About MMHIST

Mid-Manhattan History Department

5th Floor, 455 5th Avenue (at 40th. St)

New York, NY 10016

7,B,D,F,V to 42nd St.-5th Ave/Bryant Park

4,5,6 to 42nd St./Grand Central

About the Mid Manhattan History Department

The Mid-Manhattan History Department holds one of the largest subject collections located within the branch libraries of the New York Public Library. Housed on the 5th floor of the Mid-Manhattan Library (455 5th Ave. New York, NY 10016), the History Department offers over 100,000 books, videos and DVDs all available for public lending. While “History” stands prominent in our department’s name, we collect in several subjects related to the humanities, including:

• American and World History
• Philosophy
• Archeology
• Politics and Elections
• Philosophy
• Geography
• Foreign Relations

Hours

The Mid-Manhattan History Department operates on the same schedule as the Mid-Manhattan Library.

Monday – Wednesday : 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM

Thursday – Saturday : 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Our department is closed on Sundays and all major holidays.

About this Blog

This resource has been developed as an introduction to both the print and electronic materials we offer through the Mid-Manhattan History Department. Use this blog to assist your search for books, articles, websites or any general browsing centered around all-things-history. Research guides have been developed to help you search for information based upon material type (“newspaper articles” “documentaries”) or subject (“immigration” “American History”).

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http://www.myspace.com/nyplmmhist