Events

Join us, as we show you how to research and recreate historic routes with NYPL's collections! You will learn what types of material are useful for researching this topic and how to search for these materials within NYPL's collections. With these tools, you will see how you can utilize this information in genealogy, local history research, writing projects, and many more. Registration is required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Greyhound Bus Terminal, 33rd and 34th Streets between Seventh and E…

Researchers discuss writing a new biography of the seminal New York School poet, using the Library's mammoth collection of his papers. Registration for this event has sold out. A limited number of standby tickets will be available on the night of the event. Kenneth Koch is best known as a founding New York School poet and pioneer in the teaching of creative writing. His papers form one of the largest collections from a single author at the Library's Berg Collection of English and American Lite…

Episode 22 of Work/Cited explores the unheralded accomplishments of women in Yiddish theater. Women have participated in the Yiddish theater from its beginnings, but most scholarship on it fails to represent their achievements. The Women on the Yiddish Stage project, edited by Alyssa Quint and Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel, seeks to redress that by amplifying the voices and achievements of women who served as creative leaders in the historical Yiddish theater. Quint and Seigel discuss the projec…

This event will take place in person at New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building https://www.eventbrite.com/e/defining-us-film-screening-and-community-conversation-tickets-643872920237 Please join colleagues from New York Public Library and New York City Department of Education's BLEND (Black and Latino Employee Networking and Development) Employee Resource Group on June 14th for a film screening and conversation on Defining US: Children at the Crossroads of Change, featuring P…

The pioneering street photographer who reshaped the use of color recounts the story of his life and career. In-person registration for this event has sold out. A limited number of standby tickets will be available on the night of the event. Joel Meyerowitz began capturing life on the streets of New York in 1962, and since then his camera has taken him across America, Europe, and beyond. In his new book Meyerowitz goes behind the scenes of his storied life and career with historian and photog…

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been canceled. The Grammy-winning bassist and composer joins the award-winning poet and scholar to discuss music, art, activism, and history. Earlier this year Christian McBride reissued The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons, an album dedicated to Black history and the work of four key figures of the Civil Rights Movement: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali. Elizabeth Alexander’s work often…

THIS EVENT IS ONLINE ONLY. Experienced librarians demonstrate the steps involved in starting your family history research. Discover essential research methods and strategies, identify relevant records and how to locate them, and organize your family research information. This class is online. Registration is required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

Calling all teens: You are invited to hang out, relax, and dance the night away at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Friday, June 23, at the Library's annual Anti-Prom! RSVP now. The theme of the evening is Royalty, so get ready to sparkle and glitter on a fabulous night at the Library! Special outfits are optional… but always encouraged. We'll be holding a fashion show featuring the student designers from the High School of Fashion Industries and there will be plenty of opportunities to sh…

Whether you're new to the Library or just need a refresher, this in-person class will cover the basics of using all the resources that our flagship library at 42nd Street has to offer. This session serves as a baseline introduction for researchers of all levels, and a tour of the Rose Main Reading Room will follow. What you will learn: How to find and request materials. How to search our catalog and databases How to connect with Library staff for assistance How to feel confident conductin…

THIS EVENT IS ONLINE ONLY. Calling all researchers, artists, curious folks with a passion for art and art history! This online public class is for those interested in using the visual research collections within the Wallach Division of Art, Prints, and Photographs. Art librarians in the Wallach Division will do through a live research demonstration, showing you how to use the Research Catalog, the Print and Photography Catalog, and the Picture Collection, as well as how to set up appointments to…

The new novel by the award-winning author tells an overlooked story of women’s heroism in World War II, inspired by the experiences of his own mother. When Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé to enlist with the Red Cross in 1943, she joins an elite group of women, nicknamed Donut Dollies, who command military vehicles called Clubmobiles at the front line, providing camaraderie and a taste of home that may be the only solace before troops head into battle. She forges a friendship with Do…

Jewish grandmother, Ellis Island (1926) Lewis Wickes Hine ​ THIS EVENT IS ONLINE ONLY. Get started with Jewish Genealogy research at the NYPL in two parts. Part 1 covers genealogical research basics and vital record searches taught by the Irma and Paul Milstein Division. Part 2 covers Jewish-specific resources and how they might contextualize your findings, taught by the Dorot Jewish Division. Both courses cover essential resources and electronic resources available at the Library and from…

Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. "Jeune fille juive" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1905 - 1965. THIS EVENT IS ONLINE ONLY. Get started with Jewish Genealogy research at the NYPL in two parts. Part 1 covers genealogical research basics and vital record searches taught by the Irma and Paul Milstein Division. Part 2 covers Jewish-specific resources and how they might contextualize your findings, taught by the Dorot Jewish Division. Both courses cover esse…

Join us, as we show you how to navigate the collection at NYPL's Map Division. You will learn how maps can be utilized in your research and with other materials, how to navigate our catalogs to locate maps effectively, and how to search additional cartographic digital databases. Registration is required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. America Borealis 1699. Image ID 1693835

Explore the Library’s collections in a sensory-friendly environment with a special visit to our major exhibition, the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures. This time is for families to enjoy the exhibit and will not be open to the general public. To reserve a spot at your preferred time or request an accommodation, please email us: visitorexperience@nypl.org

Ava Chin, Instructor This is a week-long seminar taking place from July 17th to July 21st. In this nonfiction writing workshop, we will examine the narratives specific to our own families that loom large, tease, and enthrall us. During our week together, workshop members will make their own forays into memoir and autobiography, by crafting an essay that investigates and examines a specific secret or tall tale that has grown into a kind of living legend within your family. We will engage in l…

Whether you're working from home, dorm room or office, or maybe you're just curious about the Library's online offerings, this online-only class will introduce you to the collections and services you can access from the comfort of your couch. It's the perfect class for New York State-based students and teachers as well as journalists, writers, and lifelong learners. All levels of research are welcome. What you'll learn: how to find and request electronic materials how to search our catalog…

THIS EVENT IS ONLINE ONLY. Tracing Polish ancestry can be challenging, especially navigating border changes, language barriers, and political turmoil. This online class aims to provide introductory historical context and strategies to research Polish family history. This class is online. Registration is required. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Polish family farming in Baltimore, 1909

Madeleine Thien, Instructor This is a week-long seminar taking place from July 24th to July 28th. In literature, we move through buildings and worlds made of time. When we write stories, time can be unfolded in startling ways. When we read, stories generate time within us. Do we imagine time like a river, a room, or something else entirely? How do experiences of time generate some of the most moving, illuminating and universal structures of fiction? Together, we will explore what novelists,…

Explore the Library’s collections in a sensory-friendly environment with a special visit to our major exhibition, the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures. This time is for families to enjoy the exhibit and will not be open to the general public. To reserve a spot at your preferred time or request an accommodation, please email us: visitorexperience@nypl.org

THIS EVENT IS ONLINE ONLY. Experienced librarians demonstrate the steps involved in starting your family history research. Discover essential research methods and strategies, identify relevant records and how to locate them, and organize your family research information. This class is online. Registration is required. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. "Whaddya hear whaddya say?" Birth Certificate, James Cagney, New York City Municipal Archives.

THIS EVENT IS ONLINE ONLY. Get started using the genealogy research methods and resources related to ship passenger lists for vessels arriving at U.S. ports in the 19th and 20th centuries. This is an online class. Registration is required. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

THIS EVENT IS ONLINE ONLY. Experienced librarians demonstrate the steps involved in starting your family history research. Discover essential research methods and strategies, identify relevant records and how to locate them, and organize your family research information. This class is online only. REGISTER HERE Russian teacher's family in Arizona

Join us, as we show you how to navigate the collection at NYPL's Map Division. You will learn how maps can be utilized in your research and with other materials, how to navigate our catalogs to locate maps effectively, and how to search additional cartographic digital databases. Registration is required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. America Borealis 1699. Image ID 1693835

Whether you're new to the Library or just need a refresher, this in-person class will cover the basics of using all the resources that our flagship library at 42nd Street has to offer. This session serves as a baseline introduction for researchers of all levels, and a tour of the Rose Main Reading Room will follow. What you will learn: How to find and request materials. How to search our catalog and databases How to connect with Library staff for assistance How to feel confident conductin…

Join us, as we demonstrate how to use the collection at NYPL's Map Division to research international conflicts where the United States sent armed forces overseas for military action, starting in the 20th century. During this class, we will show you how to utilize NYPL's catalogs to locate maps related to international conflicts, locate a place, amidst changes in a location's name and boundaries due to conflicts, and utilize digital resources from NYPL and other reputable institutions. These…

"Fifth Avenue, Nos. 4, 6, 8" Berenice Abbott, 1936. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. THIS EVENT IS ONLINE ONLY. Have you ever wondered about the history of your home? Who used to live there or what their lives were like? This class will show you how to research the history of your building and the people who owned and lived in it. Looking at censuses, city directories, land conveyances, and photographs, newspapers and local histories you will learn how to construct a narrat…