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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: 1986.008
Extent: 0.2 Linear feet, in four folders
This collection contains items about various Brooklyn and New York historical events, including: one novelette entitled Crow Step about the Dutch in Brooklyn during the American Revolution, circa 1909 by Georgia Fraser; miscellaneous publications and clippings, dated 1917-1936, relating to Brooklyn families and events including the Bushwick Riot of 1696; and Hyde’s Pocket Map of Queens, dated 1908.
Names:
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)
- United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
Types of material:
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Manuscripts (document genre)
- Maps
- Publications
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Call Number: 2002.009
Extent: 0.02 Linear feet, in one folder.
This collection includes documents related to the title history of a property in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn on a block between Bushwick and Evergreen Avenues and Hancock Street and Jefferson Avenue. Also included are a program of the Bushwick Avenue Baptist Church mentioning the sale of the church, a program for a production of the play Cinderella, and a copy photograph of the Junior Choir of the Bushwick Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church.
Names:
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Amateur theater — New York (State) — Kings County
- Children’s choirs — New York (State) — Kings County
- Church property — New York (State) — Kings County
- Real property — Ownership — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Legal documents
- Photographs
- Programs (documents)
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Call Number: 1986.039
Extent: 0.2 item, in one folder
The Town of Bushwick town meeting minutes are housed in a single bound volume and feature minutes of the meetings of the Town of Bushwick, N.Y. (currently the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn) from its incorporation in 1841 until 1851. The first meeting was held April 7, 1841 at Martin R. Meeker’s home. Among the first officials elected in the town were: Nicholas Wyckoff, Supervisor; Abraham Vandervoort, Town Clerk; and Jacob Suydam, Charles DeBevoise, and Lambert Wyckoff, Assessors.
Names:
- Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Politics and government — 19th century
- Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1978.013
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in one folder
The Sunday School teachers of the Old Bushwick Reformed Church, located at 15 Himrod Street in Brooklyn, N.Y., met on a monthly basis at a chosen teacher’s home to discuss school business. The meeting minutes are housed in a single bound volume and record topics discussed, attendance to the meetings, and the Sunday School’s constitution and bylaws.
Names:
- Old Bushwick Reformed Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Choban, J.
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Religious education of children — New York (State) — Kings County
- Sunday schools — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: 2007.042
Extent: 0.25 Linear feet, in 1 35mm slide box
These images were captured in the months after the July 13th Blackout of 1977. They were taken by two photographers and cover various locations in the neighborhood of Bushwick. They are predominately potographs of burned-out houses, apartments and stores. Some of the images show the fires being fought while others show the subsequent destruction or the reconstruction of the ruins.
Places:
- Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Arson
- Civil disobedience
- Documentary photography
- Electric power failures — New York (State) — New York
- Fire fighters — New York (State) — New York
- Pillage — New York (State) — New York
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1985.083
Extent: 0.21 Linear feet, in one half manuscript box.
This collection contains one volume, dated 1879 to 1884. The volume contains records of the Willoughby Avenue Baptist Church, including meeting minutes, financial reports, and accounts.
Willoughby Avenue Baptist Church, once known as the First Baptist Church of Bushwick, was organized in 1854. The church went through several location sites and name changes before it solidified in 1878 on Willoughby Avenue near Broadway in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. A large group of congregants left the church in 1875 to form the Trinity Baptist Church, and in the late 1880s, the congregation merged with the Greene Avenue Baptist Church.
Names:
- Willoughby Avenue Baptist Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Greene Avenue Baptist Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Trinity Baptist Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Religious life and customs
Subjects:
- Baptists — New York (State) — Kings County
- Church finance — New York (State) — Kings County
- Church records and registers
- Religious institutions — New York (State) — Kings County
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Call Number: ARC.073
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in two folders.
The Morgan family papers, dated 1883 to 1929, contain ephemera and photographs from Thomas Morgan and members of his family. Items include two merit rewards from P.S. 56 to Thomas C. Morgan, as well as a merit reward from an unidentified school; an admission ticket to the St. George Swimming Club, located at the Hotel St. George; a map of sewers on Bushwick Avenue between Vigelius Street (now known as Jefferson Avenue) and Woodbine Street, denoting the home of Thomas and Charlotte Morgan; and a court order to Charlotte E. Morgan regarding the estate of George Morgan, presumably Thomas C. and Charlotte E. Morgan’s grandfather. Photographs in the collection include four images of the Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods in Brooklyn: two prints of the Morgan home at 1173 Bushwick Avenue; one print of the Bushwick Avenue Congregational Church; and a group portrait of students at P.S. 26, located at the time in Bedford-Stuyvesant near Quincy Street.
Three generations of the George Morgan family lived in Brooklyn, N.Y. during the late 19th century. George (d. 1895) and Caroline E. Morgan (d. circa 1896) resided at 119 Halsey Street in the present-day neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. Thomas and Charlotte Musson (d. 1933) Morgan lived at 1173 Bushwick Avenue in Bushwick, along with their children Charlotte E. (1882-1961) and Thomas C. (b. circa 1884) Morgan.
Names:
- Morgan, Charlotte E., 1882-1961
- Hotel St. George (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- P.S. 26 (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- P.S. 56 (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Morgan, Thomas
Places:
- Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- School children — New York (State) — New York
Types of material:
- Legal documents
- Maps
- Photographs
- Printed ephemera
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Call Number: 1977.355
Extent: 0.01 Linear feet, in one folder.
One photostat copy of a certificate, dated 1702, appointing Peter Praa a Captain in the Bushwick Militia in the regiment of Colonel Jacob Van Cortland. The certificate is issued by Edward Viscount Cornbury, Her Majesty’s Captain and Governor in the English Province of New York.
Peter (Pieter) Praa (1655-1740) was a prominent landowner in the town of Bushwick in Kings County. He was appointed a Captain in the Bushwick Militia in 1702.
Names:
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Bushwick (New York, N.Y.) — Militia
- New York (Colony)
Subjects:
- Soldiers — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Certificates
- Military commissions
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Call Number: 1976.001
Extent: 1.75 Linear feet, in four manuscript boxes and three audio cassette tape boxes
The Long Island Historical Society initiated the Puerto Rican Oral History Project in 1973. Using funding from the New York State Council on the Arts, over seventy-five interviews were conducted documenting the experiences of Brooklyn residents who arrived from Puerto Rico between 1917 and 1940. This collection includes recordings and transcripts of interviews conducted primarily between 1973 and 1975. Also included are newspaper clippings, brochures, booklets about Brooklyn’s Puerto Rican community, and administrative information on how the project was developed, carried out, and evaluated.
Recordings of these interviews and accompanying transcripts are available in the Brooklyn Historical Society’s Othmer Library.
Names:
- Acosta, Flora, 1894-1975
- Colon, Jesus, 1901-1974
- Cruz, Celia
- Dennis, Antonia
- Grevi, Santiago
- Kelly, James
- Weber, Louis
- International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
- La Prensa
- Long Island University
- Museo del Barrio
- New York City Public Schools
- Pfizer Inc.
- Puerto Rican Merchants Association
- Puerto Rican Writers Association
- Puerto Rico Winter League (Baseball league)
- Universidad de Puerto Rico . Centro de Investigaciones
- Acosta, Magda, 1905-
- Acosta, Ramon, 1880-
- Acosta, Rosenda, 1908-
- Ally, Trina, 1921-
- Armas, Encarnacion, 1910-
- Arroyo, Angel M., 1912-
- Arroyo, Carmen R., 1909-
- Barreto, Jaime
- Bermudez, Justina, 1921-
- Bonilla, Carmelita, 1908-
- Carrasquillo, Magdalena, 1910-
- Carrero, Jean, 1914-
- Colon, Ramon, 1900-
- Correa, Elba
- Cortes, Esther M., 1910-
- Cortiella, Mayda
- Cresente, Mercedes
- Cresente, Pedro
- De Jesus, Pastor, 1889-
- Diaz, Mercedes
- Estepa, Julio, 1918-
- Ferrell, Julio, 1893-
- Festa, Josephine, 1927-
- Figueroa, Rosario, 1902-
- Fontanez-Soto, Santiago, 1905-
- Fortun, Maria, 1899-
- Garden , Maximina, 1914-
- Giboyeaux, Jose Ramon, 1901-
- Gonzalez, Carmen, 1926-
- Guanhill, Elizabeth, 1924-
- Guanhill, Pedro, 1915-
- Hernandez, Julio, 1925-
- Hernandez, Luis, 1920-
- Homar, Lorenzo
- Hostalaza, Emilio, 1900-
- Irizarry, Honorina Weber, 1906-
- LaRosa, Ramon, 1898-
- Larrequi, Dicky, 1927-
- Loperena, Felix, 1906-
- Maisonet, Jovita, 1904-
- Malabe, Orlando, 1919-
- Marinez, Gumercindo, 1935-
- Marrero, Luis, 1901-
- Marti, Anaberta, 1915-
- Marti, Nereida, 1934-
- Martinez, Gregorio, 1906-
- Medina, Felipe, 1896-
- Melendez, Angel, 1897-
- Melendez, Filomena, 1885-
- Mercado, Peter O., 1909-
- Mongtignier, Gilbert, 1938-
- Mulero, Mildred, 1928-
- Negron, Sophie, 1891-
- Oliveras, Edna Rosado, 1934
- Padron, Lucila
- Perez, Nick, 1905-
- Plasencia, Gonzalo, 1909-
- Pratts, Francisco, 1902-
- Ramirez, Encarnation
- Ramos, Juan, 1908-
- Ramos, Maria C.
- Rivera, Cecilia, 1903-
- Rivera, Monte
- Rivera, Pedro
- Rivera, Tomas
- Rodriquez, Juana Weber, 1897-
- Rodriquez, Maria, 1911-
- Rodriquez, Pedro, 1912-
- Rodriquez, Ramon, 1902-
- Rosado, Roberto
- Ruiz
- Santiago, Georgina, 1890-
- Santos, William
- Sepulveda, Ernesto, 1903-
- Simmons, Rafaela, 1903-
- Tapia, Carlos
- Tejada, Gloria, 1925-
- Torres, Clemente, 1905-
- Torres
- Torres, Olga, 1917-
- Vazquez, John
- Vazquez, Juan, 1912-
- Velasquez, Carolina, 1911-
- Vice, Celia M., 1913-
- Villa, Betty, 1919-
- Hunter College. Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos
- New York City Community College. Puerto Rican and Latin Studies Program
Places:
- Astoria (New York, N.Y.)
- Bay Ridge (New York, N.Y)
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)
- Cobble Hill (New York, N.Y.)
- Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
- Flushing (New York, N.Y.)
- Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
- Ponce (P.R.)
- Puerto Rico
- Red Hook (New York, N.Y.)
- San Juan (P.R)
- San Lorenzo (P.R.)
- San Tulce (P.R.)
- South America
- Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) — Maps
- Sunset Park (New York, N.Y.)
- United States — Emigration and immigration
- Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- El Diario La Prensa
- Armed Forces
- Citizenship — New York (State) — New York
- Depressions — 1929
- Factories — New York (State)
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Local transit — New York (State) — New York
- Parades — New York (State) — New York
- Political clubs — New York (State) — New York
- Puerto Rican families — New York (State) — New York
- Puerto Rican poetry
- Puerto Rican women
- Puerto Rican women — Employment — New York (State) — New York
- Puerto Rican women — Political activity — New York (State) — New York
- Puerto Rican women — New York (State) — New York — Social conditions
- Puerto Rican youth
- Puerto Ricans
- Puerto Ricans | z New York (State) — New York — Social condititions — 20th century
- Puerto Ricans — Cultural assimilation — United States
- Puerto Ricans — Education — New York (State) — New York
- Puerto Ricans — Employment — New York (State) — New York
- Puerto Ricans — Health and hygiene — New York (State) — New York
- Puerto Ricans — Housing — New York (State) — New York
- Puerto Ricans — Poetry
- Puerto Ricans — Race identity
- Puerto Ricans — New York (State) — New York
- Puerto Ricans — New York (State) — New York Region — Religion
- Puerto Ricans — New York (State) — New York — Interviews
- Puerto Ricans — New York (State) — New York — Newspapers
- Puerto Ricans — New York (State) — New York — Economic conditions
- Puerto Ricans — New York (State) — New York — Ethnic identity
- Puerto Ricans — New York (State) — New York — History — 20th century
- Puerto Ricans — New York (State) — New York — Intellectual life
- Puerto Ricans — New York (State) — New York — Language
- Puerto Ricans — New York (State) — New York — Music
- Puerto Ricans — New York (State) — New York — Politics and government — 20th century
- Puerto Ricans — New York (State) — New York — Social life and customs — 20th century
- Puerto Ricans — New York (State) — New York — Societies, etc.
- Race discrimination — New York (State) — New York
- Race relations — United States
- Racism — New York (State) — New York
- Transportation
- Wages — New York (State) — New York
- Work environment — Puerto Rico
- Work environment — United States
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
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