New York City Municipal Archives Data Collection: Resources and Instances List

Resources represent descriptions of collections and detail the Creators, dates, historical/biographical description, extent and formats available (boxes, folders, photographs, maps, volumes, digital objects, etc.). The data represents collections described at the collection level for improved accessibility.

The data can be used to research and/or request collections available at the Municipal Archives. They can also be accessed at <a href="https://a860-collectionguides.nyc.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://a860-collectionguides.nyc.gov/</a>

Querying over HTTP

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

curl https://data.splitgraph.com/sql/query/ddn \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d@-<<EOF
{"sql": "
    SELECT *
    FROM \"cityofnewyork-us/new-york-city-municipal-archives-data-collection-bk7g-bhsz\".\"new_york_city_municipal_archives_data_collection\"
    LIMIT 100 
"}
EOF

See the Splitgraph documentation for more information.