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The New York City Municipal Archives (NYCMA) is a division of the New York City Department of Records and Information Services, located in the Surrogate's Courthouse in Manhattan. Founded in 1950, the Municipal Archives preserves and makes accessible records created by the government of New York City (including the mayor's office, city agencies, the City Council, the Comptroller, borough presidents and the Public Advocate). The collections include manuscripts, sound recordings, film and tape footage, maps, blueprints, photographs and digital media.[1]
New York City Municipal Archives | |
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![]() Surrogate's Courthouse, location of the Municipal Archives | |
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Location | 31 Chambers Street Room 103 New York, NY 10007, United States |
Type | Archive |
Scope | New York City |
Established | 1950 |
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Size | 160,000 cubic feet (4,500 m3) |
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Director | Sylvia Kollar |
Website | nyc |
The New York City Municipal Archives preserves and makes available more than 10 million historical vital records (birth, marriage and death certificates) for all five boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island). Researchers have open access to the indexes, and both microfilmed and digital copies of vital records on-site in the Municipal Library and Archives Reference Room. Copies of vital records can be ordered through the Department of Records and Information Services.
The Municipal Archives consists of four units to ensure the multi-format collections created by New York City Government are acquired, described, preserved and made publicly accessible. They are:
The archives’ collections consist of more than 200,000 cubic feet and 185 TB of digital records in the Surrogate's Courthouse.[2] Highlights include documents from the first Dutch colonial government in New Amsterdam, the most comprehensive collection of records pertaining to the administration of criminal justice in the English-speaking world, two centuries of mayoral papers, the architectural plans for construction of Central Park and the Brooklyn Bridge, and a nationally recognized collection of public education records. The online portal offers 1.6 million images including pictures of every house and building in the city dating from 1940 and 1985.[3][4]
The Municipal Archives presents several exhibits each year. Recent exhibits include Feeding the City: The Unpublished WPA manuscript;[6] Unlikely Historians showcasing materials collected by the New York City Police Department while conducting surveillance between 1960 and 1975;[7] and Little Syria, presented in cooperation with the Arab American National Museum.[8]
The Archives has developed various projects to engage non-traditional audiences including participation in Photoville on an annual basis,[9] gathering community stories from residents of City neighborhoods, and sponsoring a five-year celebration of American women winning suffrage.
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