Archives & Library Special Collections
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Call Number: 1977.646
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder
This collection consists of two letters from Jacob Schermerhorn of Schodack, New York to J & R Dikeman, addressed New York City. The letters concern an undisclosed situation in which Schermerhorn requires money.
Names:
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1979.021
Extent: 3.75 Linear feet, in 9 document boxes.
This collection comprises the subject files of the Downtown Brooklyn Development Association. The association was founded in 1929 as a civic group concerned with the problems of the business and shopping center in downtown Brooklyn. The papers are news clippings, correspondence, brochures, newsletters, pamphlets, legislative documents, photographs, city plans and maps, and other items relating to organizations and causes with which the association was involved. The majority of the documents were produced by external bodies or individuals but were integral the association’s activities. The three subjects most comprehensively addressed are the development of the Brooklyn Civic Center (Cadman Plaza), the redevelopment of Fulton Street, and traffic and transportation.
Names:
- Downtown Brooklyn Development Association
- Blum, Robert E.
- Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971
- Davenport, Henry J.
- Moses, Robert, 1888-1981
- Roscoe, Andrew S.
- Stamm, Godfrey A.
- Swift, Thomas A.
- Abraham & Straus
- American Red Cross
- Better Business Bureau of New York City
- Brooklyn Borough Hall (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn daily eagle
- Brooklyn Law School
- Brooklyn Public Library
- Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Company
- Citizens Budget Commission (New York, N.Y.)
- Citizens Union Foundation (New York, N.Y.)
- Citizens’ Zoning Committee, Inc
- Independent Subway System (New York, N.Y.)
- Interborough Rapid Transit Company
- New York (N.Y.). City Planning Commission
- New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Commerce and Industrial Development
- New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Correction
- New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Parks
- New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Public Works
- New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Traffic
- New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission
- New York Naval Shipyard
- Pratt Institute
- Regional Plan Association (New York, N.Y.)
- Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (New York, N.Y.)
- George Washington Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
- Holland Tunnel (New York, N.Y.)
- Lincoln Tunnel (New York, N.Y.)
- Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)
- Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)
- Throgs Neck Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
- Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Central business districts
- City planning
- Community centers — New York (State) — New York
- Courthouses — New York (State) — New York
- Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.)
- Local transit — New York (State) — New York
- Parks — New York (State) — New York
- Post office buildings — New York (State) — New York
- Railroads, Elevated
- Transportation
- Urban renewal — New York (State) — New York
Types of material:
- Blueprints (reprographic copies)
- Brochures
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Legislative hearings
- Maps
- Negatives (photographic)
- Newsletters
- Pamphlets
- Photographs
- Press releases
- Resolutions (administrative records)
- Speeches
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Call Number: 1981.015
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in one folder
The Charles Turnbull correspondence spans the period 1778 to 1791 and measures 0.1 linear feet. The correspondence consists of a letter copybook containing correspondence between Charles Turnbull and his family members and friends. Turnbull’s letters focus on international commerce between the United States, London, and India.
Charles Turnbull (b. circa 1754) served as a captain in the Pennsylvania militia during the Revolutionary War and was held as a British prisoner on Long Island. After being paroled, Turnbull became a Major of Artillery in the Continental Army. Following the war, he bought a 150 acre farm in Bedford, Long Island (later part of the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn). Turnbull was appointed High Sheriff of Kings County in 1789.
Names:
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
- Long Island (N.Y.)
- Long Island (N.Y.) — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
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Call Number: 1985.039
Extent: 1.04 Linear feet, in three manuscript boxes.
The Harold E. Weeks diaries are comprised of seven red cloth-bound diaries from the period 1925 to 1932 belonging to Harold Eastman Weeks (1886-1960). The diaries include numerous newspaper clippings and enclosures, and contain day-to-day entries relating primarily to Weeks’s professional activities as the Coordinating Engineer at the Brooklyn Edison Company. The diaries also contain references to Weeks’s personal, family and social lives.
Names:
- Weeks, Harold Eastman, 1886-1960
- Edison, Thomas A., 1847-1931
- Travell, Janet G., 1901-1997
- Weeks, John W., 1860-1926
- Brooklyn Edison Company. Electrical Systems Bureau
- Brooklyn Edison Company
- Consolidated Gas Company of New York
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Aeronautics
- Banks and banking
- City planning — New York (State) — Kings County
- Commodity exchanges
- Electric industry workers — New York (State) — Kings County
- Electric power distribution — New York (State) — Kings County
- Electric power systems — New York (State) — Kings County
- Electrification — New York (State) — Kings County
- Engineers — New York (State) — Kings County
- Public utilities — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Blueprints (reprographic copies)
- Calculations
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Diagrams
- Diaries
- Estimates
- Logs (records)
- Memorandums
- Printed ephemera
- Reports
- Schedules (time plans)
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Call Number: 1980.036
Extent: 0.1 linear feet, in one folder
The H.H. Seabrook papers primarily consist of receipts for purchases of goods and services by H.H. Seabrook of New York, NY. Some documents in the collection include references to members of the Conover family. The papers span the period 1848 to 1860 and measure 0.1 linear feet.
Names:
- Seabrook, H. H.
- Conover family
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.)
Types of material:
- Financial records
- Receipts (financial records)
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Call Number: 1988.062
Extent: 0.05 Linear feet, in one folder
This is a Journeyman dues booklet for machinist Robert Dick. The booklet was issued by the International Association of Machinists National Lodge 556 located on Parkside Avenue in Brooklyn. The booklet is dated 1951.
Names:
- International Association of Machinists
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Labor — New York (State) — Kings County
- Machinists — Labor unions — New York (State) — Kings County
- Machinists — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: V1991.051
Extent: 0.05 Linear feet, three items housed in one folder.
The Elliot Reisman photograph collection of an architectural office in Brooklyn consists of three black-and-white mounted photographic prints showing the interior of an unidentified architectural office in Brooklyn, circa 1910. The photographs are group portraits showing the staff, as well as interior views of the office. One of the photographs shows a woman sitting at a drafting table in the foreground of the office, while the remaining staff are situated in the background. Two of the photographs identify the photographers including Winter and Block, Photographers, located at 170 Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn; and R. P. Bolter, Photographer, located at 3rd Avenue at 93rd and 94th Streets in the Fort Hamilton neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Names:
- Bolter, R. P.
- Winter and Block (Firm)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Architects — New York (State) — New York
- Architectural offices — New York (State) — New York
Types of material:
- Black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Group portraits
- Interior views
- Photographs
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Call Number: V1974.037
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in one folder.
One album, dated 1920 and containing 13 photographs. The album documents an expansion project of A. I. Namm & Son Department Store in Downtown Brooklyn, from initial construction to the completed structure. The building addition shown in this album was a six-story extension on the corner of Livingston Street and Elm Place, located at the southeastern corner of the block from the building at 450-458 Fulton Street.
Namm’s Department Store was founded by Adolph I. Namm, a Prussian immigrant to New York City,
Names:
- Namm’s (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Buildings, structures, etc.
- Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Business enterprises — New York (State) — Kings County
- Construction industry — New York (State) — Kings County
- Department stores — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Photograph albums
- Photographs
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Call Number: V1990.029
Extent: 0.02 Linear feet, two items housed in one folder.
The Photographs of McEnery’s wall sign in Midwood contains two color photographic prints taken by Jessica Schneider showing a painted advertisement for McEnery’s, a Brooklyn-based furniture, upholstery, and carpeting business. The photographs were taken in August 1988. The building on which the advertisement was painted was located on the southeast corner of Avenue J and Coney Island Avenue in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Names:
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Buildings, structures, etc. — Pictorial works
- Midwood (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Brick wall signs — New York (State) — New York
- Furniture industry and trade — New York (State) — New York
Types of material:
- Advertisements
- Color prints (photographs)
- Photographs
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Call Number: 2004.021
Extent: 1.0 Linear feet, in one oversize box.
One copy of The Civil, Political, Professional and Ecclesiastical History and Commercial and Industrial Record of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, N.Y. from 1683 to 1884 by Henry Reed Stiles, published by W.W. Munsell & Co. in 1884. Though the volume is bound, several pages have come undone from the binding, many of which have been placed in separate folders. Also included is a set of engravings from Stiles’s volume that have been mounted and framed with matting.
Henry Reed Stiles (1832-1909) was a physician who authored a number of historical and genealogical works in the second half of the nineteenth and into the early twentieth centuries, including the 3 volume A History of the City of Brooklyn (1867-1870). Though his medical career took him to places as disparate as Dundee, Scotland and Woodbridge, New Jersey, Stiles lived most of his life in New York City and in Brooklyn. He was a founder of the Long Island Historical Society (now the Brooklyn Historical Society) in 1863 and served as the Society’s first librarian. Further biographical information on Stiles can be found at his Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Reed_Stiles.
Names:
- Stiles, 1832-1909
- W.W. Munsell & Co.
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Church history
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Commerce
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — History
Subjects:
- Business enterprises — New York (State) — Kings County — History
- Industries — New York (State) — Kings County — History
- Religious institutions — New York (State) — Kings County — History
Types of material:
- Engravings
- Volumes (documents by form)
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