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Call Number: 2005.021
Extent: 1.0 Linear feet, in one record carton
The Conklin and Bedell families papers (1839-1917) contain financial records and some personal correspondence generated by Ebenezer Conklin of Brooklyn, New York, and his descendants. The bulk of the records were generated by Ebenezer Conklin, and mostly concern household expenses, repairs and improvements made on Conklin’s several properties. The records of Nathaniel Augustus Conklin and Sarah Bedell, two of Ebenezer’s children, continue the history of Ebenezer’s properties. The small amount of correspondence contains Civil War letters, and a copy of the General Orders of the 19th Army Corps Headquarters at Camp Russell, Virginia. The collection also holds a cash accounts book and a pew ledger of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Bushwick for the years 1876-1884.
Names:
- Bedell family
- Conklin family
- Old Bushwick Reformed Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)
- United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865
- Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Real property — New York (State) — Kings County
- Retail trade — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Account books
- Church records
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- Invoices
- Land titles
- Receipts (financial records)
- Tax records
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Call Number: ARC.285
Extent: 0.33 Linear feet, in one manuscript box and one flat box
The Martense family papers include deeds, indentures, wills, estate administration documents, promissory notes, bills of sale for enslaved African-Americans, correspondence, and photographs and other images. The bulk of the documents date from the 1700s to circa 1876. The images date from circa 1870 to circa 1944. Deeds and other land transaction documents dating from the 1700s comprise the largest portion of the collection. The Martense family lived in Flatbush, now part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, and most of the collection concerns that area. Correspondence in the collection dates from 1837-1839 and includes several letters sent to Gerrit Martense at Rutgers College in New Brunswick, N.J., by his family in Flatbush. Subjects of the letters include domestic and local matters. The letters, and other documents in the collection, also refer to dealings concerning one Juan Scorsur, an Italian immigrant to New York attempting to acquire real estate in Brooklyn while residing for an extended time in Cuba. In addition to multiple generations of Martenses, among the surnames found in the collection are Cornell, Hegeman, Lefferts, Remsen, Suydam, Terhune, Van Brunt, Van der Bilt, Van der Veer, and Waldron. The bulk of the collection is in English, but there are several documents in Dutch and one in Spanish. The photographs and other images, to the extent they are identified, are principally of members of the Wilbur family, into which a Martense married.
Names:
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
- Kings County (N.Y.)
Subjects:
- African Americans — New York (State) — Kings County
- Decedents’ estates — New York (State) — Kings County
- Family life
- Genealogy
- Real property — New York (State) — Kings County
- Slavery — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Cabinet photographs
- Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Indentures
- Photographs
- Promissory notes
- Slave bills of sale
- Wills
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Call Number: 1974.179
Extent: 0.17 linear feet, in 17 folders in one manuscript box
The Middagh family papers (1654-circa 1840) contain a variety of documents, many linked to the Middagh family by name or by affiliated family, including Couwenhoven and Stryker. Many documents have no obvious relationship to the Middaghs. Most of the collection includes legal documents of various forms including deeds, bonds, agreements, and legal filings. Among the documents not clearly linked to the Middaghs are: the concluding pages of the 1825 correspondence from William Steele to his son concerning Jonathan Dayton’s recollections of Benjamin Franklin’s proposal for prayer at the 1787 Constitutional Convention; the articles of agreement between generals Burgoyne (British) and Gates (American) at Saratoga during the Revolutionary War (1772), signed by Burgoyne; plans for the building of a school in Huntington, Long Island, and the subscriber list (1762); and a circa 1675 transcript of a 1669 Suffolk County Clerk’s document regarding the testimony of several Indian sachems of Montauket relating to a land dispute. Three items referring to African-Americans in Brooklyn are in the collection: an unidentified will (1727), a slave bill of sale (1737), and an arrest warrant concerning the unlicensed sale of liquor, including to African-Americans (1751). Eight documents (1654-1702) are in Dutch.
Names:
- Middagh family
- Cowenhoven family
- Stryker family
- Torrey, Joseph, 1707-1791
- United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Kings County (N.Y.)
- Long Island (N.Y.)
- New York (State) — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
- Suffolk County (N.Y.)
Subjects:
- African Americans — New York (State) — Kings County
- County courts — New York (State) — Kings County
- Genealogy
- Indians of North America — New York (State) — Long Island
- Real property — New York (State) — Kings County
- Real property — New York (State) — Long Island
- Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777
- Slavery — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Agreements
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Legal documents
- legal instruments
- Slave bills of sale
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Call Number: 2005.031
Extent: 3.5 Linear feet, In 3 record cartons and 1 oversize flat box.
This collection holds the records of the Women’s Alliance, an organization operating under the agency of the First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn. The Women’s Alliance began as the Female Samaritan Society in 1838, several years after the Church’s founding. Members of the group took responsibility for all the physical housekeeping of the church, ran the church’s annual fundraising fair, and helped with parish duties such as visiting the sick and cooking for the congregation. After periods of inactivity in the twentieth century, the group was resurrected in 1973 as the Women’s Alliance, a primarily issue-oriented group concerned with social action and women’s rights matters.
The collection encompasses the period of the resurgence of the Women’s Alliance during the latter half of the twentieth century as a socially conscious and active organization. The inclusive dates span from 1922 to 2004, with bulk dates ranging from 1980 to 1998. The Women’s Alliance records consist primarily of organizational material, including meeting minutes, correspondence, and financial documents. There is also printed matter created or collected by the Women’s Alliance and material related to the causes of concern and group work of the Women’s Alliance. A number of records also reveal the group’s relationships with other female-oriented and religious organizations.
Names:
- First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). Women’s Alliance
- Campobasso, Miriam
- Hoogenboom, Olive
- Lazarus, Katherine
- Odessky, Marjory H.
- Sage, Doris
- First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). Samaritan Alliance
- First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Unitarian Universalist Women’s Federation
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Church history
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Religious life and customs
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Social life and customs
Subjects:
- Women’s work (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Feminism — New York (State) — New York
- Pro-choice movement — New York (State) — New York
- Social action — New York (State) — Kings County — History
- Unitarianism — New York (State) — Kings County — History
- Women and religion — New York (State) — New York
- Women’s rights and spiritualism — New York (State) — New York
Types of material:
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Minutes
- Newsletters
- Photographs
- Sermons
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Call Number: 1977.616
Extent: 0.04 Linear feet, in one folder
This collection consists of vouchers issued by the 32nd Infantry Regiment of the New York State National Guard to deliver helmets and fatigue caps from J.C.F. Deecken of New York City to various members. The documents are dated 1877. The 32nd Regiment was headquartered in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Names:
- New York (State). National Guard. Infantry Regiment, 32nd
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
Types of material:
- Military records
- Vouchers
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Call Number: V1987.001
Extent: 0.02 Linear feet, five items housed in one folder.
The Brooklyn Dodgers photographs consist of five black-and-white photographic prints dating from 1949 to 1956. The photographs are attributed to the news agency United Press International (UPI). Included are two photographs of Jackie Robinson–one of Robinson sitting alone in the dugout and the other capturing Robinson stealing home against catcher Yogi Berra during the opening game of the 1955 World Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees. The collection also includes a photographic portrait of pitcher Hank Casey; a team photograph of the Dodgers in front of Borough Hall in Brooklyn after winning the National League pennant in 1949; and a photograph of Dodgers’ fans waiting on line to buy tickets for the World Series after the Dodgers won the National League pennant in 1956.
Names:
- United Press International
- Casey, Hugh Thomas, 1913-1951
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972
- Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- African American baseball players
- Baseball fans — New York (State) — New York
- Baseball players — United States
- Baseball teams — New York (State) — Kings County
- Baseball — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Photographs
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Call Number: V1974.036
Extent: 1.34 Linear feet, in one oversize box and one folder.
The Prospect Park exhibit photography collection contains 33 items and ranges in date from 1877 to circa 1975, with the bulk of materials dating from 1889 to 1897. The collection includes oversize photographs, prints, stereographs, and postcards. Items in the collection show scenes of Prospect Park, such as landscapes, statues, arches, bridges, lakes, and recreational activities, namely bicycling and ice skating. Also included is a photograph of Colored School No. 2 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Items in the collection were part of a Brooklyn Historical Society exhibit on Prospect Park in the late 1980s.
Names:
- Brooklyn Historical Society (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Landscape photography — New York (State) — Kings County
- Outdoor recreation
- Parks — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Photographs
- Picture postcards
- Stereographs
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Call Number: V1986.245
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder.
One photograph album, dated circa 1890 to 1939. The album contains 59 items, including photographic prints, illustrations, and picture postcards. Brooklyn images in the collection consist of interior views of two homes on Henry Street in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood. Also included are photographs and postcards of family voyages to Germany and South Africa, with group portraits, interior views of homes, churches, and cemeteries. Each image is accompanied by a description and identified by location.
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
- Germany — Description and travel
- South Africa — Description and travel
Subjects:
- Cemeteries
- Church buildings
- Dwellings
- Voyages and travels
Types of material:
- Group portraits
- Illustrations (layout features)
- Interior views
- Photograph albums
- Photographs
- Picture postcards
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Call Number: 1986.030
Extent: 0.31 Linear feet, in three quarters of one manuscript box.
Although the doctrines of Unitarianism come from 17th century Europe, Unitarianism in America during the 19th century was influenced by several American theologians including Boston based preacher William Ellery Channing (1780-1842). The first Unitarian gathering was held in Brooklyn in 1833. Between 1835 and 1900 numerous Unitarian societies and churches were established in Brooklyn. The Unitarian Churches of Brooklyn collection contains records of five Unitarian churches located in Brooklyn, N.Y. The collection spans the years 1860 to 1958 and includes annual reports, registers, yearbooks, directories, sermons, programs, and various publications.
Names:
- All Souls Universalist Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Flatbush Unitarian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Second Unitarian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Third Unitarian Congregational Society of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Church history
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Religious life and customs
- Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
- Clinton Hill (New York, N.Y.)
- Cobble Hill (New York, N.Y.)
- Prospect Park South (New York, N.Y.)
- Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Christian life — New York (State) — Kings County
- Church anniversaries — New York (State) — Kings County
- Church finance — New York (State) — Kings County
- Committees
- Religious institutions — New York (State) — Kings County
- Unitarian Churches — History
- Unitarianism — New York (State) — Kings County — History
Types of material:
- Annual reports
- Church records
- Directories
- Manuals (instructional materials)
- Membership lists
- Programs (documents)
- Publications
- Yearbooks
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Call Number: V1987.006
Extent: 0.06 Linear feet, 16 items in one folder.
The George Zlobin photograph collection contains 16 items dating from circa 1920 to 1940. Included in the collection are 15 black-and-white photographic prints of New York City related images and one black-and-white copy print of a rendering of the Brooklyn Bridge showing cars, delivery trucks, and pedestrians crossing the bridge heading towards Manhattan. The delineator of the rendering is C.A. Schultz. The photographic prints include several images of the Brooklyn Bridge, one view of the Manhattan Bridge, a view of the RMS Queen Mary in New York City waters, two images of Fiorello La Guardia, attending a public event– one with his son Eric and the other with his wife Maria, daughter Jean, and son Eric, possibly aboard the Queen Mary, and one image of a radio address on WNYC radio by a group of unidentified men, also possibly aboard the Queen Mary. Finally, the collection documents the Rockaway Beach Excursion Line, a ferry line that ran along Sheepshead Bay and Jamaica Bay with stops in Queens and Brooklyn. Images of ferry landing piers at Roxbury, Rockaway Point, and Breezy Point in Queens are included, as is a ferry house that was located at Emmons Avenue and Kenmore Place in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn. Images of many of the ferries are also included.
Names:
- La Guardia, Fiorello H., 1882-1947
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)
- Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Bridges — New York (State) — Kings County
- Ferries — New York (State) — New York
- Piers — New York (State) — New York
- Ships
- Transportation — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Photographs
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