Hofstra University Special Collections

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It's been gray and rainy recently, so we're glad we captured these pretty (taken from Axinn Library) earlier in the ...
10/31/2025

It's been gray and rainy recently, so we're glad we captured these pretty (taken from Axinn Library) earlier in the week. Have a great weekend, Hofstra University

Framed, mounted, and wrapped! That's how you do it! !
10/13/2025

Framed, mounted, and wrapped! That's how you do it! !

Happy birthday to the best colleague and friend that a person could ever have!!! Hofstra University
10/13/2025

Happy birthday to the best colleague and friend that a person could ever have!!! Hofstra University

Vice Dean for Administrative and User Services Sarah McCleskey led a fascinating presentation for Prof. Lisa Merrill’s G...
10/10/2025

Vice Dean for Administrative and User Services Sarah McCleskey led a fascinating presentation for Prof. Lisa Merrill’s Gender, Race, Sexuality & the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage seminar yesterday. The students were really engaged and fascinated by the materials from our collections. Hofstra University Hofstra University Library

Really enjoyed the exhibition tour at the Hofstra University Museum of Art on Wednesday night! Director Sasha Giordano...
10/10/2025

Really enjoyed the exhibition tour at the Hofstra University Museum of Art on Wednesday night! Director Sasha Giordano and Erik Sumner, community activist and Art Teacher, Northern Parkway Elementary School, Uniondale, gave a very insightful look into the life and of Jamel Shabazz. Hofstra University

Last week we had a super fun visit with Lynn Liotta, a consultant from the Historical Society & Museum. Here we all ar...
10/06/2025

Last week we had a super fun visit with Lynn Liotta, a consultant from the Historical Society & Museum. Here we all are checking out items from our & our , both of which are Freeport related.

Looking forward to working together in the future!
Hofstra University Library Freeport Historical Society, Freeport, New York

We processed this c.1860 carte-de-visite of Martha (“Mattie”) Valentine (Willets) Bowne over 15 years ago, but it was st...
10/03/2025

We processed this c.1860 carte-de-visite of Martha (“Mattie”) Valentine (Willets) Bowne over 15 years ago, but it was still the first to come to mind when we were thinking of something to post as a !

With the B-52s and DEVO playing at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater on Sunday, we thought we’d throw it back to N...
10/02/2025

With the B-52s and DEVO playing at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater on Sunday, we thought we’d throw it back to Nov. 1982, when the B-52s played at Hofstra University on a double bill with The Ramones!!!

Happy , Hofstra University!
09/26/2025

Happy , Hofstra University!

Last week we attended the opening reception for Henry “King H.” Fuller’s amazing exhibition in Hofstra University's Ro...
09/25/2025

Last week we attended the opening reception for Henry “King H.” Fuller’s amazing exhibition in Hofstra University's Rosenberg Gallery. It was great to meet the artist and to catch up with Prof. Jim Lee. Dope Art by King H Hofstra University Dept. of Fine Arts, Design, Art History

Check out these pretty from this past week! Hofstra University
09/21/2025

Check out these pretty from this past week! Hofstra University

It was all smiles yesterday at the opening reception for the "In the Eye of the Beholder" , which has been created in s...
09/16/2025

It was all smiles yesterday at the opening reception for the "In the Eye of the Beholder" , which has been created in support of the Hofstra University Presidential Symposium, The Beauty Of...

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