Archives and Manuscripts at The New York Public Library
The New York Public Library holds nearly 10,000 archival and manuscript collections comprising over 50,000 linear feet of material in nearly every format imaginable. They preserve evidence (often unique and unpublished) of human activity and achievement that forms a basis for the study of political, social, economic, and cultural history. Each year, these collections inform and inspire the work of scholars, writers, artists, filmmakers, family historians, and other advanced researchers who seek and then share the new knowledge and perspectives revealed to them through these resources.
Archives and manuscripts are also exploited by the Library and other institutions to exhibit, teach, and build educational tools —all of which provide the general public and students of all ages the opportunity to learn about the human experience through primary sources.
Archives and Manuscripts Divisions
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division
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Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
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Photography Collection
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Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
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Billy Rose Theatre Division
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division
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Music Division
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
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Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy
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Dorot Jewish Division
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General Research Division
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division
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Rare Book Division
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New York Public Library Archives
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