Collections around New York

Repositories

Find repositories where you can conduct research or to which you can donate historically valuable records and personal papers.

• New York State Historical Records Repositories
• Directory of Repositories by the Capital District Library Council.
• Guide to Historical Organizations in Central New York (PDF) by the Central New York Library Resources Council.
• Directory of Archival and Historical Document Collections (also PDF). Northern New York Library Network.
• Museumwise’s DHP Regional Directory contains information on historical record repositories in New York’s South Central Region.
• Repositories of Primary Sources – Eastern United States N-Z

Online Collections and Resources about Collections

• Ancestry.com New York. Find family history records held by New York repositories and made available for free to New Yorkers through the Ancestry.com New York partnership.

• New York State Archives - Research. This page provides a single point of entry to an array of research services, tools, topics, and resources including:
• Digital Collections - documents and images held by the New York State Archives, State Library, and State Museum.
• Finding Aids consisting of subject guides, descriptions of records, and box lists for records of New York State agencies and governors held by the New York State Archives.
• Indexes including New York Civil War Soldiers Database and the State Archives Name Index of names from various state agencies records held by the New York State Archives.
• New York State Archives and State Library - Catalog, including:
• State Archives records of New York State government and selected local governments
• Historical Documents Inventory (HDI), which lists catalog records for archives and manuscripts collections housed locally at repositories throughout New York State (libraries, historical societies, and other organizations)
• The State Library's Manuscripts and Special Collections, whose collections document the history of New York State from the 17th century to the present
• NYSL Digital Collections consists primarily of New York State Government publication but also includes selected scanned monographs, broadsides, maps, and musical scores.
• NewYorkHeritage.org, a gateway to hundreds of digital collections about New York State's people, places, and institutions
• New York History Net’s  New York State Repositories and New York History
• NICHE, finding aids to local history records in the Upper Hudson Library System.
• Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web from around the world, by the Smithsonian Institution.
• State Archives Collections Online in all 50 states, from the Council of State Archivists
• Libdex, directory of libraries across the world with links to web pages and online catalogs.