Historic preservation is the organized effort to preserve the built environment for its rich historical significance. It makes sense, then, that an archive of historic preservation would come out of New York City, with its long tradition of fighting to save historic buildings. The New York Preservation Archive Project (NYPAP) tells the many stories of New York's historic preservation movements via two main collections, the Preservation History Database and Oral Histories. The Preservation History Database can be scouted by People, Places, Organizations, or Public Policy. In this last section readers will find lengthy and informative multi-part entries that range from the 1961 New York City Zoning Resolution to the fight to save an African Burial Ground, one of the oldest and largest sites associated with 18th-century slavery in the United States. The Oral Histories section offers "eyewitness accounts and personal impressions of moments in preservation history" through interviews with the movers and shakers of NY preservation. For those itching to learn more, NYPAP has compiled a comprehensive list of both preservation history resources and general archival resources for user reference.