In honor of Black history month, we thought we would take a look at some items from the library collections spanning the first four centuries of A

Dreaming of warmer climes?  All this snow has us wondering . . . where did 19th century New Yorkers travel to escape the winter blahs?

That is especially true in this lighthearted note (discovered by our volunteer Carol while re-housing the collection) from Ashcan School painter

Most people do not associate Santa Claus with war, but in fact the connection goes back to Santa’s very

The library staff at the New-York Historical Society is happy to announce the publication of When Did the Statue of Liberty Turn Green?

The Brown Brothers Harriman Collection at the New-York Historical Society was amassed to support the publication of