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U.S. History Resources For Remote Learning

Primary documents, historical newspapers, court records, manuscript collections and much more.

April Fooling With Suffragists a Century Ago—And How to Find Out if Your Ancestors Were Involved With the Suffrage Movement

Many of the resources you'll need are available online, so you don’t have to wait to get started.

2020 Bernstein Awards Finalist Spotlight: 'Charged' by Emily Bazelon

Charged follows the stories of two young people, Kevin and Noura, as they wind their way from arrest through the criminal justice system.

Free Online Language Learning Resources for Kids

Childhood is an ideal time to learn a new language.

2020 Bernstein Awards Finalist Spotlight: 'The Outlaw Ocean' by Ian Urbina

This book digs fearlessly into the complex environmental and human rights issues of the world’s ungoverned and ungovernable high seas.

NYPL Researcher Spotlight: Dr. Katherine Parker

Every day is a surprise in the map room, she says.

Where in the World? Gazetteers and Other Place-Name Resources

Resources to assist researchers and casual users find the places they are looking for.

Valentine’s Day and Cacao, the Food of the Gods

How did chocolate and Valentine's Day get linked anyway?

Oscar Night! Researching Local History at the Movies

The Milstein Division is a treasure trove for local history researchers.

Researcher Spotlight: Rabbi Deborah Prinz

You may not be able to eat chocolate at the library, but you can certainly research it.

2019: The Year in Archival Research

A sampling of publications whose authors relied upon the Library’s archival and rare book collections in their research.

NYPL Researcher Spotlight: Timothy Gress

As part of our series on researchers who use NYPL collections for their work, we interview an NYU student about his favorite Library spaces, places to work, and even lunch choices.

Leigh Hunt at the Library: A Birthday Evaluation

Happy 235th Birthday to English poet, journalist, and literary critic Leigh Hunt, born this day in 1784. Though not often remembered for his own writings, Hunt had a major influence on British literature of the 19th century.

Fordham-NYPL Research Fellows in Jewish Studies, 2019-2020

Meet three fellows joining the Library, and check out their lines of study and research relevant to Jewish studies and history.

Melville at 200

To celebrate Herman Melville's 200th birthday, the Library is displaying notable Melville items from our collections, including family correspondence and literary manuscripts.

Genealogy Tips: Using NYPL Resources at Home to Research Immigrant Ancestors

Visiting New York City and want to look for records of your ancestors at The NYPL? With these fantastic online resources, you can start your research at home and continue after your trip - so, after your Library visit, you can spend more time seeing more our city!

An Introduction to Mass Digitization and the Brown Brothers Collection

Find out what happens when a newly acquired collection - in this case, records from a famed banking house, from 1825 to 1880 - is ready to be digitized and added to the NYPL Digital Collections.

Romantic Interests: Fine Foods at the Hôtel des Américains

The Pforzheimer Collection recently acquired a rare piece of early-19th century Parisian culinary ephemera: a large, printed menu from the food shop at the Hôtel des Américains, which carried international delicacies, wines, and liquors.

Not For Sale: The Iconic Brooklyn Bridge Celebrates Over 130 Years

For over 130 years, the Brooklyn Bridge has been an icon of the New York City landscape—longer if you account for the 13 years required to construct it. This beloved connection between boroughs is still in use while many of its contemporaries have been replaced or dismantled worldwide.

Early Russian Interest in Walt Whitman’s Works

Two hundred years after Walt Whitman's birth, a new NYPL exhibition at the New York Public Library examines many of the individuals, beliefs, and experiences that shaped Whitman’s work, and features Whitman's impact on foreign writers and literatures, including Russian authors.