Series 3: Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department, Eastern and Western Districts, 1854-1938, inclusive

Scope and Contents

The series contains materials relating to both the Eastern and Western Districts from 1854 to 1938. Included are materials regarding the Firemen's Association, the Benevolent Fund, and the Brooklyn Fire Department. Of special note are the roll of applicants for pensions and the benefits roll, which list the name and address of the recipients, the amount given in pension or relief, and the date of disbursement.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Roll of Company of Firemen (ledger 163), 1854-1869, inclusive

Box: 23 (Material Type: Text)

Roster of the Volunteer Fire Department Brooklyn (roll) (ledger 4), 1860-1869, inclusive

Box: 58w (Material Type: Text)

Information, items of interest, Volunteer Firemen, Brooklyn (roll) (ledger 172), 1858-1869, inclusive

Box: 23 (Material Type: Text)

Ledger, Brooklyn Fire Department Brooklyn (roll and dues accounts) (ledger 13), 1863-1867, inclusive

Box: 59w (Material Type: Text)

Dues accounts and roll, Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association and Benevolent Fund (ledger 182), 1894-1895, inclusive

Box: 24 (Material Type: Text)

Correspondence and Minutes, Benevolent Fund (ledger 143), 1910-1929, inclusive

Box: 22 (Material Type: Text)

Welwood's List (Treasurer, Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association) (roll) (ledger 171), circa 1915, inclusive

Box: 23 (Material Type: Text)

Minutes, Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Fund (ledger 56), 1915-1935, inclusive

Box: 13 (Material Type: Text)

Pensions and Relief Warrants, Exempt Volunteer Benevolent Fund (roll) (ledger 21), 1915-1935, inclusive

Box: 60w (Material Type: Text)

Roll of Applicants for Pensions and Other Relief to Board of Trustees, Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Fund (roll) (ledger 16), 1916-1926, inclusive

Box: 61w (Material Type: Text)

Benefits roll (ledger 113), 1918-1930, inclusive

Box: 20 (Material Type: Text)

Annual Report to the Board of Trustees, Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Association Benevolent Fund (ledger 20), 1923, inclusive

Box: 62w (Material Type: Text)

Minutes of the Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Fund, Eastern and Western Districts (ledger 104), 1935-1938, inclusive

Box: 19 (Material Type: Text)