Collections

Archival collections contain a wide variety of primary source material, not only paper documents – such as correspondence, manuscripts, and diaries – but also photographs, sound recordings, films, videotapes, artifacts, and electronic records.

Special collections, reading rooms, and curatorial units.

Reference-only collections at New York Public Library locations.

Circulating collections at New York Public Library locations.

Use the PAWS catalog to find items at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library: PAWS Catalog: Braille & Talking Books

The New York Public Library has one of the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive institutional preservation programs in the United States, with activities dating back to the 1911 opening of the landmark Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.

Details on the locations, arrangement and access of photograph collections held throughout NYPL.