Below are links for some of the local institutions holding collections containing distinctive materials relevant to the study of New York City history.
Archives, Libraries, Museums, & Societies
- The Brooklyn Historical Society
- City Hall Library
- Columbia University Libraries: Libraries & Collections
- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum
- Municipal Archives
- Museum of the City of New York
- New York City Department of Buildings
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
- New York City Department of Records and Information Services
- New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
- New York Historical Society
- New York Public Library: Research Libraries
- The New York State Historical Association
- New York University: NYU Libraries