The New York City Municipal Archives preserves more than 225,000 cubic feet of original records, mostly paper. Some is bound into books. I thought I knew a lot about books, especially books about children’s experiences, having worked in children’s publishing for many years. Recent visits to the Archive led me to three books about children unlike anything I’ve ever seen...
The History of NYC's History: Origins of the Municipal Archives
Dispatches from the Urban Heartland, Part 3: Nostrand Avenue, From Myrtle to Montgomery
Contributions and Controversies: The Complex History of Mayor Koch and the LGBT Community
June is National Pride month when LGBT communities around the country celebrate the night that effectively kicked off the modern gay civil rights movement. In the early hours of June 28, 1969, gay and lesbian patrons of the popular Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street decided they had enough of the constant...