Abstract: On July 14, 1965, Eddie Jr. and Alice Marie Crimmins disappeared from their home, later to be found murdered. Their mother, Alice Crimmins, became the number one suspect in their death. This collection contains the Queens County District Attorney’s investigative files into the crime, which were used to indict, and eventually convict, Alice Crimmins for the crime.

Abstract: This collection consists of drawings from a volume entitled Drawings of Maps, Bridges, Profiles, Coal Burning Locomotives, Chairs, Brakes, Splices, and etc., accompanying the Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners for 1856.

Abstract: On March 1, 1932, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., son of the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne, was kidnapped from his crib at the Lindbergh’s home in East Amwell, New Jersey. This collection comes from the Bronx District Attorney’s office, which handled the extortion charge and took part in the extradition of accused kidnapper and murderer, Richard Hauptmann, and deals with the overall case. The papers cover the murder trial and consist of correspondence, reports and miscellaneous...

Abstract: This collection contains information about several significant events of the 1960s, such as riots, demonstrations, and visits to New York City by dignitaries. Furthermore, the collection includes precinct reports and incident logs that provide a comprehensive outlook on law enforcement activities. The records also provide insight into the police department's strategic operations. Included are reports, newspaper clippings, and maps, among other records.

Abstract: The collection consists of materials assembled or created in an effort by the City Register's office between 1910 and 1918 to reindex more than 200 years of documents related to Manhattan real estate transactions, with the goal of making title searches more efficient. Included are property maps, deed and mortgage abstracts, and histories of colonial-era tracts and farms. Series-level inventories can be found in "External Documents" in each series.

Abstract: Before the creation of Greater New York on January 1, 1898, the counties bordering New York County (which is coterminous with New York City)—Kings, Queens, Richmond, and Westchester Counties—were comprised of municipalities (villages, towns, cities), some of which date back to the early days of Dutch and English colonization of Lenapehoking (Lënapehòkink in Unami), the ancestral homeland of the Lenape. This collection includes records created and/or maintained by these municipalities before...