Flying a Drone Around the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
I have a friend who has a drone.I realize that not many people can say that. It's akin to saying "I know a guy who knows a guy in New York City who once ate 300 sandwiches in a single sitting." Just...
View ArticleResearching Orphans in Genealogy
If you have an orphan in your family tree, you may have to go through additional steps to find relevant genealogical records for the orphaned or adopted ancestor. Orphans originating in New York City...
View ArticleEdith Wharton, A Writing Life: Marriage
In a writer's life, nothing is ever wasted. Every wrinkle in the fabric of experience can be transformed into fictional material. Although there is nothing directly autobiographical in the novels and...
View ArticleI Pledge Allegiance... Becoming a Citizen at The New York Public Library
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.Have you heard those...
View ArticleReview of "Exploring The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records" LIVE at NYPL
The line formed early outside of Edna Barnes Salomon Reading Room as this particular event in the Live from the NYPL series was the hottest ticket in town on a cold fall night. Who would have thought...
View ArticleKhmer Dance Project Videos Available Online
One of the stunning new collections from the Jerome Robbins Dance Division now available in the Library’s Digital Collections is the Khmer Dance Project (KDP). Funded by a grant from the Anne Hendricks...
View ArticleNYPL Receives Grant for Amateur Periodical Collection
New York Public Library has received a three-year grant from the Aeroflex Foundation and Hippocampus Press to process one of its hidden gems, the General Research Division's Amateur Periodical...
View ArticleA Prophecy Before Our Time: The Gay Men’s Health Project Clinic Opens in...
Guest post by Perry Brass.Lenny Ebreo, Marc Rabinowitz, and I were thrilled about the forum that took place at Washington Square Methodist Church in 1972. Because of the forum, Lenny now had some...
View ArticleThe Government Has Blood on Its Hands [One AIDS Death Every Half Hour]
Guest post by Avram Finkelstein.While we prefer to think of art as a reflection of our culture that mirrors our higher selves—and it frequently is—art can also serve as a dividing line.Without access...
View ArticlePlaying With Matches: Jewish Deli Ephemera: Posts from Stephen A. Schwarzman...
Hot pastrami. Three decker sandwiches with chopped liver, corned beef, tomatoes and bermuda onion. Hungarian beef goulash with noodles. Stuffed derma with kasha. These artery-clogging delicacies are no...
View ArticleRoy Colmer, in Memoriam: Posts from Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
The staff of the Wallach Division of Art, Prints, and Photographs were saddened to learn of the passing of Roy Colmer last week. Stephen C. Pinson, The Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Assistant Director...
View ArticleSkating Dreams: Twelve Kinds of Ice: Posts from Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Every winter when Bryant Park opens its skating rink and I see people walking into the Children's Center with skates hung over their shoulders I am taken back to the time I spent on the ice as a...
View ArticleThe Time Machine: Reading List 2013: Posts from Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
A favorite movie of my adolescent years was The Time Machine. I saw it again and again, and the special effects—state-of-the-art at the time, cheesy now—are still etched in my memory. How exciting to...
View ArticleStuffed Animal Husbandry: Caring for Winnie-the-Pooh and Friends: Posts from...
The New York Public Library is the proud home of the REAL Winnie-the-Pooh, the actual toy teddy bear that once belonged to Christopher Robin Milne, son of A. A. Milne, and the basis for the character...
View ArticleThe Yiddish Broadway and Beyond: Posts from Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Given New York City’s major role in the Yiddish theater, it’s no surprise that The New York Public Library has a wonderful Yiddish theater collection. Here you’ll find posters, playbills, sheet music,...
View ArticleResearch Collections: Highlights from the Reading Room: Posts from Stephen A....
My research colleagues and I can think of no better way to launch our new blog on the research collections than to begin with our readers. Our goal for the blog is to highlight the known and less...
View ArticleOpen Access Maps at NYPL: Posts from Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division is very proud to announce the release of more than 20,000 cartographic works as high resolution downloads. We believe these maps have no known US...
View ArticleJoe Miller's Groaners: Historical Joke Books in the Research...
In anticipation of April Fools’ Day, I’ve been digging around the research collection’s historical joke books in search of a good joke. Pity the poor sod who goes searching for funny jokes inside a...
View ArticleRecent Activity in the Raphael Lemkin Papers : Posts from Stephen A....
The subject of genocide is a difficult one to broach. Mass atrocity inflicted upon innocent people is not necessarily a favorite choice of reading. In my experience, it can be all too easy to ignore...
View ArticleWhy We Fight: The E-Resources: Posts from Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
The New York Public Library's latest exhibition, Why We Fight: Remembering AIDS Activism, opened last month. Co-curated by the Library's own Jason Baumann and Laura Karas, the exhibition features...
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