ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Title Muriel and Julian Kane Collection
Collection Number SC 324
OCLC Number In-process
Creators Muriel Kane, 1927-2017 Julian Kane, 1924-2010
Provenance The collection was donated in two accruals; the first accession was donated in 1992
and the second in 2015.
Extent,Scope, and Content Note The collection is comprised of 6 cubic ft. of Muriel and Julian Kane's 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. The date coverage is 1950 to 1992. Mr. and Mrs. Kane worked
jointly on many projects and their papers reflect this partnership.
Arrangement and Processing Note Processed by Special Collections in 2006. Finding aid updated and revisd by Kristen J. Nyitray in June 2019.
The papers are arranged in the order they were received and have been decribed in
three series: Series 1: Levittown, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, Long Island Series 2: Levittown Public Library, Nassau Library System Series 3: Long Island Environmental Activities
Language English
Restrictions on Access The collection is open to researchers without restriction.
Rights and Permissions Stony Brook University Libraries' consent to access as the physical owner of the collection
does not address copyright issues that may affect publication rights. It is the sole
responsibility of the user of Special Collections and University Archives materials
to investigate the copyright status of any given work and to seek and obtain permission
where needed prior to publication.
Muriel and Julian Kane transferred and set over to the Stony Brook Foundation, Inc.,
a not-for-profit corporation assisting in the development of the State University
of New York at Stony Brook, all of their rights, title, and interest, including copyright
interests and literary property rights to their papers.
Citation [Item], [Box], Muriel and Julian Kane Collection, Special Collections and University
Archives, Stony Brook University Libraries.
Historical Note Community activists in Nassau County, New York. Murial and Julian Kane were involved
in public library affairs both in Levittown and in Great Neck. Mr. Kane became involved
in zoning issues shortly after they moved to Levittown and continued after their move
to Great Neck. The Kanes moved to Levittown in the fall of 1952 and chose this location because it
was within walking distance of the storefront library. Mrs. Kane became involved during
the McCarthy era in opposing an early community petition to close the public library
and transfer it to the schools, which was supposed "to save taxes," but which in effect
would have been a form of censorship. Mrs. Kane was involved with the planning and
construction of the Levittown Library in 1963. Shortly after its completion, the family
moved to Great Neck, where Mrs. Kane also became involved in public library affairs
and construction, chairing the building committee.
Mr. Kane, a micro-paleontologist and geologist by training, published numerous papers
in these fields, as well as in the areas of oceanography and environmental affairs.
His career included science administration in the fields of cancer research, atomic
energy and teaching earth sciences in public high schools and geology at Hofstra University.
He also consulted on local water issues. Early during their residence in Levittown,
he became involved in zoning and planning and its effect on neighborhoods as a result
of development and attempts at spot zoning.
Subjects New York (State) -- Levittown. Public schools -- New York (State) -- Levittown. Public schools. Levittown (N.Y.) -- History. Public schools -- New York (State) -- Levittown. School boards -- New York (State) -- Levittown. Public schools. School boards. Environmental protection. Zoning -- New York (State) -- Long Island. Real property -- New York (State) -- Long Island. Politics and government Real property. Zoning. New York (State) -- Long Island. New York (State) -- Nassau County.
INVENTORY
Series 1: Levittown, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, Long Island
Box 1 Appleby Beach – Conservation (1960) Civic Education (1962) (2 folders) District 5 – Campaign (1962) District 5 – Education (3 folders) District 5 – Education (1961) (3 folders) District 5 – Schools (1960) (2 folders)
Box 2 School Campaign (1957) (2 folders) School Campaign (1958) (2 folders) Education and Industry (1964) Elections (1958-1961) Hempstead Township – Civic Council (1958-1959)(2 folders) Larkin and Leonard – Republicans (1959-1961) (2 folders) Larkin, Edward (1959) Levittown (1957)
Box 3 Levittown Council (1957-1967) Levittown – Education (1962) Levittown – Social Profile (1961) LPOA (1958-1959) (3 folders) LPOA (1957-1962) LPOA (1960-1962) LPOA – Zoning General (1958-1961) (2 folders) Mid-Island – Plaza Taxes (1960-1961) Miller, Ira (1959) Nassau Planning Commission (1958-1959) Prayer, Schools (1962) (2 folders)
Box 4 Sanitary Districts (1959) School Literature Election (1959-1960) School Politics (1963) Sitter’s Cooperative (1958-1959) Taxpayer Committee (1959) Traffic (1959) Traffic (1961) Youth (1955-1958) (2 folders) Zoning (1958-1960) / See box 14 for map: Levittown Zoning Map Zoning – Elsie and Henry Schwartz (1959) Zoning – Gas Stations (1958) Zoning – Hamlet Road (1958-1959) Zoning – Professional (1959-1960) Zoning – Ronald Lewis (1959) Zoning – Suburbia (1954-1962) Zoning – Ted S. Galdstone (1959) Zoning – Wetlands (1961-1963)
Series 2: Levittown Public Library, Nassau Library System
Box 5 American Library Association (1958) (2 folders) Levittown Public Library – Costs Levittown Public Library – Friends of the Library Levittown Public Library – Grievance Committee Levittown Public Library – Kane Levittown Public Library – Minutes, Budget Studies (1956) Levittown Public Library – Minutes, Budget Studies (1957) (2 folders) Levittown Public Library – Minutes, Budget Studies (1958) (2 folders) Levittown Public Library – Minutes, Budget Studies (1959) Levittown Public Library – Minutes, Budget Studies (1960) Levittown Public Library – Minutes, Budget Studies (1961) Levittown Public Library – Minutes, Budget Studies (1962)
Box 6 Levittown Public Library – Minutes, Budget Studies (1963) Levittown Public Library – Policies and Bylaws Levittown Public Library – Public Relations and Publicity Levittown Public Library – Site and Building (3 folders) Levittown Public Library – Survey (1958-1959) (2 folders) Libraries – Freedom of Information Libraries – Personnel, District Search, Salaries Libraries – School District 26 Library Trustees Forum Nassau Library System (2 folders)
Series 3: Long Island Environmental Activities
Box 7 Bonner Henry M.: contour map of Land of Henry M. Bonner (note: see Box 14 for map) CAP Program (1984-1990) Chlorination Cross-Connection Controls (3 folders) Environmental Impact Statement Environmental Publications – American Scientist Environmental Publications – The Conservationist (June-July, 1966) (Kane pp. 12-13) Environmental Publications – Environmental Record Environmental Publications – Micropaleontology (July, 1956) Environmental Publications – The Micropaleontologist (July, 1953) Environmental Publications – Miscellaneous Environmental Publications – Models of Foraminifera (1950) Environmental Publications – Natural History (March, 1967) (Kane pp. 22-27) Environmental Publications – Natural History (Jan., 1969) (Kane pp.48-51) Environmental Publications – Nature (Oct., 1969) (Kane p. 164)
Box 8 Environmental Publications –The 1969 Star Awards (Kane pp. 44-45) Environmental Publications – Science Teacher (March, 1964) (Kane p.27) Environmental Publications – Science Teacher (Feb., 1969) (Kane pp. 34-37) Environmental Publications – Science Teacher (July, 1969) (Kane p.204) Environmental Publications – Science Teacher (Feb., 1970) (Kane pp. 24-26) Environmental Publications – Sea Frontiers (May-June, 1968) (Kane pp. 176-186) Environmental Publications – Underwater Naturalist (July, 1977) (Kane pp. 10-13) Garden City – Waterfile (1980-1989) (2 folders) Great Neck North Water Authority Groundwater Remediation (1979-1989) (folders 1-3 of 4)
Box 9 Groundwater Remediation (1979-1989) (folder 4 of 4) Hydrology Zones (1982-1988) Jamaica Water (1988) Lloyd Aquifer (1980-1981) (note: see box 14 for map: Roosevelt Field Water Connections,
Lloyd Aquifer) Long Island Water Court Case (1988-1990) (folders 1-8 of 12)
Box 10 Long Island Water Court Case (1988-1990) (folders 9-12 of 12) Mitchell Creek (1967-1970) (note: see box 14 for map: Great Neck) Mitchell Creek (1971) Mitchell Creek (1972) Mitchell Creek (1973, 1977-1979) Mitchell Creek (n.d.)
Box 11 Nassau County Department of Health Article X (2 folders) Nassau – Hydrologic Zone Revision (1981-1983) Nassau Sewer Study (2 folders) (note: see box 14 for map: Flood Hazard Areas) National Air and Space Museum PSC Reimbursements (1988-1989) (2 folders) SLUDGE (180-1990) (2 folders) SPDES Permit
Box 12 Special Ground Water Protection Areas (1984-1992) Urey, Harold C. Water Management Study (1975-1978) (5 folders) Water Management Study (1979-1980) (1 of 3 folders)
Box 13 Water Management Study (1975-1978) (2 and 3 of 3 folders) Water Management Study (1981-1982) (2 folders) Wetlands (2 folders) (note: see box 14 for map: Stream Classifications)
Box 14 Map: Contour Map of Land of Henry Bonner Map: Flood Hazard Areas Map: Great Neck Map: Levittown Zoning Map Map: Roosevelt Field Water Connections, Lloyd Aquifer Map: Stream Classification Tag: American Library Association: Muriel Kane Tag: Trustee
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