NYG&B 2012 Repository Tours

NYG&B 2012 Repository Tours

Three new and very significant venues have been added to the NYG&B's annual Repository Tours. In addition to visits to the Federal and Municipal Archives and the Milstein and Map Divisions of the New York Public Library, in 2012 the Education Committee is offering visits to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Center for Jewish History, and the NYPL Manuscripts and Archives Division. Please join us for in-depth introductions of the holdings of some of the area's most genealogically relevant collections.

National Archives Northeast Region, Tuesday, February 14, 2:00-4:30 p.m.

Dorothy Dougherty, Director of Public Programs, will provide a lecture on the Alien Registration Files (A Files). Attendees will also be informed on the archives’ upcoming move to their new quarters in the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in lower Manhattan. Following the program attendees will be assisted in their research by Education Committee members and NARA staff.

New York City Municipal Archives, Friday, February 24, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

This program is a rare chance to research in the Municipal Archives on an afternoon when it is closed to the public, so there is no waiting for workstations or staff attention. Leonora A. Gidlund, Director, will introduce participants to vital records, city directories, photographs, voters' records, and other resources. NYG&B volunteers will assist you with your research.

**This program is fully booked. Please contact Lauren Maehrlein at 212-755-8532, ext. 211, to be added to the waiting list.**

The Milstein & Map Divisions of NYPL, Tuesday, February 28, 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Maira Liriano, Manager of the Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, will give an overview the Milstein Division, and Katherine Cordes, Manager of the Map Division, will provide an overview of the Map Division, from 10:00-11:30. These introductions will be followed by a “hands-on” tutorial of some of the library’s online offerings in the South Court Classroom and the visit will conclude with tours of both divisions.  

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Tuesday, March 13, 10-11:45 a.m.

One of three new offerings this year, the Schomburg center, part of the NY Public Library, is a research library and archive for information on people of African descent worldwide. Attendees will be given an overview of the center, followed by tours of two of the divisions: General Research and Reference, which is the most heavily used for genealogy; and Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books with its unique resources.

The Manuscripts and Archives Division of NYPL, Wednesday, March 21, 6-7 p.m.

Thomas Lannon, Assistant Curator, will provide an orientation to the extensive holdings of the Manuscripts and Archives Division of the New York Public Library. Documents, manuscripts, and photographs spanning four centuries of New York history will be on display and attendees will be instructed on using the catalog and retrieving materials.

**This program is fully booked. Please contact Lauren Maehrlein at 212-755-8532, ext. 211, to be added to the waiting list.**

Center for Jewish History, Tuesday, April 3, 1:30-4:00 p.m.

Join us on this new addition to our repository line-up. Learn about the many collections of the five organizations housed at the Center. Staff will provide descriptions of the facility’s five divisions from 1:30-3:00, followed by an orientation by a Jewish genealogy expert. Participants will have time for research after the formal program. 

Registration

Each program $20 members/$30 non-members. 

Any three programs $50 members/$80 non-members

All six programs $90 members/$150 non-members

You may sign up via our online store or by calling 212-755-8532, ext. 211.