DLTS, in partnership with Archival Collections Management (ACM), Special Collections, and Application Architecture and Development (AAD), has launched the redesigned Finding Aids and Finding Aids publication system.
Coca Crystal Video Recordings and Papers published
Coca Crystal (1947-2016) was a journalist, television personality, and political activist. She contributed to the East Village Other, writing about counterculture politics with a strong focus on women’s issues.
Mirador IIIF viewer available for all books
We have officially launched our Mirador pilot! This open-source, IIIF-ready viewing environment is a worthy alternative to our home-grown viewer.
Conspiracy to blackmail, in 1805 Britain: trial text published
We just published the Verbatim Report of the proceedings against Edwards and Passingham for conspiracy to blackmail George Townshend Forrester. This is the frank and unexpurgated text of a trial concerning alleged homosexual acts, which were illegal and taboo in Regency England
Sir William Jones Manuscripts collection: 18th Century comparative linguistics studies
We just published the manuscripts of Sir William Jones (1746-1794), a British lawyer in India and pioneer of comparative linguistic studies. Included are documents in Sanskrit and Persian relating to astrology, botany and law.
Syria collection published
Acquired from photographer Xenia Nikolskaya and researcher Heba Habib, the Syria Collection includes 1,255 photographs including black and white gelatin silver prints and color photographs.
ArchivesSpace
Built by archivists for archivists, ArchivesSpace is the open source archives information management application for managing and providing web access to archives, manuscripts and digital objects. ArchivesSpace was developed by a partnership among the New York University Libraries, the University of California, San Diego Library, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, with generous support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Archives and Special Collections
DLTS provides a self-publishing service for finding aids created by the archives and special collections at NYU, the New-York Historical Society, and the Brooklyn Historical Society. Over 1,400 finding aids can be searched and viewed through our Finding Aids portal. DLTS also creates high-quality digital versions of some collections.