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Call Number: 2011.002
Extent: 1.5 linear feet, in one manuscript box, four odd-size or oversize boxes, and two phase boxes.
The Eugenie Fribourg family photographs and ephemera collection is comprised of materials relating to and documenting the family and professional life of Eugenie Merzbach Fribourg, a Jewish-American Brooklynite whose life spanned nearly the entire 20th century. Eugenie Fribourg became a doctor at a time when the medical profession was dominated by men, and she remained active in the field for more than 60 years. The collection provides a rich visual document of Jewish-American family life in the early-20th century, historical photographic materials in various formats, 1940s French wine and spirits, and a visual history of various neighborhoods in Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Names:
- Merzbach family
- Fribourg family
- Brooklyn Hospital
- Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn
- Medical College of Virginia
Places:
- Brighton Beach (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
- Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
- France
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
- Paris (France)
- Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)
- San Francisco (Calif.)
Subjects:
- Families |z New York (State) |z Kings County
- Hospitals |z New York (State) |z Kings County
- Jewish women physicians
- Jews |z New York (State) |z Kings County
- Jews |z New York (State) |z New York
- Landscape photography |z New York (State) |z Kings County
- Landscape photography |z New York (State) |z New York
- Photography |z France |z Paris.
- Photography |z New York (State) |z Kings County
- Photography |z New York (State) |z New York
- Portrait photography
- Wine labels
- Women physicians |z New York (state) |z Kings County
Types of material:
- Black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Bottle labels
- Cabinet photographs
- Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Commemorative jewelry
- Correspondence
- Group portraits
- Identity cards
- Lockets
- Photographic postcards
- Portraits
- Studio portraits
- Tintypes (prints)
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Call Number: ARC.245
Extent: 4.0 Linear feet, in 5 manuscript boxes and 9 boxes of various sizes
The collection was compiled over time by the Brooklyn Historical Society (formerly the Long Island Historical Society). It principally contains the records of two major Brooklyn-based Civil War relief associations, the War Fund Committee and the Women’s Relief Association, including records of their various projects. A large portion of the collection documents one significant project undertaken by these organizations, the Brooklyn and Long Island Fair of 1864, also known as the Sanitary Fair. Documentation of the Fair covers both its financial aspects and the events and exhibits taking place there, and includes posters, broadsheets, printed matter, the Fair’s newspaper, subscription books, admission tickets, stereographs of the New England Kitchen exhibit, and more. Some artifacts exhibited at the Fair are included in the collection, notably an album of autographed writings with contributions by Hawthorne, Longfellow, and James Fenimore Cooper, among many others. Documents concerning other relief organizations are found in the collection, including the Brooklyn Bureau of the American Freedmen’s Friend Society and the Brooklyn and Long Island Christian Commission. Records of fundraising in Brooklyn for a Lincoln Monument Fund and in response to an 1866 fire in Portland, Maine, are also included. In addition, the collection holds other materials, primarily concerning the Civil War, relief efforts in cities other than Brooklyn, politics, commercial advertising, and other matters.
Names:
- Brooklyn and Long Island Fair in Aid of the United States Sanitary Commission. (1864)
- War Fund Committee (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Women’s Relief Association of the City of Brooklyn
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — History — Civil War, 1861-1865
- Kings County (N.Y.) — Newspapers
Subjects:
- Boatswain’s whistle
- Drum beat
- Our daily fare
- Sanitary fair bulletin
- Spirit of the fair (New York, N.Y.)
- Charities — New York (State) — Kings County
- Fairs — New York (State) — Kings County
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 — Correspondence
- Presidents — United States — Election — 1864
- United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Civilian relief
- War — Relief of sick and wounded
Types of material:
- Admission tickets
- Advertisements
- American newspapers
- Autographs (manuscripts)
- Broadsides (notices)
- Correspondence
- Donor lists
- Lecture notes
- Ledgers (account books)
- Manuscripts (document genre)
- Minutes
- Poetry
- Printed ephemera
- Printing plates
- Receipts (financial records)
- Scrapbooks
- Stereographs
- Subscription lists
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Call Number: 1985.099
Extent: 0.4 Linear feet, in one manuscript box
The Brooklyn Home for Consumptives Annual Reports collection consists of 0.4 linear feet of material and spans the years 1882 to 1933. The collection contains all annual reports for the years 1882 to 1928, as well as the annual report for 1933. These documents feature summaries of the Home’s activities and accomplishments for each year, the names of donors and donations made, as well as summaries of the Home’s financial standing for each year. They do not include lists of patient names. Also included in the collection are two programs for a springtime fundraising event sponsored by the home, circa 1881-1933.
The Brooklyn Home for Consumptives was incorporated as The Garfield Memorial Home on October 6, 1881 with the mission of providing shelter and care for tuberculosis patients and sufferers of other chronic ailments who could not find adequate care elsewhere. It was renamed the Brooklyn Home for Consumptives in 1882, and again renamed The Brooklyn Thoracic Hospital in 1938. The Home was originally located at 219 Raymond Street, and subsequently moved to a new building on Kingston Avenue in 1887, where the Home would remain until it closed in 1955. In 1956, the Brooklyn Thoracic Hospital merged with the Brooklyn Hospital, bringing the staff and trustees of both institutions together under one roof. As of 2010, the Brooklyn Hospital is still in operation and is known as the Brooklyn Hospital Center.
Names:
- Brooklyn Home for Consumptives
- Brooklyn Thoracic Hospital
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Hospices (Terminal care) — New York (State) — New York
- Hospitals — New York (State) — New York
- Tuberculosis — Hospitals — New York (State) — New York
Types of material:
- Annual reports
- Programs (documents)
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Call Number: 2006.032
Extent: 0.84 Linear feet, in two manuscript boxes
The Luthern Hospital of Brooklyn collection spans the period 1881 to 1978 and measures 0.82 linear feet. The collection contains newsletters, newspaper clippings concerning the hospital, fundraising seals, and other printed ephemera. The bulk of the collection consists of over 200 black and white photographs of the hospital, its patients, and its staff. A large portion of the photos date from the 1950s and depict hospital patients, staff and board members, and events held at the hospital. Also included are photographs depicting the construction of a new hospital building in 1927.
The Lutheran Hospital of Brooklyn was founded in 1881 and was located at 22 Junius Street in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn. The hospital closed its doors in 1978 and its buildings were razed during the 1980′s.
Names:
- Lutheran Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Hospitals — New York (State) — Kings County
- Lutherans — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Newsletters
- Photographs
- Printed ephemera
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Call Number: V1991.124
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, 43 items housed in one folder.
The Charles H. Henkels photographs of the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center consists of 14 4 x 5 inch negatives, 14 4 x 5 inch contact prints, and 14 8 x 10 inch enlargements showing views of Wyckoff Memorial Hospital, which was scheduled for demolition as part of the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Major Modernization Project. All photographs are black-and-white and were taken by Charles H. Henkels, AIA, on November 14, 1991. Exterior and interior views of the hospital are included. There is also one photocopy of a map showing the site plan and the location from which each photograph was taken.
On November 14, 1991, architect Charles H. Henkels, AIA, photographed portions of the exterior and interior of the building in relation to its scheduled demolition as part of the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Major Modernization Project.
Names:
- Henkels, Charles H.
- Daus, Rudolphe L., 1854-1916
- Wyckoff Heights Medical Center (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Buildings, structures, etc. — Pictorial works
- Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Hospitals — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Copy prints
- Englargements (copies)
- Exterior views
- Interior views
- Negatives (photographic)
- Photographs
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Call Number: 1985.005
Extent: 4.17 Linear feet, in ten manuscript boxes.
The Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital was established in 1868 by prominent Brooklyn residents as a philanthropic clinic, and opened on April 20th, 1869. It closed its doors in 1976. The Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital records contain administrative and financial documents reflecting various aspects of the Hospital’s operations. Items include minutes of the Board of Directors and its committees, including the Executive, Plans, and Building Committees; annual reports and treasurer and superintendent’s reports; and minutes of the Board of Surgeons and its subsidiary committees, including the Ophthalmic Committee and the Committee on Infections. Additional items include a medical manual and a history of the Hospital, titled A Hospital’s First Century, written by Board member Harry W. Baehr to commemorate the Hospital’s centennial.
Names:
- Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Board of Directors. Building Commmittee
- Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Board of Directors. Executive Commmittee
- Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Board of Directors. Plans Commmittee
- Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Board of Directors
- Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Board of Surgeons. Committee on Infections
- Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Board of Surgeons. Ophthalmic Committee
- Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Board of Surgeons
- Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Medical Board.
- Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Ear — Surgery — New York (State) — Kings County
- Eye — Surgery — New York (State) — Kings County
- Hospitals — Finance
- Hospitals — Medical staff — New York (State) — Kings County
- Hospitals, Ophthalmic and aural — New York (State) — Kings County
- Hospitals, Ophthalmic and aural — New York (State) — Kings County — Administration
- Hospitals, Ophthalmic and aural — New York (State) — Kings County — Employees
- Medical care — New York (State) — Kings County
- Medicine — Practice — New York (State) — Kings County
- Real property — New York (State) — Kings County
- Specialty hospitals — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Annual reports
- Correspondence
- Employees’ manuals
- Minutes
- Reports
- Resolutions (administrative records)
- Volumes (documents by form)
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Call Number: 1986.041
Extent: 0.03 Linear feet, in one folder.
Account book of an unidentified Brooklyn physician, dating from 1874.
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Medicine — Practice — New York (State) — Kings County
- Physicians — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: V1991.125
Extent: 0.05 Linear feet, 25 items housed in one folder.
The Photographs of St. Mary’s Maternity Hospital contains 25 black-and-white 8 x 10 inch photographic prints showing exterior, interior, and detail views of St. Mary’s Maternity Hospital taken on November 6, 1991. The hospital was located on Dean Street and bounded by Hoyt, Pacific, and Bond Streets in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. Also included in the collection is a photocopy of a site plan of the block the hospital was located, as well as the locations from which each photograph was taken. The photographs were either taken by or managed by architect Joseph V. Marino for a project approved by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation.
Names:
- Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens
- St. Mary’s Maternity Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Marino, Joseph V.
Places:
- Boerum Hill (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Buildings, structures, etc. — Pictorial works
Subjects:
- Catholic hospitals — New York (State) — Kings County
- Hospitals — New York (State) — Kings County
- Women’s hospitals — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Detail views
- Exterior views
- Interior views
- Photographs
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Call Number: 1985.116
Extent: 0.42 Linear feet, in one manuscript box.
The Medical Society of the County of Kings was established in 1822 as a regulating body for the practice of medicine in Kings County. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the Society was instrumental in facilitating the exchange of information among medical professionals. The Medical Society of the County of Kings collection spans the period 1852 to 1956 and contains publications and ephemera pertaining to the Society, its library, and its affiliated medical centers. Items include annual reports, statutes and manuals, transactions and proceedings, newsletters, brochures, pamphlets, and programs.
Names:
- Brooklyn Eastern District Dispensary and Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Medical Society of the County of Kings (Kings County, N.Y.). Library
- Medical Society of the County of Kings (Kings County, N.Y.)
- Medical Society of the County of Kings and Academy of Medicine of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). Library
- Medical Society of the County of Kings and Academy of Medicine of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Norwegian Lutheran Deaconesses’ Home and Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Norwegian Relief Society (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Williamsburgh Dispensary (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Williamsburgh Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Diseases — New York (State) — Kings County
- Hospitals — New York (State) — Kings County
- Medical care — New York (State) — Kings County
- Medical ethics — New York (State) — Kings County
- Medical laws and legislation — New York (State)
- Medical libraries — New York (State) — Kings County
- Medicine — Practice — New York (State) — Kings County
- Medicine — New York (State) — Kings County
- Medicine — New York (State) — Kings County — Societies, etc.
- Physicians — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Annual reports
- Bylaws (administrative records)
- Certificates of incorporation
- Financial records
- Membership lists
- Newsletters
- Printed ephemera
- Proceedings
- Publications
- Statutes
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Call Number: V1974.017
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in one manuscript box.
The Viscount and Viscountess Halifax photographs of Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn date from 1943 and contain 43 items. The collection is composed of black-and-white publicity-style photographs of Viscount and Viscountess Halifax during two visits to the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn. Photographs show the couple posing with pediatric patients, hospital staff, and the room dedicated to their late son, as well as a banquet attended by the Viscount and Viscountess. Photographs in the collection were taken by Larry Gordon for the New York Times; a small number of these photographs were published in New York Times articles dated January 20, 1943 and March 20, 1943.
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and his wife Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow were the Viscount and Viscountess Halifax from 1934 to 1944, later styled as the Earl and Lady of Halifax from 1944 to 1959. Viscount Halifax served as the British Ambassador to the United States during World War II. The couple’s middle son, Major Hon. Francis Hugh Peter Courtenay Wood, was killed in 1942 during combat in Egypt. In 1943, the Viscount and Viscountess visited Brooklyn and dedicated the “Alice in Wonderland” room of the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn’s pediatric ward in memory of their son.
Names:
- Gordon, Larry
- Halifax, Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow
- Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1881-1959
- Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn
- New York Times Company
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Hospitals — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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