Brooklyn Historical Society and Brooklyn Public Library Announce Merger
Researchers of Brooklyn history will soon have one less archive to have to dig through. The Brooklyn Historical Society and […]
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Museum of Chinese in America’s Archive Severely Damaged by Fire
Last Friday a fire decimated a historic building at 70 Mulberry Street in New York’s Chinatown. The building was home […]
New-York Historical Society Acquires Papers of Biographer Robert Caro
The New-York Historical Society recently announced its acquisition of the papers of biographer Robert Caro, well known for his extensively […]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Plans to Raise Fees to Access Records
Historians and genealogists may soon have to pay more to access critical records about immigrant history housed under the department […]
UPenn Acquires Papers of Poet and Artist Ashley Bryan
In 1962, Ashley Bryan became the first African American to publish a children’s book as both the author and illustrator. […]
New Online Map Brings Together Historic Images from Institutions Across NYC
Those looking for a glimpse of historic New York City have a new resource to help in that quest. Urban […]
David Library of the American Revolution to Merge with American Philosophical Society
The David Library of the American Revolution will soon be closing the doors to is Washington Crossing, PA location. At […]
Philadelphia City Archives to Reopen at New Location
The archives is now located at Fifth and Spring Garden Streets, within the new, 70,000 square foot Yards Brewing Co. complex.
Count Basie Artifacts Collection Now at Rutgers-Newark
The extensive collection will be housed at the Institute of Jazz Studies in the Dana Cotton Library, the largest collection of jazz music-related materials in the world.
Preserving New York History by Dry Cleaning Its Oldest Maps
A group of workers at the Municipal Archives in Manhattan have set about the urgent task of preserving the city’s oldest treasures.