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Call Number: 1990.005
Extent: 0.42 items, in one manuscript box
This collection documents the activities of the Wednesday Music Club and includes minutes, programs, correspondence, constituion, bylaws, and newspaper clippings spanning the period 1946 to 1989.
The Wednesday Music Club was established in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in 1882 as the Schumann Club, an invitation-only membership organization. The club’s original membership was comprised of female pianists who would meet to play the music of Robert Schumann. In the 1920s the club’s name was changed to the Wednesday Music Club so that its members could play the work of other composers. As of 2011, the Wednesday Music Club still meets in Brooklyn Heights for several annual events.
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Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Social life and customs — 20th century
Subjects:
- Music publishing — New York (State) — Kings County
- Music — Societies, etc.
Types of material:
- Bylaws (administrative records)
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Constitutions
- Minutes
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Call Number: 2004.026
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder
A typescript document of two pages detailing the history of the property at 104 Willow Street in Brooklyn. The document was written by Amy R. Knox, the great-granddaughter of the man who built the house, Robert Speir. It was an unsolicited gift from Mrs. Daniels, aged 91, who lived in the house from 1949 until approx. 1997.
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Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Real property auctions — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1986.019
Extent: 1.06 Linear feet, in three manuscript boxes and one oversize folder.
Brooklyn’s Plymouth Church was founded in the Congregational tradition in 1847 in the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights. Its first pastor, the charismatic orator Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), quickly catapulted the Church to a position of national prominence, where it remained throughout the 19th century. Plymouth Church united with the Church of the Pilgrims in 1934 to form the Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims. The Plymouth Church publications and ephemera span the period 1850 to 1963 and document the Church’s administration and activities before and after its consolidation with the Church of the Pilgrims. Items include annual reports, manuals, membership lists, pamphlets, periodicals, minutes, programs, brochures, circulars, and clippings.
Names:
- Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922
- Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
- Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Clinton Avenue Congregational Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Plymouth Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Church history
- Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Church controversies — New York (State) — Kings County
- Church management — New York (State) — Kings County
- Church membership — New York (State) — Kings County
- Congregational churches — New York (State) — Kings County
- Congregational churches — New York (State) — Kings County — Clergy
- Congregational churches — New York (State) — Kings County — Doctrines
- Congregational churches — New York (State) — Kings County — Government
- Congregationalists — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Annual reports
- Church records
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Membership lists
- Newsletters
- Printed ephemera
- Programs (documents)
- Volumes (documents by form)
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Call Number: V1987.032
Extent: 0.01 Linear feet, in one folder.
The Margaret P. Childs Brooklyn photograph collection dates from circa 1940 and contains 6 items. Photographs in the collection show houses, roof views, street views, and residents of Columbia Heights in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood. Photographs are identified by location and subject names.
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Dwellings — New York (State) — Kings County
- Street photography — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: V1974.031
Extent: 0.31 Linear feet, in one manuscript box.
The Long Island Historical Society photographs date from circa 1925 to 1980 and measure .31 linear feet. The photographs relate to the Society’s historic building, as well as the activities of the Long Island Historical Society (now the Brooklyn Historical Society). The collection is comprised of black-and-white photographic prints, color photographic prints, contact sheets, and contact sheet negatives. The photographs were created by both professional and amateur photographers including Ernest Tanare, Ellis Herwig, Henrik Krogius, and Alan Kritzler, among others, while the creator is unknown for the remaining photographs in the collection. A large portion of photographs in the collection focus on exterior, interior, and detail views of the landmarked LIHS building. The collection also documents activities of the Society–such as exhibitions, tours, and events–held at LIHS from the 1950s through 1970s. Both black-and-white and color images document LIHS exhibitions, LIHS staff, group tours at LIHS, as well as the speakers and attendees of events held at LIHS.
Names:
- Herwig, Ellis
- Post, George Browne, 1837-1913
- Brooklyn Historical Society (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Long Island Historical Society
- Kritzler, Alan
- Krogius, Henrik
- Tanare, Ernest
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Buildings, structures, etc. — Pictorial works
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — History
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Intellectual life — 20th century
- Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Architecture — New York (State) — Kings County
- Exhibitions
- History — Societies, etc.
Types of material:
- Black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Color prints (photographs)
- Contact sheets
- Detail views
- Exterior views
- Interior views
- Negatives (photographic)
- Photographs
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Call Number: 1986.018
Extent: 0.42 Linear feet, in one manuscript box.
The Church of the Pilgrims collection is housed in one manuscript box and contains printed material documenting the Church’s activities for the period 1846 to 1932. Items consist of manuals and yearbooks, registers of officers and members, worship service programs, a psalmbook, pamphlets on organizations within the Church, and an issue of the Church’s newsletter. The Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn’s first Congregational church, was established on December 22, 1844. Construction on the Church’s building, located at the corner of Henry and Remsen Streets in the neighorhood of Brooklyn Heights, had begun in July of 1844, though it was not until May of 1846 that the building was officially dedicated. The Church’s first pastor, the Reverend Richard Salter Storrs (1821-1900), was installed in November of 1846.
Names:
- Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). Pilgrim Chapel
- Storrs, Richard S., 1821-1900
- Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). Young Men’s Club
- Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Church history
- Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Pilgrim (Newsletter)
- Church records and registers — New York (State) — Kings County
- Congregational churches — New York (State) — Kings County
- Congregational churches — New York (State) — Kings County — Clergy
- Congregational churches — New York (State) — Kings County — Doctrines
- Congregational churches — New York (State) — Kings County — Government
- Congregational churches — New York (State) — Kings County — History
- Congregational churches — New York (State) — Kings County — Membership
- Congregational churches — New York (State) — Kings County — Societies, etc.
- Congregationalists — New York (State) — Kings County
- Religious institutions — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Annual reports
- Bylaws (administrative records)
- Church records
- Constitutions
- Directories
- Membership lists
- Programs (documents)
- Psalters
- Rules of procedure
- Yearbooks
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Call Number: 2000.017
Extent: 0.01 Linear feet, in one folder.
Brooklyn Heights Promenade print, circa 1900.
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Pedestrian areas — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Black-and-white prints (prints on paper)
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Call Number: V1991.054
Extent: 0.05 Linear feet, 14 items housed in one folder.
The Dwight B. Demeritt, Jr. photographs of the Cadman Plaza excavation site contains 14 3.5 x 3.5 inch black-and-white photographic prints, dating from 1965, showing views of the excavation site of a parcel of land in Brooklyn Heights that had been razed for the construction of Cadman Plaza. Included in the photographs are views of an excavated cistern and an excavated wind box of a pipe organ that was uncovered seven feet below street level. Views of the vacant lot, surrounding buildings, and people in the vacant lot are also represented. The photographs were taken by Dwight B. Demeritt, Jr. and include handwritten descriptions on the verso.
In the summer of 1965, Terry Lymon and several assistants undertook an archaeological excavation of a parcel of land located in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood and bounded by Fulton, Middagh, and Henry Streets. The land had recently been razed for the construction of Cadman Plaza. In the course of their excavation, the team uncovered several cisterns and dry wells, as well as many artifacts, including bottles, ceramics, part of a pipe organ, and a pair of men’s pants dating from the 19th century. Lymon, along with two of the excavation team members, Martin Schneider and Dwight B. Demeritt Jr., presented their findings at a lecture hosted by the Long Island Historical Society (now the Brooklyn Historical Society) on September 20, 1965.
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Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Buildings, structures, etc. — Pictorial works
- Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
- Cadman Plaza (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Excavations (Archaeology) — New York (State) — New York
- Vacant lands — New York (State) — New York
Types of material:
- Black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Photographs
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Call Number: 1988.018
Extent: 1.25 Linear feet, in three manuscript boxes.
The Women’s Exchange of Brooklyn records date from 1863 to 1964 (bulk 1920 to 1949) and measure 1.25 linear feet. Materials in the collection include correspondence, reports, financial statements, minutes, clippings, ephemera, and a constitution. The collection documents the work of the Women’s Exchange in providing a marketplace for members, decisions related to its business affairs, activities and community service planned by members, and the administration of the sewing school. Names of members are recorded in meeting minutes, as well as the sewing school’s graduation lists.
The collection is arranged in four series: Minutes; Finances, reports, and legal documents; Correspondence; and Public relations, development, and ephemera.
The Women’s Exchange of Brooklyn was founded in 1854 as the Brooklyn Female Employment Society. Like its predecessors in other U.S. and European cities, the Society was a labor cooperative that furnished employment to women whose circumstances–whether physical or economic–impelled them to work from home. The Exchange instructed women in hand crafts and provided a marketplace for selling their work. In 1923, the Exchange merged with the Brooklyn Decorative Art Society and Women’s Exchange to become The Needlework Society and Exchange of Brooklyn. The current name was adopted 1936. In its early days, the Women’s Exchange established sewing schools to train women in sewing skills and techniques. Later, the Exchange opened a storefront in Brooklyn Heights to sell hand-crafted wares on consignment, including knitted goods, children’s apparel, baked goods, and handmade toys. The Women’s Exchange of Brooklyn remains, as of 2011, the oldest continuously-operating member of the Federation of Women’s Exchanges in the United States. Its storefront is located at 55 Pierrepont Street in Brooklyn Heights.
Names:
- Brooklyn Female Employment Society
- Needlework Society and Exchange
- Woman’s Work Exchange and Decorative Art Society (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Women’s Exchange of Brooklyn
Places:
- Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Decorative arts
- Needleworkers — New York (State) — Kings County
- Women — Employment — New York (State) — Kings County
- Women — Societies and clubs
Types of material:
- Administrative records
- Annual reports
- Correspondence
- Minutes
- Printed ephemera
- Reports
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Call Number: 1980.030
Extent: 0.3 linear feet, in 12 folders
The Maria S. Randolph papers span the period 1888 to 1932 and measure 0.3 linear feet. The papers include tax notices and payments for lots owned by Maria S. Rudolph in the town of New Utrecht, Kings County. The town of New Utrecht became a section of the borough of Brooklyn when Brooklyn merged with the New York City and was absorbed into the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge, and Borough Park.
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Places:
- Bay Ridge (New York, N.Y)
- Bensonhurst (New York, N.Y.)
- Borough Park (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- New Utrecht (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Real property — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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