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  New York Heritage.org

New York Heritage.org is a portal to free digital collections about New York State's people, places, and institutions contributed by libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions.

Notes:   New York Heritage.org is a research portal for students, educators, historians, genealogists, and others who are interested in learning more about the people, places and institutions of historical New York State. The site provides immediate free access to more than 170 distinct digital collections that reflect New York State's long history. These collections represent a broad range of historical, scholarly, and cultural materials held in libraries, museums, and archives throughout the state. Collection items include photographs, letters, diaries, directories, maps, newspapers, books, and more.

Subjects:    History; History & Social Sciences; New York, NY

Resource Types:    Image databases

Provider:   NY 3Rs Association

You may be interested in the following NYPL classes:

Digital Americana [Check Scheduled Dates]
Did you know that almost all books printed in America from 1639 to 1819 are now available in digital format? Many American newspapers and magazines from this period are also available, and searchable, as electronic facsimiles. Scholars and other researchers can now consult previously difficult-to-obtain and little-studied historical documents at workstations throughout the Library. Learn how to search and explore newly developed resources such as Early American Imprints, Series I, Evans (1639–1800) and Series II, Shaw and Shoemaker (1801–1819); Early American Newspapers (1690–1876); and the American Periodical Series Online (1740–1900), which together provide a world of authoritative documentation for the study of all aspects of early American culture.

Digital Gotham [Check Scheduled Dates]
Did you know that you can search thousands of images and photographs of “old” New York City for free from your PC? This class will introduce you to a myriad of online resources, many of which are available from your own desktop. From digitized newspapers, magazines, and books to passenger lists, menus, and maps, come discover New York City history through a computer.