Collections Request System
Before visiting the library to conduct research, all researchers must register and create an account using our online collections request system. For a detailed guide to the registration and request process, please click here.
Manuscript Collections
Archival Finding Aids for Manuscript Collections at the New-York Historical Society
Archival Finding Aids are detailed guides to the contents and intellectual organization of a repository's archival and manuscript collections. The finding aids posted here in alphabetical order describe selected collections in the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library's Manuscript department. For information on how to consult the actual collections, please follow this link to the Klingenstein Library
Graphic Collections
Alphabetical Listing of Archival Finding Aids for the Department of Prints, Photographs and Architectural Collections at the New-York Historical Society
Finding Aids are detailed guides to the scope and content of archival collections. The finding aids posted here are ordered alphabetically; additional finding aids are available for consultation in the Reading Room. For further assistance contact the reference librarian for these collections.
Some collections have been catalogued at the item level; where available, a link to that item level database is provided.
On-Site Card Catalogs and Guides
On-Site Databases
Finding Aids
Finding aids provide descriptive details about manuscript and graphic collections. All of these finding aids can be searched through a full-text searchable database. More search options are available for a small group of graphic collections.
Online Catalog
Records for the majority of the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library's collections are available through the Klingenstein Library's online catalog. Please contact the reference staff if you have any questions or are not finding what you are looking for.
