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Call Number: 1979.011
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder
A one-page printed prospectus for publication of the periodical “Once-a-Week” to “aid in the promotion of the welfare and growth of the Village of Roslyn, Long Island, New York.” The prospectus is dated 1876 and is attributed to a company called Keeler Brothers, presumably a publishing or printing company.
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- Periodicals — Publishing — New York (State) — Long Island
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Call Number: 2000.003
Extent: 1.2 Linear feet, in one oversize box.
This collection contains items donated to the Brooklyn Historical Society by Victoria Andritz, including various issues of Brooklyn Life, a weekly illustrated periodical for Brooklyn and Long Island, and two wedding photographs of Ruth Ann Shipley and her bridal party.
Names:
- Andritz, Victoria
- Shipley, Ruth Ann
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Social life and customs
Subjects:
- Brooklyn life (Periodical)
- Weddings — New York (State) — Kings County
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Call Number: 1985.013
Extent: 1.34 Linear feet, in one oversize box.
Approximately 30 issues of The New York Woman magazine, spanning September 16, 1936 to March 31, 1937.
Names:
- New York Woman, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- New York woman (Magazine)
- Women — New York (State) — New York
- Women — New York (State) — New York — Social conditions
- Women’s periodicals, American — New York (State) — New York
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Call Number: 1985.475
Extent: 1.67 Linear feet, in one oversize box.
A page from the October 10, 1863 issue of the New York Daily Tribune containing an article on the New York City draft riots on the front and back.
Places:
- New York (N.Y.)
- United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865
Subjects:
- New York herald tribune
- Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863
- Draft — New York (State) — New York
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Call Number: 1994.004
Extent: 1.6 linear feet, in six folders and one oversize box.
The Lester family papers document the Lester family of Brooklyn, spanning the period 1863 to 1911 and measuring 1.6 linear feet. The collection consists mostly of bills and receipts for transactions of goods and services, and also contains materials pertaining to Great Barrington, Massachusetts and Bayshore, Long Island. Also included are issues of the newspapers The Drumbeat, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The New York Herald, and The New York Dispatch dating from 1863 to 1865.
Names:
- Lester family
- Lester, Maxwell
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Families — New York (State) — Kings County
- Physicians — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Bills of sale
- Receipts (financial records)
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Call Number: 1985.040
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in one folder
The Long Islander clippings collection spans the period 1848 to 1889 and contains an assortment of clippings from the newspaper documenting death and marriages. The Long Islander was founded in 1838 by the poet Walt Whitman, and as of 2011, it continues to publish as a weekly newspaper covering the town of Huntington, Long Island, N.Y.
Subjects:
- American newspapers — New York (State) — Long Island
- Long Islander
Types of material:
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Obituaries
- Wedding announcements
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Call Number: 1985.060
Extent: 1.3 Linear feet, in one oversize box.
One copy of the April 12, 1782 issue of the newspaper The New-York Mercury.
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Subjects:
- New-York mercury (New York, N.Y. : 1752)
- American newspapers — New York (State) — New York
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Call Number: 1992.030
Extent: 0.42 Linear feet, in two half manuscript boxes.
Two-volume register of Brooklyn lawyer Michael Gru’s legal cases for the period 1875 to 1900, as well as a book of press clippings regarding cases in which Gru was involved.
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Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Actions and defenses — New York (State) — Kings County
- Lawyers — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Registers (lists)
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Call Number: 1973.223
Extent: 0.02 Linear feet, in one folder.
This collection consists of Chandos Fulton’s handwritten research notes on the history of Brooklyn newspapers, compiled for his “Local Press of Brooklyn” series of articles in the Brooklyn Standard in 1864. A small amount of correspondence to and from Fulton regarding his research is also included.
Chandos Fulton (1839-1904) was a Brooklyn journalist who published a series of articles titled “Local Press of Brooklyn” in the Brooklyn Standard from August to December of 1864. He was also the author of The History of the Democratic Party from Thomas Jefferson to Grover Cleveland, among other titles.
Names:
- Fulton, Chandos, 1839-1904
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- American newspapers — New York (State) — Kings County — History
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Call Number: ARC.080
Extent: 1.5 Linear feet, in three full manuscript boxes and one half manuscript box.
The Mary A. Titcomb scrapbooks consist of seven volumes of clippings, 1865-1881. The scrapbooks contain clippings of the weekly magazine series that were written by Titcomb and published in Harper’s Bazar (known today as Harper’s Bazaar) and Harper’s Weekly for the publishers Harper & Brothers. The collection is organized into three series: “Mrs. Typeset’s Diary,” 1867-1870; “Says and Doings,” 1870-1881; and “Home and Foreign Gossip,” 1865-1880.
The scrapbooks contain the complete run of all three of the weekly series written by Titcomb.
Names:
- Titcomb, Mary A., 1830-1910
Places:
- New York (N.Y.) — Social life and customs — 19th century
Subjects:
- Harper’s bazaar
- Harper’s weekly
- Women authors, American
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