Special Collections Blog
December 12, 2007
Special Collections Hours During Winter Intersession
December 17-21 : 8:30am-5pm
December 24 : By appointment only
December 25 : Closed
December 26-28 : By appointment only
December 31-January 1 : Closed
January 2 - 26 : 8:30am-5pm
For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 777-4844.
For library hours for all University Libraries see http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/webdocs/hours.html
Posted by jgreen at 04:30 PM
Preservation Move!
Binghamton University Libraries' Preservation Department will ring in the new year in a new space. The department and its staff have moved to a newly renovated area on the second floor of the Glenn G. Bartle Library. The space will be shared with the Digitization Lab.
For more information or questions, please call 777-6220.
Posted by jgreen at 02:44 PM
Eastern Perspectives: Faculty Publications and Library Collections in Asian and Asian American Studies at Binghamton University
The campus community is invited to view “Eastern Perspectives: Faculty Publications and Library Collections in Asian and Asian American Studies at Binghamton University.” The exhibit is in conjunction with the New York Conference on Asian Studies 2007, to be held on campus on Oct. 26 and 27 (http://aaasp.binghamton.edu/nycas/).
The Eastern Perspectives exhibit is on display in three locations in the University Libraries. In the Bartle Library’s mezzanine, the exhibit consists of the AAAS program faculty’s publications along with vernacular materials recently acquired by the Libraries in Chinese, Korean and Japanese. The Libraries’ collection on South Asia, Asian and Asian American studies is also shown here.
An exhibit case in the North Reading Room, in front of Special Collections, showcases books on Asian art. Inside of Special Collections, you will find materials including fine Japanese prints and a Thai story cloth.
The Science Library’s exhibit includes Asian Culture and the Environment, History of Asian Science and Technology and Binghamton University Researchers in Decentering Asia.
The exhibit will be on display until the end of the year.
Posted by jgreen at 02:21 PM
The Binghamton University Libraries Celebrate 75 Years of Link Flight Simulation
In 1929, Edwin A. Link, Jr. invented the Link trainer or Blue Box and forever changed the way in which pilots learned to fly. A permanent exhibit honoring Edwin A. Link, Jr., the father of flight simulation, is on display in the lobby of Bartle Library. The current display outlines the history of Ed Link and his contributions to flight simulation. Exhibit items will be changed periodically in order to highlight the various aspects of the Link Collections. The Link Collections are housed in the Special Collections department and consist of the Edwin A. Link, Jr. papers; his wife's materials, the Marion Clayton Link papers; his sister's papers, the Marilyn C. Link collections; records from the Link Foundations and from Hughes Training, Inc. (formerly the Link Aviation Company) as well as over 100 books donated by the Links, most of which are rare aviation books from Edwin Link's personal library.
Posted by jgreen at 02:12 PM
History of Medicine
If you are interested in the history of medicine in New York you may want to look at the Broome County Medical Society Collection. The Society began in 1806 and will have their bicentennial celebration next year. In the collection are materials from their Centennial and Sesquicentennial (150 years) celebrations, including a ticket for the Sesquicentennial dinner.
The BCMS collection has biographical information on several 19th century local physicians, included Dr. Nathan Smith Davis, the founder of the the American Medical Association. The are also minute books from 1806 to 1943, photographs, glass magic lantern slides, medical diplomas and certificates, 19th century medical journals, and much, much more.
Posted by Melody at 02:05 PM
Civil War Manuscripts Archive
The Civil War Manuscripts Archive now consists of sixteen individual collections. Primarily the collections are letters and/or diaries. Two of the "collections" consist of a single diary each. All sixteen collections have been cataloged and can be found in infoLINK under the collective title: Civil War Manuscripts Archive.
Posted by Melody at 02:02 PM
Libraries acquire Dickinson letter
Special Collections of the BU Libraries recently acquired a letter written by Daniel Dickinson in July 1860 regarding the establishment of the Inebriate Asylum in Binghamton. See Dickinson Collection.
Posted by Melody at 10:57 AM