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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: 1985.068
Extent: 0.6 Linear feet, in three bound volumes
Three scrapbooks of clippings from the Long Island Traveler newspaper on the genealogy of numerous Long Island families. The scrapbook is dated 1897 to 1911 and its compiler is unknown.
Places:
Subjects:
- Long Island traveler (Newspaper)
- Families — New York (State) — Long Island
- Genealogy
Types of material:
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Scrapbooks
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Call Number: 1977.625
Extent: 0.03 Linear feet, in one folder
This collection contains a receipt for a subscription to the Long Island Weekly Intelligencer for subscriber Michael Vandervoort, dated December 25, 1806.
The Long Island Weekly Intelligencer commenced publication on May 26, 1806, with William Robinson and William Little serving as publisher and editor, respectively. Robinson and Little were booksellers and stationers on the corner of Old Ferry and Fulton Streets in Brooklyn, N.Y. The paper was well supported by original material in poetry and prose, including serially published short stories. One of the newspaper’s features was a listing of letters left in the Brooklyn Post Office. The paper ceased publication at the end of 1806 due to lack of support.
Names:
- Long Island Weekly Intelligencer
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- American newspapers — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Receipts (financial records)
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Call Number: 1985.033
Extent: 0.06 Linear feet, in one folder in one oversize box.
This collection contains a May 25, 1929 copy of the weekly popular magazine Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society featuring an article by Cornelia Henshaw on the history of the Prentice family. Also included are photostat and typescript copies of an 1816 letter written by Jemima Parmele describing her journey with her husband from Alstead, N.H. to Canton, N.Y., which is quoted in Henshaw’s article. Additional materials include copies of the Prentice family coat of arms and a silhouette drawing of Deacon Davis, John H. Prentice’s father-in-law, both of which are also featured in Henshaw’s article.
Names:
- Henshaw, Cornelia
- Prentice family
- Prentice, Jemima Parmele
- Prentice, John H.
- Prentice, Sartell
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- New York (State) — Description and travel
Subjects:
- Businessmen — New York (State) — Kings County
- Families — New York (State) — Albany
- Families — New York (State) — Kings County
- Genealogy
Types of material:
- Articles
- Coats of arms
- Correspondence
- Drawings (visual works)
- Magazines (periodicals)
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Call Number: 1985.018
Extent: 1.67 Linear feet, in one oversize box.
One copy of the May 24, 1883 issue of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, featuring a full front-page article on the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Names:
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Firm)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Brooklyn daily eagle
- American newspapers — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1990.025
Extent: 0.2 Linear feet, in three folders
This collection contains several items related to the New York Daily News workers strike of 1990, including clippings, publications, union bulletins, fliers, and pamphlets.
Places:
Subjects:
- American newspapers — New York (State) — New York
- Labor disputes — New York (State) — New York
- Strikes and lockouts — Newspapers — United States
Types of material:
- Bulletins
- Circulars (fliers)
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Fliers (printed matter)
- Newsletters
- Pamphlets
- Publications
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Call Number: 2007.018
Extent: 1.45 Linear feet, in one ledger box.
The Tide-Water Building Company collection dates from 1910 to 1919, with the bulk of materials dated 1910 to 1911, and contains approximately 80 items. Document types in the collection include photographs, clippings, periodicals, and ads. The bulk of the collection documents Tide-Water’s construction of a section of the 4th Avenue subway line in Brooklyn. Documentation of other Tide-Water building projects in Brooklyn, New York City, and throughout the United States is also included.
Names:
- Tide-Water Building Company
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
- Gowanus (New York, N.Y.)
- Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)
- Sunset Park (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Construction industry — New York (State) — Kings County
- Excavation — New York (State) — Kings County
- Local transit — New York (State) — Kings County
- Subway stations — New York (State) — Kings County
- Subway tunnels — New York (State) — Kings County
- Subways — New York (State) — Kings County — Design and construction
Types of material:
- Advertisements
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Periodicals
- Photographs
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Call Number: 1991.034
Extent: 0.21 Linear feet, in one bound volume.
Scrapbook consisting of reports from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on the libel suit filed against the Eagle by Dr. Mary A. Dixon Jones, the chief physician of the Woman’s Hospital. Jones was indicted for manslaughter in 1889 after the Eagle published a series of articles describing her various surgical operations. She was tried and acquitted, but the verdict in the case against the Eagle was in favor of the Eagle.
Names:
- Jones, Mary A. Dixon, 1828-1908
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Firm)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Brooklyn daily eagle
- Libel and slander — New York (State) — Kings County
- Medicine — Practice — New York (State) — Kings County
- Physicians — Malpractice — New York (State) — Kings County
- Physicians — New York (State) — Kings County
- Trials (Libel) — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Scrapbooks
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Call Number: 2001.006
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one manuscript box and one oversize box.
This collection consists of various ephemera relating to Brooklyn, donated to the Brooklyn Historical Society by Clark S. Marlor. Items include programs, a calendar, greeting and note cards, and pages from issues of Harper’s Weekly from the 1860s containing images and information of significance to Brooklyn history. Also included are records of expenses for the funeral of Z.H. Zerbe.
Names:
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — History
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Intellectual life
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Social life and customs
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1978.184
Extent: 0.2 Linear feet, in three folders
The collection contains birth, marriage, and death records spanning the period 1869 to 1877. The records are typewritten and were originally published in the South Side Signal, a publication from Babylon, Long Island, N.Y.
Places:
- Babylon (N.Y.)
- Long Island (N.Y.)
Subjects:
- South side signal
- Vital statistics — New York (State) — Long Island
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