record
the Federal Writer’s Project A Folk History of Slavery in the
United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, 1936-1938.
The narratives are arranged by state. The original
records are in the Library of Congress. This collection is
on Microfilm.
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Created By: Ellen
Belcher
Revised: 4/01/02
