Web address: http://www.gilderlehrman.org

Main subject areas: American history with strengths in the revolutionary, early national, antebellum, and Civil War periods.

Holdings: A collection of over 60,000 manuscripts, broadsides, books, photographs, newspapers, diaries, maps, pamphlets and ephemera.

Restrictions: Researchers are required to submit letters of recommendation and intent.

Hours: Monday-Tuesday 1-6pm, Saturday 10am-5pm

Web address: http://www.girlscouts.org

Main subject areas: History of Girl Scouting, from 1912 to present; interactive museum.

Holdings: Papers of founder (Juliette Gordon Low); board and committee minutes; program, training, and camping records; national membership statistics; financial records; organization print & audiovisual publications; over 26,000 photos of Girl Scout activities, personalities, uniforms and events; oral history tapes and transcripts; and extensive memorabilia collection of uniforms, badges and ephemera.

Restrictions: Permission required to research minutes of National Board, otherwise open

Hours: Mon - Fri, 8:30-4:30, tours by request

Web address: www.woodyguthrie.org

Main subject areas: Life and works of singer-songwriter and visual artist, Woody Guthrie. Music, Songwriting, Social commentary, Depression Era, Dust Storm, Politics.

Holdings: Woody Guthrie-related material includes: song lyrics, notebooks, manuscripts, correspondences, personal papers, film/video recordings, audio recordings, photographs, artwork/works on paper. For more information, go to http://nysl.nysed.gov/uhtbin/852-hdi/woody.

Publications: Woody Guthrie biography and WGFA Archives Activities available at website.

Restrictions: Application is required; contact the Archivist for application forms and to schedule appointment.

Hours: By Appointment Only

Main subject areas: . History of Hadassah; Judaism; philanthropy

Holdings: 500 linear feet. of documents; bound volumes of National Board Minutes; Hadassah magazine; microfilm; photographs documenting history of organization since founding in 1912. History of Hadassah including the Hadassah Medical Organization, Hadassah's involvement with Youth Aliyah and the papers of Henrietta Szold

Publications: Finding aids for various record groups

Restrictions: Researchers must be approved based on research topic

Hours: Mon-Thurs, 9:30-4:30

Web address: www.harpercollins.com

Main subject areas: Publishing; corporate history

Holdings: Books published by Harper & Brothers, Harper & Row, Harper Collins, J.B. Lippincott, Funk & Wagnalls, T.Y. Crowell, John Day, World, Avon, William Morrow. Catalogs of above publishers, some editorial materials, and corporate records.

Hours: Phone for Appointment. Hours are 9:00 - 4:00

Holdings: Jim Henson's papers; production files; original art; clippings; publicity materials; scripts. The archives has produced several exhibits.

Restrictions: For internal use (no public access)

Hours: outside research by appointment only.

Main subject areas: Iberian Peninsula and Latin American printed books and manuscripts.

Holdings: 15,000 books printed before 1701; historical and literary manuscripts 11th to 20th century; modern research library.

Publications: Monographs of aspects of Iberian art and literature and culture.

Restrictions: Rare books & mss: appointment recommended

Hours: Tues-Sat, 10-4:45

Main subject areas: Higher education; Hofstra University; Long Island History

Holdings: 4,000 cubic feet divided into three areas: University Archives, Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Long Island Studies. Materials include university related, curriculum-based collection, presidential & scholarly conferences. Papers of university; materials (including audio and videotapes) on special events; university publications; large special collections and manuscript collections. Large collection of materials on the history of Long Island.

Restrictions: Archival and manuscript collections: some, based on collections.

Hours: Mon- Fri, 9-5, appointment recommended

Main subject areas: Horticulture

Holdings: History of The Horticultural Society of New York and its predecessor organization The New York Horticultural Society (1818-1833). 75 linear feet of records including Board of Directors Minutes and biography files, annual reports, publications and photographs. Additional materials document the Society\'s Library, education and exhibit departments, community service programs and The International Flower Show (1913-1970) and The New York Flower Show (1985-1996).

Restrictions: qualified researchers by appointment only

Hours: variable, call

Web Address: www.hostos.cuny.edu/library

Main subject areas: Hostos Community College/CUNY (1970-); South Bronx Hispanic history; Eugenio Maria de Hostos writings; Higher Education

Holdings: Official papers and publications of central administration; academic departments; special programs; President's office; Senate; and recognized faculty, staff, and student organizations.

Restrictions: Generally open only to CUNY students, staff & faculty

Hours: Mon - Fri, 9-5

Main subject areas: Local Government Records; Long Island; Huntington history

Holdings: Deeds,leases, minutes, elections, manumission, schools, patents, vital statistics, war records, legal, maps, assessment/tax records.

Publications: A Guide to the Archival Records & Manuscripts, 1994; The Formation of our Government, 1997; African-Americans in the Town of Huntington-The Early Years, 1997; Documenting the Cultural Diversity in the Town of Huntington, 1999; Why Huntington, The Liberty Flag, The Coat-of-Arms, The Seal, 1997-1999; REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST; A Brief History of the Town of Huntington Supplemented with Compilations of Chronologies

Restrictions: Records are open to the public

Hours: Everyday except holidays from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Main subject areas: International theater since World War II with the theater of 146 countries documented; emphasis on materials not readily available in US.

Holdings: 7,000 volumes; over 12,000 playbills & programs; 13,000 play texts and scripts from 97 countries and 250 periodicals. Also directories, newsletters, house organs, press releases, monographs, pamphlets, production schedules, yearbooks, brochures, reviews and clippings.

Restrictions: Open to public by appointment

Hours: Mon- Fri, 1-5pm

Main subject areas: Banking, financial services, History of J.P. Morgan Chase and predecessors.

Holdings: Since 1975, the Archives has advanced the firm's legacy by collecting and preserving historical materials of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and all its predecessor institutions. Our records trace the remarkable origins, developments, and achievements of the firm from 1799 to the present, and document key events and business decisions, offering valuable insight into the J.P. Morgan Chase vision. Currently occupying over 5,000 linear feet, this extensive collection is recognized as a significant resource for financial history. The collection documents over 160 predecessor firms.

Restrictions: Open to the public by appointment

Hours: 9am - 5pm

Web address: www.jazzatlincolncenter.org

Main subject areas: Performing arts; music; History and operations of Jazz at Lincoln Center

Holdings: Sound recordings and visual images of performances, workshops, etc. sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center and featuring JALC artistic director Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, as well as renowned jazz performers and scholars. Posters, playbills, and other ephemera dealing with performances, educational events, and radio and TV broadcasts. Operational documents of organization.

Restrictions: Mainly for staff use but open to outside researchers by appointment

Hours: By appointment only

Web address: http://www.jtsa.edu/library/about/specialcoll.shtml#archives

Main subject areas: Conservative Judaism; religion;

Holdings: The archives comprise over 150 collections containing print and non-print material including correspondence, manuscripts, microfilm, photographs and ephemera. Areas of specialty include the history and development of the Conservative movement in America, records of Jewish communities and families in Europe and North Africa, the emergence and development of modern Jewish scholarship in Germany and its transfer to the United States, the development of Yiddish literature in America, and papers of Jewish communal leaders. Papers of seminal figures associated with JTS or the Conservative Movement such as Solomon Schechter, Louis Ginzberg and Cyrus Adler. The French Jewish communities archive and associated collections, with original documents dating from 1648, is the largest in western hemisphere.

Publications: A Guide to the Archival Collections, An Inventory to French Jewish Communities Record Group, and Historical Documents from German Communities and Some Other European Countries. Copies of these publications are available in the special reading room.

Restrictions: Some records closed, limited photocopying

Hours: Mon - Thurs, 12-4, Fri 10-2.

Web address: http://www.jtsa.edu/research/ratner

Main subject areas: Conservative Judaism.

Holdings: Records of the Jewish Theological Seminary (1902-1972); papers of conservative synagogues and rabbis (1825 -2003); photo archives, mostly scenes at JTS (1890-2003); audio and videotapes; oral histories.

Publications: Tradition Renewed: a History of the Jewish Theological Seminary (1997). Copy available in the special reading room or for purchase.

Restrictions: Some collections closed; limited photocopying; appointments requested.

Hours: Mon - Thurs, 12-4, Fri 10-2

Holdings: Records relating to Local Union #3, Electrical Industry of NY, Joint Industry Board, Harry Van Arsdale Jr.Books, minutes, periodicals, newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, videos, personal papers, memorabilia. Most material is after 1930.

Hours: By appointment only, 9 - 5

Web address: www.juilliard.edu

Main subject areas: Performing arts.

Holdings: Administrative records and historical documents of the Juilliard School (1905- ) and its predecessor institutions, the Institute of Musical Art and the Juilliard Graduate School. Also included are several small collections of personal papers

Publications: Guide to the Juilliard School Archives (1992).

Restrictions: Open by appointment only

Hours: Mon. - Fri., 9:00 - 5:00

Holdings: Photographs, books, periodicals, post cards, artifacts, slides.

Restrictions: Use on site only

Hours: Mon -Thur, 11-2