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Call Number: 1973.110
Extent: 0.02 Linear feet, in one folder.
One diary kept by Josiah M. Grumman while he was held prisoner at the Confederate Libby Prison in Richmond, VA from 1861 to 1862. The diary contains an account of his capture, lists of daily activities and other prisoners, newspaper clippings, and receipts.
Josiah M. Grumman was born in Newark, N.J. He later moved to Brooklyn and became a civil engineer and surveyor. When the Civil War erupted in 1861, Grumman volunteered for service in the 84th Regiment of the New York State Volunteer Infantry (commonly known as the 14th Regiment of the New York State Militia, or the “Fighting 14th”) and was elected a Sergeant of Company H. He was taken prisoner during the Battle of Falls Church and sent to the Confederate Libby Prison in Virginia. After his release, he rejoined the 84th Regiment and was elected First Lieutenant of Company H. At the second battle of Bull Run in August 1862, Grumman was fatally wounded. He was buried in Lyons Farms Cemetery in New Jersey.
Names:
- Grumman, Josiah M.
- Libby Prison
- United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 84th (1861-1864)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Richmond (Va.)
- United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Prisoners and prisons
Subjects:
- Prisoners of war — Virginia — Richmond — Diaries
- Soldiers — New York (State)
- Soldiers — United States — Diaries
Types of material:
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Diaries
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Call Number: ARC.002
Extent: 13.75 Linear feet, in 13 manuscript boxes, 5 record cartons, and 2 artifact boxes
The Arnie Goldwag Brooklyn Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) collection consists principally of the subject files concerning 1960s civil rights activism maintained by Arnie Goldwag, an officer of Brooklyn CORE during the first half of the 1960s. These files include correspondence, newsletters, event announcements (e.g., fliers), directions for demonstrators, photographs, press releases, clippings, and other documents related to many of the actions conducted by Brooklyn CORE, particularly for the period 1961-1965. Actions represented in the collection include those protesting discrimination in employment, housing, schools, and the like, including the controversial initiative to block traffic in connection with the opening of the 1964 World’s Fair. The collection also includes reminiscences by Goldwag and other CORE members looking back from the 1990s and 2000s. In addition to Brooklyn CORE-related material, the collection includes material related to other 1960s activist groups, including those involved with civil rights, Vietnam War opposition, and draft resistance, among others.
Names:
- Committee for Peace Organization
- Goldwag, Arnold
- Lynn, Conrad J.
- Mitchell, David Henry
- Owens, Major R.
- Alliance for Jobs or Income Now (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn Civil Rights Defense Committee (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Congress of Racial Equality. Brooklyn Chapter
- Congress of Racial Equality
- Freedom & Peace Party of New York State
- Harlem Parents Committee
- Metropolitan Council on Housing (New York, N.Y.)
- New York World’s Fair (1964-1965)
- Peace and Freedom Party (U.S.)
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Youth Against War & Fascism
- End the Draft Committee
Places:
- Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — History — Archival resources.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.) — History — Archival resources
Subjects:
- Children’s rights report
- Downdraft
- Ergo (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- African Americans — Civil rights — New York (State) — New York
- African Americans — Education — New York (State) — New York
- African Americans — Employment — New York (State) — New York
- African Americans — New York (State) — New York
- Civil disobedience — New York (State) — New York
- Civil rights demonstrations — New York (State) — New York
- Civil rights movements — New York (State) — New York
- Civil rights workers — New York (State) — New York
- De facto school segregation — New York (State) — New York
- Discrimination in employment — New York (State) — New York
- Discrimination in housing — New York (State) — New York
- Discrimination in public accommodations — Maryland — Cambridge
- Government, Resistance to — New York (State) — New York
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963
- Minorities — Civil rights — New York (State) — New York
- Police patrol — Surveillance operations
- Race discrimination — New York (State) — New York
- Rent strikes — New York (State) — New York
- Reunions
- Tenants’ associations — New York (State) — New York
Types of material:
- Books
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Fliers (printed matter)
- lapel pins
- Leaflets (printed works)
- Pamphlets
- Photocopies
- Photographs
- Press releases
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Eardeley Genealogy Collection
William Applebie Daniel Eardeley (1870-1935) was a prolific genealogist hailing from Brooklyn, NY. Over the course of his career he amassed an extensive collection of genealogical information concerning families from all parts of the state of New York. The Brooklyn Historical Society has made Eardeley’s collection available to researchers on microfilm.
The Eardeley Collection consists of two components, the Manuscript Collection and the New York State Abstracts of Wills. The Manuscript Collection contains 14 reels of Eardeley’s handwritten notes, which he copied from original documentation in institutions across the state. The reels are arranged alphabetically by family last name. Each family file may contain any number of pages; some files consist of only 1 page while others number over 200 pages. Consequently, the scope of information included in each family file varies, but generally ranges from a family member’s date of birth/death, town of residence, and names and dates of birth/death of the deceased’s spouse and children, to titles of inheritance and copies of wills and deeds. The date range covered by the collection is quite extensive, reaching as far back as the time of New York’s founding up to the early twentieth century. The Manuscript Collection is accompanied by a printed index listing each family last name in alphabetical order and the corresponding reel on which the family file can be found. (Click here for an alphabetical listing of family names included in the collection).
The New York State Abstracts of Wills is comprised of 11 reels organized alphabetically by county name. The reels consist of abstracts of wills, administrations and guardianships compiled by Eardeley during the period 1929-1933, which he copied from original estate proceedings in the counties of New York. The abstracts generally cover the years 1787-1835, and each county file can range from several hundred pages to over a thousand pages. In addition, Eardeley indexed on 3×5 cards all the names in his abstracts, i.e., those of the decendents, executors, administrators, petitioners, guardians, witnesses, named beneficiaries and minor children. This index is available on a collection of 7 microfilm reels and is arranged alphabetically by last name. Each 3×5 card contains an individual’s name, date of death (if applicable), town of residence, and page number on which the indexed person can be found within the corresponding county file.
The Eardeley Genealogy Collection is a valuable resource for researchers seeking genealogical information on individuals across the state of New York from the time of its founding up to the early twentieth century. There is no appointment required to view this collection.
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