A very abridged collection of archives in the city.
NYC Municipal Archives Preserves and makes available the historical records of New York City municipal government. Accessioned from more than one hundred city agencies, the collections comprise office records, manuscript material, still and moving images, ledger volumes, vital records, maps, blueprints, and sound recordings.
New York Public Library Founded in 1895, NYPL is the nation’s largest public library system, featuring 92 neighborhood branches across the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, with three scholarly research centers. The library holds over 56 million items—available to all.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Houses one of the world’s most extensive combinations of circulating, reference, and rare archival collections in its field. The Library is known particularly for its prodigious collections of non-book materials such as historic recordings, videotapes, autograph manuscripts, correspondence, sheet music, stage designs, press clippings, programs, posters and photographs.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Located in Harlem, New York, the Schomburg is recognized as one of the leading institutions focusing exclusively on African-American, African Diaspora, and African experiences.
La Guardia and Wagner Archives Established in 1982 to collect, preserve, and make available primary materials documenting the social and political history of New York City.
The New York Historical Dedicated to fostering research, presenting history and art exhibitions, and public programs that reveal the dynamism of New York’s history and its influence on the world of today.
Museum of the City of New York Celebrates and interprets the city, educating the public about its distinctive character, especially its heritage of diversity, opportunity, and perpetual transformation.
Centro – Center for Puerto Rican Studies Researching, preserving, and sharing the Puerto Rican experience.
Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Committed to preserving the history of the labor movement and labor history of the New York area.
Downtown Collection at NYU Documentatiton of the downtown arts scene that evolved in SoHo and the Lower East Side during the 1970s and through the early 1990s.
MoMA Archives Materials documenting modern and contemporary art, including papers of artists, collectives, galleries, dealers, art historians, and critics.
The Paley Center for Media Archive Media collection of television and radio programs and advertisements.
New York Correction History Society Thousands of files documentary the history of correction services in New York.
MTA Transit Museum Archives Materials relating to public transportation, including maps, photographrs, drawings, tools, equipment, and textiles.
The 9/11 Digital Archive Collection and preservation of the attacks in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania and the public responses to them.
Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York This resource aggregates a variety of digital material from multiple resources across the region.