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We’re more partial to fruit filling than mathematical constants, hence this photo from the Robert F. Byrnes collection of automat memorabilia. But however you choose to celebrate, we hope you have a happy #PiDay2025 🥧

“Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking.” –Miranda Priestly

Didion’s papers, along with those of her husband and collaborator John Gregory Dunne, open to researchers at the New York Public Library today. vulture.com/article/joan-d…

It’s opening day for the Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne papers! After two years of careful processing, we’re thrilled that this important collection is now available to researchers. npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-…

More great coverage of the Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne papers via The New York Times: nytimes.com/2025/03/26/boo…

How we feel when the temperature in New York reaches 60°🕺#tgif

Happy #NationalLibraryWeek! From leading classes & public events, to retrieving materials & circulating them in the reading room, to conducting research on our collections & creating exhibitions, our staff are vital to the special collections work at NYPL. And we ❤️what we do!

Announcing the 27th class of The Cullman Center Fellows! This year's Fellows include a diverse range of academics, independent scholars, novelists, playwrights, poets, and others. Learn more about the writers selected for the Fellowship: on.nypl.org/3Y8AfBy

Jury duty and icebergs and friendship, oh my! We love this new blog post by our colleague Sal Kimura on how endless curiosity can be inspired by a trip to the archives. nypl.org/blog/2025/03/2…

As we celebrate the final days of Poetry Month, explore the archival records of Parnassus: Poetry in Review, with a new blog post by assistant curator of manuscripts, Meredith Mann: nypl.org/blog/2025/04/1…

On this day in 1939, the New York World’s Fair opened for the first time, introducing visitors to the “World of Tomorrow.” The Manuscripts and Archives Division is home to the records of this monumental event in New York City history. Learn more here: archives.nypl.org/mss/2233

As everybody pores over the outfits from last night's Met Gala, we pay homage to the woman who transformed the event from a regular fundraiser to the star-studded extravaganza we know today. Learn More about the Diana Vreeland Papers held at NYPL here: on.nypl.org/42I9LJQ

We hope you have fun celebrating the mother figures in your life this weekend 🦓💐 #mothersday #archives

It’s been a very rainy week in NYC☔ If only we had Mary Poppins’ umbrella to keep us dry… Oh wait, we do! Learn more about this fanciful green umbrella with a parrot-headed handle which belonged to P.L. Travers & was donated to NY Public Library in May 1972 nypl.org/events/exhibit…

It’s National Julie Day! What better way to celebrate than by featuring our fearless leader, Julie Golia, in our Staff Spotlight series?

In honor of NY Public Library’s birthday today, learn more about the early days of the Central Building with this new blog post on the Library School by our colleague Leah Johanson: nypl.org/blog/2025/04/2…

As #AAPI Heritage Month comes to a close, we’re paying homage to Minoru Yamasaki, the Japanese-American architect best known for designing the World Trade Center. Seen here are some of the Yamasaki and Associates designs & plans for the WTC, as shared w/ The New Yorker in 1964.

Tomorrow, May 31, marks #WaltWhitman's 206th birthday! The Rare Book Division NY Public Library houses the Oscar Lion collection of Whitmania. It is large. It contains multitudes. It is digitized. Explore treasures related to “America’s Poet" via bit.ly/3SrPxOw

All NY Public Library locations will be closed tomorrow in observance of #Junteenth. Learn more about this holiday, which commemorates the day the Emancipation Proclamation reached enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865 via nypl.org/spotlight/june…

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday July 9, at 12pm ET for a virtual “Getting Started with Archives” workshop. Register for the Zoom link here: nypl.org/events/program…