Archives & Special Collections

Manhattan University serves as the final repository for the historical records of Manhattan University and the Brothers of the Christian Schools (also known as the Christian Brothers or the De La Salle Christian Brothers). The University houses the following archival collections:

  • Archives of Manhattan University (formerly Manhattan College)
  • Archives of the De La Salle Christian Brothers of the legacy New York (NY) District
  • Archives of the De La Salle Christian Brothers of the legacy Long Island-New England (LI-NE) District
  • Christian Brothers of the Midwest District Archives
  • Lasallian Research Collection
  • District of Eastern North America (DENA) Archives
  • Archives of the Christian Brothers Conference
Hundreds of young boys, dressed in jackets and bowler hats, make a zig-zag line in the courtyard and up the stairs and on the mezzanine of one of the Catholic Protectory buildings, while a few Christian Brothers look on.

Image of the Month: February

The New York Catholic Protectory, 1885

Hundreds of young orphans line up in the courtyard of the New York Catholic Protectory, a Catholic orphanage in the Bronx, founded in 1863 and run by the Brothers of the Christian Schools.  Throughout the decades, thousands of young children were placed at the Protectory where they received an education and were taught trades.  In 1938, the institution was closed and some remaining boys moved to Lincolndale, NY, a group home known as Lincoln Hall.


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