City Spotlight: New York City

New York City maps

Featured Image: Outside watch shop

Greater New York Illustrated: Over one hundred and fifty photographic views of the foremost city of the western hemisphere (1898)

More New York City images

New York City historical newspapers

More New York City historical newspapers Chronicling America

New York City Race Riot: timeline, background, select newspaper articles

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: timeline, background, select newspaper articles

New York City books & articles

New York City correspondence, reports & other texts

Collections

• The Life of a City: Early Films of New York 1898-1906
• September 11, 2001, Documentary Project

Jacob Riis: Revealing “How the Other Half Lives” online exhibition

PSN primary source collections related to New York City

Teaching resources

• Guided primary source analysis activities
  • Astor Theatre – The Great Ziegfeld
  • Engine Company 54 lost 15 men, 9/11/01
  • Hippodrome Theater
• Learning from the Source: Amateur Night @ the Apollo Race Relations

Library blog posts related to New York City

• 1920s New York City from the Sky
• Baseball Stadiums and Maps: New York City
• Bridges of New York: Spanning the Hell Gate
• Inquiring Minds: Watching New York City Grow, Block by Block
• Pandemic Folk Architecture: Outdoor Dining Sheds and Urban Creativity on the Sidewalks of New York
• Taking to the Streets: New York World-Telegram & Sun Staff Photos
• Through the Eyes of an Angel: New York Photos by Anthony Angel
• Unpacking the collection of a ’60s New York City folk music stalwart
• What Goes Up Must Come Down: A brief history of New York City’s elevated rail and subway lines

State Spotlight: New York