Access and Use
Rights Restrictions
Publication may be restricted. For information please visit the New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection Rights Statement.
For more general rights information, please visit: Copyright and Other Restrictions That Apply to Publication/Distribution of Images: Assessing the Risk of Using a P&P Image.
Access Restrictions
The New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection is open to research. Advance notice is needed to view materials in this collection, which is stored offsite. Requests to view original collection materials may be submitted through Ask A Librarian, or by paper form in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room.
Requesting Materials
The New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (NYWTS) is stored offsite. Materials are requested by filling out a NYWTS call slip. Requests must include the appropriate series (Biographical or Subject/Geographical) and the full folder heading.
Example: BIOG--Ederle, Gertrude--Swimmer
Example: SUBJ/GEOG--Music--Jazz
Researchers should make requests at least five business days in advance of an anticipated visit. All requests should be submitted through Ask A Librarian or in person in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room.
Only ten folder headings may be requested by a researcher per day, though it is permissible to submit multiple call slips with successive dates in order to view more than 10 folders/headings in a single visit. Prepared materials will be placed on hold for 30 days. One 30-day extension is permitted.
For additional information about service in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room, including obtaining copies, see Information for Researchers.
Navigating the Finding Aid
The collection has two parts, called series. 1) The biographical file series consists of portraits and other images related to specific people, and 2) the subject/geographical file series contains images related to topical subjects and places.
The finding aid, however, is divided into three parts due to its large size with approximately 350,000 entries in the contents list. The Biographical File series has been split between two finding aids. The Subject/Geographical File series is available as a single finding aid. As a result, you might need to open multiple finding aids in order to locate a specific name, place, or event in this collection.
Following the cross references provided by the newspaper can also take you from one part of the finding aid to another. As an example, the entry for "Eames, Olive" in the Biographical File has the cross reference "SEE: S.S. Ugly Duckling" to guide you to the location of the photo in which she appears. For additional search guidance, see the Research Guide: New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress.