All units of the NYPL will be closed July 4.
This digital collection provides access to rare primary source material on American social, cultural, and popular history from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History, Duke University and The New York Public Library.
Access Locations: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL)
Subjects: Encyclopedias; Image Collections; History; Area and Cultural Studies; Women's Studies
Notes: It comprises thousands of fully searchable images (alongside transcriptions) of monographs, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides addressing 19th and early 20th century political, social and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health, and pastimes, emphasizing conduct of life and domestic management literature, the daily lives of women and men, and contrasts in regional, urban and rural cultures.
Dates of Coverage: 1800-1920
Format: Web
Output Type: Print, Download
July. NYPL Art and Architecture Collection.
One of 700,000 pictures in the NYPL Digital Gallery