Apply Today: Shelby White & Leon Levy Archival Assistance Initiative Grants 2025
Regrants up to $5,000 help historic preservation-related not-for-profit organizations and similar institutions identify and maintain their archival resources related to stories of historic preservation.
Our Story and Mission
The New York Preservation Archive Project is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to documenting, preserving, celebrating, and educating about the history of historic preservation in New York City.
Recognizing the instructive and inspirational importance of this history to the continued health, success and growth of preservation in our City, the Archive Project hopes to bring these stories to light through public programs, oral histories, and providing public access to information. The Archive Project is devoted to celebrating neglected narratives of New York historic preservation using the archives that hold these stories.
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Preservation Database
The Preservation History Database is a first-stop encyclopedic resource for researchers interested in the history of preservation in New York City.
Program Recordings
Please find our video recordings of our past programs below. November 12, 2024 A free online public program highlighting the highs and lows of landmarking in New York City since...
Oral Histories
The Oral History Collection documents the experiences and perspectives of New York City preservationists. By collecting eyewitness accounts and personal impressions of moments in preservation history, the Archive Project aims...
Request for Proposals: Archival Assessment – New York Amsterdam News Headquarters (Harlem, NY)
The New York Preservation Archive Project (NYPAP), on behalf of The Amsterdam News Educational Foundation with AYON Studio and Jerome…
Re-Uniting the Archival Legacy of Alexander Jackson Davis in the Digital World
A free lecture by Janet Parks, former Curator of Drawings & Archives at Avery Library & 2017 Preservation Award…