About Our Divisions

The New York Public Library’s four research centers welcome scholars, writers, students, and all others. Division operating hours may vary and an appointment may be required for consultation of some materials. Please review the procedures of the division you wish to visit before you arrive.

Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

• General Research Division
  • DeWitt Wallace Periodical Room
• Dorot Jewish Division
• Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
• Manuscripts and Archives Division
• Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
• Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy
• Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
• Rare Book Division
  • George Arents Collection
• The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division
  • Art & Architecture Collection
  • Photography Collection
  • Picture Collection
  • Print Collection
  • Spencer Collection

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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

• Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
• Billy Rose Theatre Division
• Jerome Robbins Dance Division
• Music Division
• The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

• Art and Artifacts Division
• Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
• Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
• Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division
• Photographs and Prints Division

Learn more about research at NYPL:

Archival Materials, Indexes to Collections, Barbara Goldsmith Preservation Division, Researcher Advisory Group