The archives is acquiring the personal papers of Edward I. Koch, New York's dynamic 105th mayor served three terms, 1978-89.

In 1995, the archives acquired a restored 1858 Steinway square piano, which is now part of the collection.

The archives acquires, preserves and makes available the province's documentary heritage - recorded information of provincial significance created or accumulated by government and the private sector over the last 300 years.

During the 1960s, the importance of photographic records grew, and the archive acquired the surviving negatives of architectural Harry Bedford Lemere (1864-1944) of houses, public buildings and interior decoration.

The library and archives, however, soon acquired an importance greater than the rest of the Museum.

It serves as the national archive of remotely sensed images of the Earth's land surface acquired by civilian satellites and aircraft.

In 1990, the archive acquired 11.5 million photographic images, most of them from the photo libraries of United Press International and Reuters.

As well as official papers, the archive actively acquires material from people who have been associated with the papers and our collections include correspondence, diaries, original artwork and photographs.

The BBC Archives encompass numerous different archives containing different materials produced or acquired by the BBC.