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Old Time Tours: New York City Guidebooks in the Early Republic
This history series on 19th century New York City guidebooks is a companion to our research guide: Old Time Tours: A Guide to 19th Century NYC Guidebooks. For colonial guides to New York City, see our...
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Old Time Tours: New York City Guidebooks in the Mid-1800s
This history series on 19th century New York City guidebooks is a companion to our research guide: Old Time Tours: A Guide to 19th Century NYC Guidebooks. For colonial guides to New York City, see our...
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Old Time Tours: New York City Guidebooks After the Civil War
This history series on 19th century New York City guidebooks is a companion to our research guide: Old Time Tours: A Guide to 19th Century NYC Guidebooks. For colonial guides to New York City, see our...
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Teaching American History With NYPL Digital Collections: Childhood in America
A 7-Year-Old Cotton Picker, 1924, NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: 1235231.Everything has a history, even (or, especially!) the most personal and seemingly timeless parts of our lives. Teaching...
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Nature Walk through History: Ten Famous Trees of NYC
"If there was only one tree like that in the world, you would think it was beautiful. But because there are so many, you can't see how beautiful it really is."—A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty...
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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Researching with NYPL's E-Resources...
Children of Chinatown, San Francisco, 1903-1904. NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID 66574May is Asian Pacific America Heritage Month. The New York Public Library has created this list of free online...
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Teaching American History With NYPL Digital Collections: Revolutionary New York
John C. McRae, Pulling down the Statue of George III by the "Sons of Freedom" at the Bowling Green, City of New York, July 1776 (1859); NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: ps_prn_cd35_501A seven-year...
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Doc Chat Episode Two: "Militant" Maude Malone
On August 18, 2020, a few hundred primary source lovers gathered on Zoom to celebrate the centennial of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendmment and the life of one unsung suffragist.Mrs. Emmeline...
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Ratification, Discrimination, Adaptation: Researching "Mrs. America"
Opening credit from Mrs. America on Hulu .Popular entertainment can often work as a source of historical data, if not always of historical fact. Endless works of fiction are "based on" or "inspired by"...
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Frank E. Campbell: Undertaker to the Stars
Frank E. Campbell’s humble obituary betrayed no indication that this was a man who revolutionized the mortuary business. However, researching his business in historical newspapers tells a different...
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Doc Chat Episode Twelve: Putting Protest Photography Under the Lens
In the final episode of the fall season of Doc Chat, held on December 3, 2020, an engaged group of Doc Chatters dug into the stories behind photographs of radical demonstrations in early 20th-century...
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Land of the Unknown: A History of Hart Island
“To me, this island is like a huge monument surrounded by water. I call it the Land of the Unknown, because only God knows the full history of this island.” —Albert Carrasquillo, Pito, Hart Island...
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Diversify Your Classical Listening With These Acclaimed African American...
Black History Month is a time to recognize and celebrate the legacy Black culture has contributed to America and the world. Classical music has been blessed with many composers of African descent, but...
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The Irish In Us: A Quick Primer on Irish-American Genealogy Research
The Piper. NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: 1588238In 2019, 30.4 million U.S. residents claimed ancestry tracing back to Ireland—about six times the total current population of the Emerald Isle.The...
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Doc Chat Episode Twenty-Seven: Exploring 1930s New York City Through Tenement...
On May 6, 2021, Doc Chat explored living conditions in New York City in the 1930s, along with the agencies created to regulate and reform housing. New York City Tenement House Department, Rear of...
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Doc Chat Episode Thirty: Researching Problematic Content in Pop Culture History
On May 27, 2021, Doc Chat wrapped an amazing spring season of primary source-based programming and thought-provoking conversation."I, Claudia," New York Daily News, December 15, 1980, 76.A weekly...
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NYPL Researcher Spotlight: Cullen Gallagher
This profile is part of a series of interviews chronicling the experiences of researchers who use The New York Public Library's collections for the development of their work.Cullen Gallagher is a...
View ArticleNational Hispanic Heritage Month 2021: Researching with NYPL's E-Resources...
Leer este post en españolFrom September 15 through October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month. The New York Public Library has created this list of free online resources to help you delve into the...
View ArticleMes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana 2021: realización de investigaciones con...
Read this post in EnglishDesde el 15 de septiembre hasta el 15 de octubre es el Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana. La Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York ha creado esta lista de recursos gratuitos en...
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Finding Images of Your Ancestors at The New York Public Library
You want to find a photograph of your ancestor, but somewhere down the line, that person went missing from the family album. Or perhaps you have a photograph of a family picnic from years ago that...
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