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Transportation, Communications, and Colonial War
War was nearly unrelenting in colonial America. Europeans fought Europeans from other empires. They fought Indians. And sometimes, alliances of Indian groups and Europeans faced off against each...
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Informed Archives: The Environmental Action Coalition and the Birth of Earth Day
In January 2017, thousands gathered on Fifth Avenue and the surrounding area for the Women’s March. But this wasn’t the first time that this street was the home for a massive demonstration: almost...
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5 Mother’s Day Gifts for the Unstoppable Mom
Of course you could show her some love with flowers, a nice card, and a hug, but this Mother’s Day (psst, it’s May 14!) we’ve got exactly what you need for the strong, paradigm-shattering mom (or...
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Ep. 72 "A Key Role To Play" | Library Stories
Journalists protect democracies by doing their job well, says George Packer, staff writer at The New Yorker and past winner of the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism. Packer will...
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Researcher Spotlight: Chana Pollack
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.Photo by Kurt HoffmanChana...
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Researcher Spotlight: Emily Brooks
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. Emily Brooks is a National...
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Doc Chat Episode Thirty-Seven: Recovering Frances Burney's Cecilia
On November 4, 2021, Doc Chatters read between the lines of the manuscripts of one 18th-century female novelist. Charles Turner, engraver, Frances Burney d'Arblay, 1840, after a painting by Edward...
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Work/Cited Episode 11: Unlocking the Secrets of Polly Adler, Queen of Vice in...
In this episode, NYPL's Meredith Mann met with Debby Applegate, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher, to celebrate the release of Debby's...
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Researcher Spotlight: Mosi Secret
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. Mosi Secret is an...
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Doc Chat Episode Thirty-Nine: Picturing the Subway in 1970s New York
On December 2, 2021, Doc Chat glimpsed the subway of the 1970s through the eyes of one photographer.Alen MacWeeney, Black Woman Through Graffiti Window is Caught Unaware By Camera: Crowded Group in...
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Capturing Brontë: Collectors, Readers, and the Afterlife of Charlotte Brontë
Charles Dickens's desk, writing slope, slope, and chair. Berg Collection.Among the signature items of the newly opened Polonsky Exhibition of the New York Public Library’s Treasures are a desk, chair,...
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Doc Chat Episode Forty: Columbus’s 1493 Letter on His First Voyage, Teaching...
On December 9, 2021, Doc Chat read between the lines of the first printed account of Columbus's initial voyage to the Americas.Letter of Columbus to Luis de Santangel, dated 15 February 1493; NYPL...
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Doc Chat Episode Forty-One: Photographing the Rise and Fall of the Lower East...
On December 16, 2021, Doc Chatters took a before-and-after virtual walking tour of the Lower East Side's historic synagogues. Norfolk Street Synagogue, Lower East Side. New York, NY, circa 1940s. Photo...
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Peter Kuper's INterSECTS Reading List
© Betty Russell , 2021The New York Public Library's exhibition INterSECTS presents excerpts from artist Peter Kuper’s forthcoming graphic novel, which he developed during his tenure as a fellow at The...
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New York Public Library Obtains 1789 Ewangelia též Episstoli
The New York Public Library has acquired the 1789 edition of Ewangelia též Episstoli, a Czech Gospel book. The description below was contributed by Hunter Corb of Michael Laird Rare Books, the seller...
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Work/Cited Episode 12: Rubbing Elbows at the Automat
In this episode, NYPL's Tal Nadan spoke about the Horn & Hardart Automat with Lisa Hurwitz, director of the documentary film The Automat, and Alec Shuldiner, Lisa's collaborator and author of a...
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The Library Enriches Its Photographic Collection on Sakhalin
Family of Gilaks. NYPL Digital Collections, IMAGE ID1207806The New York Public Library holds an exceptional collection of visual materials, including photographs from pre-revolutionary Russia. In 1921,...
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NYPL Researcher Spotlight: Thomas Ort
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.Thomas Ort is an Associate...
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Doc Chat Forty-Two: The Brooklyn Battery Bridge and the Fight to Save New York
On February 3, 2022, Doc Chat kicked off another great season by digging into the story of a never-built NYC bridge and the origins of the city's preservation movement. Triborough Bridge Authority,...
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Work/Cited Episode 13: The Interconnected World of Postcards
In this episode, NYPL's Elizabeth Cronin spoke with writer Lydia Pyne about her book Postcards: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Social Network. So much more than notes that say, “Wish you were...
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