Application for the Use of the Research Study Rooms

The Center for Research in the Humanities, located on the second floor of The New York Public Library's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, offers four shared study rooms: the Frederick Lewis Allen Room, the Wertheim Study, Scholar Room 217, and the Shoichi Noma Reading Room. These spaces are for qualified researchers and writers whose work will benefit from intensive use of the Library's collections. For further information, please visit the Center for Research in the Humanities information page or contact researchstudyrooms@nypl.org. 

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Applicants will be contacted by Library staff within two weeks of receipt of the application.