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Call Number: 1979.006
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in one folder
The Reverend Edward Harris memoir, dated 1872, is a handwritten autobiographical work by Harris, a Presbyterian minister. Covering the period 1797-1872, Harris chronicles his various destinations as a minister, his motivations, family and other influences on his life choices, the manner in which he was called or assigned to various pulpits or presbyteries, his difficulties and challenges with various congregations, financial difficulties, health concerns, and his side occupations. Harris’s travels took him from Maine to North Carolina, from eastern Long Island (N.Y.) to Ohio, often repeatedly. Overall, Harris’s memoir provides insight into an itinerant ministry as a career choice, principally in the New England and Middle Atlantic states, in the nineteenth century.
Names:
Subjects:
- Clergy — Salaries, etc.
- Clergy — New England
- Clergy — New York (State) — Long Island
- Presbyterian Church — Clergy
- Presbyterians — New England
- Presbyterians — New York (State) — Long Island
Types of material:
- Autobiographies
- Manuscripts (document genre)
- Memoirs
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Call Number: ARC.278
Extent: 2.6 Linear feet, in two flat boxes and one manuscript box.
The Hulbert collection (1698-1846) consists principally of late eighteenth century documents related to colonial British America. The collection also includes documents from the American Revolution and early national period. The collection holds papers related to the British military presence in North America, including statistical reports (i.e., returns) for troops for several months in 1760 and documents compiled by Frederick de Deimar in connection with the Corps of Hussars (1779-1781) he raised for the British during the American Revolution. Non-military matters include correspondence, chiefly from Goldsbrow Banyar, Register of Prerogative Court and deputy to George Clark, Secretary of the Colony of New York, concerning a dispute among colonial New York officials over their respective rights to collect and receive patent and other fees (1766-1770). There are papers concerning the Bahamas (1795-1796), including correspondence, principally to and from colonial agent George Chalmers, and minutes of the Legislative Council. Among the other documents in the collection are land grants and indentures, a will, court filings, and other documents from New York State, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Florida. Several of these documents still have a large wax seal tied to them.
Names:
- Hulbert, Milan
- Banyar, Goldsbrow
- Chalmers, George
- Diemar, Frederick
- Great Britain. Army. Corps of Hussars (1779-1781)
Places:
- Bahamas — History
- New York (Colony)
- New York (State) — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- United States — History — French and Indian War, 1755-1763
- United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
- West Florida — History
Subjects:
- Land titles — New York (State)
- Land titles — South Carolina
- Land titles — West Florida
- Legal documents — Rhode Island
- Legal documents — Virginia
- Real property — New York (State)
- Real property — South Carolina
- Real property — West Florida
Types of material:
- certification
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Land grants
- Returns (military reports)
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Benjamin H. Foster and Samuel Hunt family papers, 1774-1870. 0.2 linear feet in one manuscript box.
Call number: 1977.198
This collection contains two principal sets of documents, one centered on attorney Benjamin H. Foster (1808-circa 1880s) of Southampton, Long Island, N.Y., and the other on Foster’s brother-in-law, Samuel Hunt (1810-1878) of Massachusetts. Many of the documents, such as bills of sale, receipts and indentures, pertain to Benjamin Foster and his family’s involvement in the whaling and steam ship industry in the mid-1800s. Other documents relate to Foster’s legal work for various estates, and some concern the building of a branch of the Long Island Rail Road from Riverhead to Sag Harbor. The Hunt material consists primarily of correspondence from Reverend Richard Hunt to his son, Samuel. Subjects of the Hunt correspondence include family matters, family deaths, fatherly advice, and religion, especially concerning the father’s encouragement of his son toward a life and career rooted in spirituality. Correspondence from Samuel’s ill brother describes an experience of searching for a cure through “animal magnetism.” The material also includes notes most likely taken by Samuel at a speech given by Carl Schurz at the Harvard College Alumni Dinner in 1877 concerning the federal government’s policies toward the U.S. South.
Access Points
Personal Names
Foster, Abigail
Foster, Benjamin H.
Hunt, Richard
Hunt, Samuel, 1810-1878
Corporate Name
Long Island Railroad Company
Geographic Names
Sag Harbor (N.Y.)
Southampton (N.Y.)
Southampton (N.Y.) — Genealogy
Suffolk County (N.Y.)
Subjects
Animal magnetism
Clergy — Massachusetts
Decedents’ estates — New York (State) — Suffolk County
Family life
Religion
Whaling ships
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Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Oral History, 2010. Sound recordings: 12 digital audio WAV files (16 hours)
2011.005
In 2010, the Brooklyn Historical Society and Brooklyn Heights Synagogue partnered to collect oral history interviews with 10 members of the congregation on the occasion of the Synagogue’s 50th anniversary.
Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, a Reform synagogue on 131 Remsen Street, was founded in Brooklyn in 1960 and currently includes over 330 member units made up of families, couples, and singles who live in Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Park Slope and Fort Greene, as well as in nearby DUMBO and Lower Manhattan.
Recordings of these interviews and accompanying transcripts are available in the Brooklyn Historical Society’s Othmer Library and at Brooklyn Heights Synagogue.
Crown Heights Oral History – Listen To This, 2010. Sound recordings: 22 CDs (80 minutes each)
2010.020
This collection of 43 oral history interviews with Crown Heights residents was donated to the Brooklyn Historical Society by project director Alex Kelly. The interviews were conducted in 2010 with the help of the Crow Hill Community Association and five students from Paul Robeson High School who came to the project through the Brooklyn College Community Partnership (BCCP).
Recordings of these interviews and an accompanying guide are available in the library.
Hulst family collection, 1702-circa 1950. 0.25 linear feet in 1 manuscript box, 1 oversize flat box, and 2 boxes of images by format
Call number: ARC.135
The Hulst family collection relates primarily to the Hulst family of Brooklyn. The bulk of the materials in this collection were created between 1702 and 1878, though there are some documents from the mid-twentieth century. A good portion of the collection contains genealogical notes on the Hulst, Rider, and Van Duyn families; the remaining papers consist of deeds, bonds, correspondence, and receipts. Other document types in this collection include a copy book, an autograph poetry book, and photographs of family members and graves. A slave bill of sale and a New Utrecht list of slaves and chimbles (chimneys) are also located in this collection.
Access Points:
Personal Names
Fardon, Jacob
Holsaert, Anthony
Hulst, Anthony, Jr.
Hulst, Anthony, Sr.
Hulst, John P.
Hulst, William P.
Hulst family
Rider family
Van Duyn family
Subject Places
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Gowanus (New York, N.Y.)
Kings County (N.Y.)
New Utrecht (New York, N.Y.)
Newtown (Queens County, N.Y.)
Subject Topics
Genealogy
Sepulchral monuments – Long Island (N.Y.)
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Hubbard family papers, 1770-1864. 0.8 linear feet in 1 manuscript box and 1 oversize flat box
Call number: ArMs 1974.044
The Hubbard family papers characterize the business and legal transactions of father Elias Hubbard (died 1832), and son Elias Hubbard (died 1864) in the town of Flatlands (now part of Brooklyn), in Kings County, New York.
These papers contain evidence of the community involvement of Elias junior, as well as the role of Elias senior in the American Revolutionary war. The collection also contains evidence of community dialogue and development through correspondence, meeting minutes and organizational documents; personal and political matters are also addressed through these materials. The collection’s mortgages, deeds, wills, bonds, community tax records, slave bills of sale, apprenticeship agreements and indentures display the economic and political forces surrounding the Hubbard family, as well as Brooklyn in general, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.
Access Points:
Corporate Names
- Flatlands (New York, N.Y.)
- Flatlands School District No. 1 (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Flatlands Temperance Society (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- New York (State) Militia
- Protestant Dutch Reformed Church of Flatlands (New York, N.Y.)
Family Names
- Hubbard family — Archives
Geographic Names
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Flatlands (New York, N.Y.)
- Flushing (New York, N.Y.)
- Kings County (N.Y.)
- Kings County (N.Y.) – History – Revolution, 1775-1783
- Monmouth County (N.J.)
- New Utrecht (New York, N.Y.)
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Personal Names
- Hubbard, Elias, 1746-1832
- Hubbard, Elias, 1776-1864
Subjects
- African Americans – New York (State) – Kings County
- Genealogy
- Militia
- Political participation – New York (State) – Kings County
- School boards – Records and correspondence
- Slavery – New York (State) – Kings County
- Temperance – Societies, etc.
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Crown Heights Oral History – Bridging Eastern Parkway, 1993-1994. Sound recordings: 40 cassettes (90 minutes each)
ArMs 1994.006
In 1993-1994, the Brooklyn Historical Society collected interviews with residents of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights. Thirty-three interviews were conducted by Craig Wilder, Jill Vexler, and Aviva Segall. The subtitle, Bridging Eastern Parkway, refers to racial tensions expressed during the 1991 Crown Heights riots. Narrators are of African American, Caribbean, Jewish, Polish, and Russian descent and include members of the Lubavitch community.
Transcripts of 24 interviews from this collection may be read in the library. Recordings are not currently available to researchers; we anticipate that recordings will be available for researchers to listen to in the library in the Spring of 2010.
Hart – Linton Family Collection, 1865-1949. 1 record carton.
ArMs 1985.050 (also 2006.026).
Edith Linton married Frank Elsworth Hart at Plymouth Church in 1889 or 1890. Hart’s father, Frederick D. Hart, was chief engineer of Ridgewood Water Works. Frank and Edith had two children, both boys, and maintained residence on Jamaica Avenue in Flatlands. Frank died in 1895, and Edith then became a music teacher in the public schools and retired in 1921.
The Hart-Linton family materials constitute an evocative picture of c.1900 family life. The collection includes correspondence, certificates, obituary notices, wedding invitations, genealogy notes and papers, deeds and insurance, securities account books, and a number of images.
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Newell Dwight Hillis Papers (1883 – 1964). 4 record cartons, 2 boxes (60 linear inches).
ArMs 1985.004
Newell Dwight Hillis (1858 -1929) was a noted clergyman of his day. After several pastorates in the midwest, Hillis was called to the Plymouth Congregational Church in Brooklyn in 1899. Plymouth Church was then well known as the Church of Henry Ward Beecher and Lyman Abbot, whom Hillis succeeded. While at Plymouth Church Hillis gained in reputation as a preacher, lecturer and author. Among Hillis’s activities outside of Plymouth Church were his involvement in plans for the beautification of Brooklyn, his extensive lecture tours, and his articles and publications on spiritual matters and current topics.
The Newell Dwight Hillis Papers consist of Hillis’s correspondence and writings, business and financial records, ephemera, newsclippings, scrapbooks and family papers. The major activities of Hillis’s career which are well documented by the collection are his work in creating the Henry Ward Beecher Memorial and Plymouth Institute at Plymouth Church and his involvement in World War I which included two Liberty Loan tours and numerous articles, sermons and lectures on the events of the War and its aftermath.Correspondence and papers of Hillis’s children, Richard Hillis and Marjorie Hillis Roulston, and clippings and ephemera presumably collected by them make up a small part of the collection which post-dates Hillis’s death in 1929.
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