Call Number: 1977.049
Extent: 1.0 Linear feet, in 2.5 Document Boxes
The Brooklyn Theatre Fire Relief Association Records document the efforts of a voluntary charity organization to provide relief to the families of the victims of the tragic fire in 1876 that killed more than 300 people in the Brooklyn Theatre.
The collection is mainly comprised of the investigations conducted into the claims made by surviving relatives of those killed in the fire and the financial documents of the association.
Names:
- Brooklyn Theatre Fire Relief Association (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Putnam, A. P. , 1827-1906
- Schroeder, Frederick A.
- Green-Wood Cemetery (New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Brooklyn Theatre (New York, N.Y.) — Fire, 1876
- Charity organization
- Demographic surveys
- Memorial service
Types of material:
- Administrative records
- Correspondence
- Forms (documents)