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ABC News Research Center
47 West 66th Street
New York, NY, 10023
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Phone: 212-456-3796
Fax: 212-456-2450
E-mail: nrc@abc.com
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Director: C. B. Hayden
Staff: 17 |
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Main subject areas: Current events, history of news media.
Holdings: 20,000 volumes, 40 cabinets of microfilm, 27 online services, 42 networked CD-ROM databases, 500 CD-ROMS, 1,000 journal and newspaper subscriptions, computerized OPAC.
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Restrictions: Not open to the public
Hours: Mon - Fri, 9-midnight, Sat-Sun, 10-6
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Archives
D. Samuel Gottesman Library
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, NY, 10461
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Phone: 718-430-3104
Fax: 718-430-8795
E-mail: minuti@aecom.yu.edu
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Director: Aurelia Minuti
Staff: 1
Founded: 1960 |
| Web address: http://library.aecom.yu.edu
Main subject areas: History of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine; medical education; medicine.
Holdings: Records of AECM, its related departments, and affiliated institutions: Faculty Senate minutes; committee files; annual reports; departmental newsletters; news clippings; correspondence; photographs; and artifacts. Biographical files on faculty members; audiotapes, videotapes and films; and Einstein memorabilia.
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Publications: Unpublished finding aids available.
Restrictions: Open to qualified researchers.
Hours: Mon-Fri 9 - 5
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American
Bible Society
Archives
1865 Broadway
New York, NY, 10023
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Phone: 212-408-1258
Fax: 212-408-1526 |
Director:
Staff: 4 |
| Web address: http://www.americanbible.org
Main subject areas: Religion; Bible; History & mission of American Bible Society,
Holdings: History of world Bible movement. Minutes of Governing Board (1816-present); correspondence documenting ABS involvement in missionary activity worldwide; history of translations; administrative records of all departmental units; oral histories; pamphlets; posters; photos; audiovisual materials; and memorabilia. Records of United Bible Societies, and regional/state Bible Societies. Also personal papers of ABS officers, agents and others active in the Bible Movement.
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Restrictions: Qualified researchers when records 25 years old or more
Hours: Mon - Fri, 9-4
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American Civil Liberties Union
Archives
125 Broad Street
18th Floor
New York NY 10004 |
Phone: 212-549-2509
Fax: 212-549-2650
E-mail: jlinde@aclu.org |
Director: Janet Linde
Staff: 2
Founded: 1993 |
| Main subject areas: Civil Liberties, Organizational History
Holdings: 142 linear feet: 103 l.f. documents; 21 l.f. publications; 2.5 l.f. photographs; 5 l.f. posters and other oversize visual materials; 6 l.f. videos; and 4 l.f. audio tapes.
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Restrictions: No public access; public archives held at Princeton University, Mudd Manuscript Library
Hours: N/A
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American Express
Corporate Archives
200 Vesey Street, 48th floor
New York, NY 10285
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Phone: 212-640-3054
Fax: 212-640-0377
E-mail: Ira.Galtman@aexp.com |
Director: Ira Galtman
Staff: 1
Founded: 1972 |
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Main subject areas: American Express business, travel & tourism, charge and credit cards, financial services.
Holdings: 1,500 -2,000 cubic feet of materials (1850- present): papers of founding partners and CEOs; articles of association; board and executive committee minutes; senior executive and departmental files; financial records; employee magazines and newsletters; advertising and promotional material; maps and posters. 10,000 photos of travel offices, events and employees; several hundred videotapes of promotional events; digital library of 18,000 images on CD-ROM.
Restrictions: In general , for internal use only; External users may submit a request for archival information to the Corporate Archivist.
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Hours: Mon - Fri, 9 AM to 5 PM
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American
International Group, Inc.
Archives
70 Pine Street
New York, NY, 10270 |
Phone: 212-770-3066
Fax: 212-797-5460
email: peter.bahra@aig.com |
Director: Peter Bahra
Staff: 6 |
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Website: www.AIG.com
Main subject areas: History of AIG; commercial and industrial insurance and financial services, (1802 -).
Holdings: Records of founder and current chairman; biographical data files; financial records; annual reports; minutes and ledger books of parent, subsidiary and predecessor companies; company publications; country files; advertising and photo collection.
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Hours: By appointment
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American Jewish Committee
Archives
Jacob Blaustein Building
165 East 56th Street
New York, NY, 10022 |
Phone: 212-751-4000 x433
Fax: 212-319-6540
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Staff: 3 |
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Main subject areas: Judaism; religion; discrimination & bigotry; immigration
Holdings: Anti-Semitism, bigotry, discrimination, immigration of Jews to the U.S., German Nazism, Israel & the Middle East. Materials accumulated during the course of its existence as a human rights organization.
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Restrictions: Some restrictions
Hours: Mon - Thurs, 9-5, Friday, 9-3
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American Jewish Historical Society
Archives
Center for Jewish History
15 W. 16th Street
New York NY 10011 |
Phone: 212-294-6160
Fax: 212-294-6161
E-mail: reference@ajhs.org |
Director: Dr. Michael Feldberg
Staff: 16
Founded: 1892 |
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Web Address: www.ajhs.org
Main subject areas: Judaism; religion; Jewish American History, colonial to the present
Holdings: Personal and institutional papers, photographs, library, rare book collection, painting, and other museum holdings.
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Publications: American Jewish History Heritage
Hours: M-F 9:30-4:40
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American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
711 Third Avenue - 10th Floor
NY NY 10017 |
Phone: 212-885-0896
Fax: 212-370-5467
E-mail: sherry.hyman@jdcny.org |
Director: Sherry Hyman
Staff: 4
Founded: 1914 |
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Web Address: www.jdc.org
Main subject areas: Judaism; religion; Relief Organizations; international aid; refugees; World War I; World War II
Holdings: Institutional records documenting JDC activities and partnerships in meeting emergency and reconstruction needs of communities throughout the world from World War I through present. Sunjects include international rescue, relief, rehabilitation efforts in WWI, WWII, and interwar years; post-war programs for refugees and their resettlement, and for communities behind the Iron Curtain and in North Africa and the Middle East; renewal programs after the fall of Communism; non-sectarian programs in response to disasters.
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Publications: JDC Annual Report (yearly); JDC Archives newletter - Footnotes (irregular)
Restrictions: Applications for admission must be filed in advance
Hours: M-F 9:30-4:40 except national and Jewish holidays
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American Museum of the Moving Image
35 Avenue at 36 Street
Astoria, New York 11106 |
Phone: 718-784-4520
Fax: 718-784-4681 |
Director: Rochelle Slovin
Staff: 40
Founded: 1977 |
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Web Address: http://www.movingimage.us
Main subject areas: Film; moving images; technology; art; entertainment; media
Holdings: The Museum owns artifacts from every stage of producing, promoting, and exhibiting motion pictures and television, and has exceptional collections of television sets, licensed merchandise, rare photographs, and video and computer games. The holdings include cameras, props, models, costumes, and stage sets; film projectors and theater furnishings; merchandise tie-ins like lunch boxes and toys, fan magazines, and posters; and commissioned works of art.
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Restrictions: Some restrictions
Hours: By appointment
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American Numismatic Society
Archives
96 Fulton Street
New York, NY 10038 |
Phone: 212-571-4470
Fax: 212-571-4479
E-mail: ciccone@amnumsoc.org |
Director: Joseph Ciccone
Staff: 1 |
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Web Address: www.amnumsoc.org/archives
Main subject areas: numismatics (coins, currency and medals); American Numismatic Society (1858-present)
Holdings: Curatorial & administrative records; papers of curators; photographs of facilities, exhibitions, and events.
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Hours: By appointment only. Some records may be restricted.
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American Society for Psychical Research, Inc. (ASPR)
5 West 73rd Street
New York, NY, 10023 |
Phone: 212-799-5050
Fax: 212-496-2497 |
Director: Patrice Keane
Staff: 5 |
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Main subject areas: Parapsychology, unorthodox healing, occult.
Holdings: Books, pamphlets, photos and manuscripts; Shaker collection; correspondence & records of ASPR and other organizations; mediumship records; automatic writings and drawings.
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Publications: Journal of the ASPR and ASPR Newsletter
Restrictions: Members only, except by special appointment
Hours: Mon - Fri
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Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Ave.
New York, NY 10003
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Phone: 212.505.5181 x16
Fax: 212.477.2714
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Contact: John Mhiripiri
Staff: 6 |
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Email: webmaster@anthologyfilmarchives.org
Website: www.anthologyfilmarchives.org
Main subject areas: Historic and contemporary avant-garde, experimental and independent film and video.
Holdings: 20,000 films, 5,000 videos, 11,000 files, 10,000 books and 250 sets of periodicals
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Publications: various books and catalogs relating to exhibitions at Anthology and the larger experimental film scene.
Restrictions: bona fide researchers by appointment only
Hours: Mon-Fri 11:00-6:00
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Archives of American Art
Smithsonian Institution
New York Regional Center
1285 Avenue of the Americas,
Lobby Level
New York, NY 10019 |
Phone: 212-399-5015
Fax: 212-307-4501
Email: weinerj@si.edu |
Contact: Joy Weiner
Founded: 1954 |
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Website: www.aaa.si.edu
Main subject areas: History of visual arts in the United States.
Holdings: Papers of artists, dealers, critics, curators, and art historians; records of galleries, museums, schools, art societies, and other art-related businesses and organizations; over 3000 oral history interviews with people active in the art world.
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Publications: The Archives of American Art Journal (published quarterly)
Restrictions: Access to some collections is restricted. No appointment is necessary if the collection is available on microfilm. Please schedule an appointment to examine unfilmed collections. Consult the on-line catalog (www.siris.si.edu) to determine if a collection is filmed; selected finding aids are available at www.aaa.si.edu
Hours: 9:30 to 5:00, Monday through Friday
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AT&T
Archives
5 Reinman Road
Warren, NJ 07057-4904 |
Phone: 908-226-2386
Fax: 908-226-2240
email: chiplarkin@att.com |
Director: Chip Larkin
Staff: 3 |
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Main subject areas: History of AT&T; Western Electric; Bell Laboratories; Bell System Telephone; telecommunications; science; technology.
Holdings: Documents, artifacts, photographs and audiovisual material dating from Alexander Graham Bell's original inventions to present. Western Electric collection includes files of its predecessor company Gray & Barton; Hawthorne files; and, thousands of photos of products, plants & people. Research & development collections from Bell Labs, include technical memoranda and lab notebooks. Extensive collection of company publications, press releases, executive speeches, annual reports and historical book collection.
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Restrictions: By appointment only
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8-5
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AXA Financial
Archives
1290 Avenue of the Americas, Concourse Level
New York, NY 10104 |
Phone: 212-314-3133
Fax: 212-707-7783
E-mail: jonathan.coss@axa-financial.com |
Director: Jonathan L. Coss
Staff: 1
Founded: 1859 |
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Main subject areas: History of Equitable and AXA Financial; insurance and financial services industries.
Holdings: Office files, photographs, audiotapes, videotapes, artifacts. General interest: Equitable buildings in NYC; Fenning scrapbooks, 1866-1912.
Publications: R. Carlyle Buley, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, 1859-1964 (1967); John Rousmaniere, The Life and Times of the Equitable (1995).; Caroline Desaegher, The History of AXA (1995); Marie-Christine Couwez, Diary of a Journey (2002).
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Restrictions: Permission of the archivist
Hours: By appointment only
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Barnard College
Archives
Wollman Library
3009 Broadway
New York, NY, 10027-6598 |
Phone: 212-854-4079
Fax: 212-854-7340
E-mail: dglassman@barnard.edu |
Archivist: Donald Glassman
Staff: 1 ft & 1-2 work-study |
| Main subject areas: History of Barnard College; history of American Woman's Association (1914-1974); Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve Papers (1911-1947).
Holdings: Official correspondence, publications, speeches, catalogues, undergraduate publications, clippings, photos, and memorabilia, from before Barnard's founding in 1889 to present,
Publications: Mortarboard, Barnard Bulletin, Barnard Alumnae Magazine, and a number of literary magazines.
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Restrictions: Some collections restricted; otherwise open to qualified researchers by appointment only.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9-5
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Bill Blass, Ltd.
550 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY, 10028 |
Phone: 212-865-6181
Fax: 212-864-6787 |
Director: Linda Edgerly, Winthrop Group |
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Main subject areas: Materials document the designs, licenses, and career of Bill Blass.
Holdings: Drawings and sketches of couture designs; showroom books; some fabric swatches; photographs and transparencies; editorial coverage; advertisements; correspondence and subject files; awards and artifacts.
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Restrictions: Restricted access
Hours: By appointment only
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Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
Archives
199 Chambers Street
New York, NY, 10007 |
Phone: 212-346-8614
Fax: 212-346-8627
E-mail: exhbm@cunyvm.cuny.edu |
Director: Prof. Evelyn Hisz
Staff: 1 |
| Main subject areas: Education; student activities; History of BMCC.
Holdings: Faculty council minutes; Presidential papers; department papers; yearbooks; catalogs; school newspapers; committees and associations minutes; CUNY Board of Higher Education minutes; and CUNY Chancellor & university reports.
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Publications: BMCC Faculty publications
Restrictions: Do not have personnel or business records. Hours: by appointment only
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City of Bridgeport
Municipal Archives
45 Lyon Terrace
Bridgeport, CT, 06604 |
Phone: 203-576-8192
Fax: 203-576-8193
E-mail: kellem0@ci.bridgeport.ct.us |
Director: Mollie Keller
Staff: 1
Founded: 1983 |
| Website: ci.bridgeport.ct.us
Main subject areas: Local government; Bridgeport, CT; politics
Holdings: Government records of the City of Bridgeport. Administrative, tax, building, planning and other governmental records, 1821 to present.
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Hours: By appointment only
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Bronx County Historical Society
3309 Bainbridge Avenue
Bronx, NY, 10467 |
Phone: 718-881-8900
Fax: 718-881-4827
email:
pderrick@bronxhistoricalsociety.org |
Director: Dr. Peter Derrick
Staff: 2
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| Website: http://www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org
Main subject areas: NYC History; local history; Bronx businesses and business groups, political leaders and groups, cultural groups, families and individuals, and educational institutions.
Holdings: Over 1,300 cubic feet of archival records of 46 Bronx organizations and individuals, from the 1840s to the 1990s (bulk: 1920s to 1980s). The Bronx Historical Society also has over 5,000 books, reports and government publications, most of which are Bronx-related, as well as a vertical file on Bronx subjects with over 240,000 items. In addition, the Society has over 50,000 Bronx photographs, 1,300 post cards, 110 real estate atlases, 290 historical prints and an object collection with over 10,000 items.
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Publications: A list of the archival collections is available. All of the other collections are fully cataloged, with information available from Librarian Laura Tosi at 718-881-8900
Restrictions: By appointment only. Some of the archival collections have restricted access. Materials do not circulate.
Hours: Usually Tuesday-Thursday, 9:30-4:30.
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Bronx Institute Archive
Lehman College Library Special Collections
250 Bedford Park Blvd. W.
Bronx, NY 10468-1589 |
Phone: 718-960-8603
Fax: 718-960-8952
email:
jbmlc@cunyvm.cuny.edu |
Director: Dr. Janet Butler Munch
Staff: 1
Founded: 1982 |
| Website: http://memex.lehman.cuny.edu
Main subject areas: NYC History; local history; Bronx community history and regional studies.
Holdings: Collection consists of Bronx oral histories; sheet maps and atlases; community history books; articles and reports; prints and broadsides; photographs; slides; postcards; real estate auction brochures; city directories; personal papers and manuscripts; and organizational records.
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Hours: Monday - Friday 9 am - 4:30 pm, by appointment.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn
Archives
310 Prospect Park W.
Brooklyn, NY, 11215 |
Phone: 718-965-7300
Fax: 718-965-7302
e-mail: archives@dioceseofbrooklyn.org |
Director: Joseph Coen
Staff: 3 |
| Website: www.dioceseofbrooklyn.org
Main subject areas: Religion (esp. Roman Catholic), local history of Brooklyn & Queens (esp. parishes), ethnic groups, genealogy.
Holdings: Ledgers, correspondence, official documents, parish histories, anniversary journals, parish boundaries, diocesan directories, reports, promotional literature, marriage dispensation records, deceased priest personnel files, financial records, photos, videotapes and blueprints.
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Restrictions: Marriage dispensation records by written request only
Hours: Mon - Fri, 9:30-4:30 by appointment only
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Brooklyn Children's Museum
145 Brooklyn Avenue
Brooklyn, NY, 11213 |
Phone: 718-735-4400 x170
Fax: 718-735-5664
E-mail: balberty@brooklynkids.org |
Director: Beth Alberty
Staff: 5 |
| Website: www.brooklynkids.org
Main subject areas: Brooklyn, History of BCM (1899-) and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, of which it was part in its early years; history of MUSE, The Bedford-Lincoln Neighborhood Museum (1968-1975); Leon V. Kofod archives of world cultures.
Holdings: Institutional history: Board minutes; architectural plans; slides, photographs, audiovisual, digital material; Children's Museum News; collections records; clippings; emphemera; administrative records, including some directors' files. Thousands of photographs and images of world cultures taken by Leon V. Kofod on trips from the late 1920s-1984 and related documents.
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Hours: By appointment Monday-Friday, 9-5
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Brooklyn Historical Society
128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, NY, 11201 |
Phone: 718-222-4111, x. 296
Fax: 718-222-3794
E-mail: reference@brooklynhistory.org |
Director: Marilyn H. Pettit
Staff: 3
Founded: 1863 |
| Website: www.brooklynhistory.org
Main subject areas: Brooklyn, King's County, and Long Island (including Queens) neighborhoods and communities; local history; genealogy
Holdings: 3,000 linear feet of manuscripts and records of local business, company records, social and organizational records, family history papers, military & legal papers and church & educational papers. Includes library of 110,000 volumes, maps, periodicals, newspapers, microfilm/fiche, large image collection.
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Hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 11-4:30 through May 28, 2005. Appointments are suggested for using Archives and Manuscripts and the image database.
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Brooklyn Museum of Art
Archives
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY, 11238 |
Phone: 718 501 6311
Fax: 718 501 6125
E-mail: library@brooklynmuseum.org |
Director: Deborah Wythe
Staff: 1 |
| Website: www.brooklynmuseum.org
Main subject areas: History of the Brooklyn Museum of Art and its predecessor organizations, the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (1843-1980) and the Brooklyn Apprentice's Library (1823-1841)
Holdings: Institute and Museum minutes (1823-ongoing); records of Office of Director (1913-ongoing); curatorial & administrative records; clippings scrapbooks (1899-1970s); papers of curators; clippings scrapbooks (1899-1970s); photographs of the building, exhibitions, and events; several unpublished histories of the Museum.
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Publications: Guide to the Culin Archival Collection (1996); Guide to the Goodyear Archival Collection (2002); guides to institutional records.
Hours: By appointment only
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Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn Collection
Central Library
Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY, 11238 |
Phone:
718-230-2762
Fax: 718-857-2245 |
Director: Judith Walsh
Staff: 5 |
| Web Address: www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/central/brcoll.htm
Main subject areas: History of Brooklyn and its people from pre-colonial times to the present.
Holdings: 5,000 books; maps; runs of over 60 local papers; morgue of Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1904-1955); Over 35,000 photographs from The Eagle and other photo collections; clipping files (1950s-Present); manuscript collections.
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Restrictions: Advance appointments are necessary for all photo requests. Contact Abby Tallmer, Archivist (718-230-2778) for a preliminary interview and to set up a photo appointment. No photocopying of fragile materials. Reference only, no lending of materials.
Hours: Sunday & Monday - Closed
Tuesday - 2:00-7:30 PM
Wednesday - 2:00-5:30 PM
Thursday - 2:00-7:30 PM
Friday - 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Saturday - 1:00 - 5:30 PM
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Butterick, McCall, Vogue Patterns
Archives
11 Penn Plaza
New York, NY, 10001 |
Phone: 212-465-6985
Fax: 212-465-6962
E-mail: sherryh@mccallpattern.com |
Director: Sherry Onna Handlin
Staff: 1
Founded: 1969 |
| Web Address: www.mccallpattern.com
Main subject areas: Crafts, Pattern, Fashion, Home Sewing History reflecting a date range of 1863-present
Holdings: Patterns, Histories, Organizational Records, Administrative Files Periodicals, Books, Catalogs, Slides, Photographs, Editorial Materials, Promotional Materials, Advertising, Original Fashion Art/Illustration, Lithographs, Posters, Artifacts.
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Publications: Assorted Butterick, McCall's ,Vogue patterns, magazines and catalogs
Restrictions: By review
Hours: By appointment Fridays 9:30-4:30 pm
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