Digital Collections

Materials from the Library's rare book room and historical collections that have been digitized for online research and enjoyment:

New York Milk Committee Ephemera
Materials issued between 1910 and 1917 or 1918 by the New York Milk Committee and its Committee for the Reduction of Infant Mortality, dealing with their work in the Blue Front milk stations in New York City where they distributed milk and educated mothers
The Resurrectionists
Broadsides, ballads, pamphlets, prints, and more concerning the body snatchers and murderers William Burke and William Hare, their accomplices, and their victims
The William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
Approximately 300 colorful pharmaceutical trade cards produced in the U.S. and France between 1875 and 1895 that were used to advertise a wide range of goods

 

 

Announcement

Library Patrons

Due to a planned renovation project, the Coller Rare Book Reading Room will be closed to readers from February 1, 2013.  We anticipate that the room will reopen for use on June 1 2013. 

Please contact history@nyam.org or 212-822-7313  with queries. We will do our best to accommodate readers and reference requests, but please note that some parts of the collection will not be accessible, response times will be slower and appointment times may be limited. 

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