Series 1: Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department, Western District, 1825-1949, inclusive

Scope and Contents

The series contains material derived from the original Village and City of Brooklyn, referred to as the Western District of the Brooklyn Fire Department. Items include minute and account books, pension rolls, Board resolutions, mutual aid certificates, materials regarding the Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association, and roll books dating from 1825 to 1949. Of special note in this series is Ledger 36, which contains clippings regarding inter-company fighting while racing to the scene of a fire, and ensuing disciplinary action. Ledger 38 lists the returns by company for the election of Chief Engineer of the Western District, 1855-1865. Ledger 91 lists benefits payments by the Committee on Relief Fund by name, date, and ward for 1861. Also of note are the committee reports to the Board of Trustees of the Western District, many of which pertain to the Widows and Orphans Fund. The role of the benefits and economic need of women in the volunteer fire department organization is illustrated in these documents.

Arrangement

Organized into two sub-series:

Sub-series 1.1: Ledgers

Sub-series 1.2: Documents

Sub-series 1.1: Ledgers, 1825-1934, inclusive

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically, with groups of specific engine company ledgers placed at the end of the series.

Proceedings of the Board of Trustees, Fire Department (minutes) (ledger 75), 1825-1828, inclusive

Box: 18 (Material Type: Text)

Treasurer Brooklyn Fire Department (accounts) (ledger 76), 1837-1858, inclusive

Box: 18 (Material Type: Text)

Firemen's Register (roll) (ledger 9), 1852-1864, inclusive

Box: 25w (Material Type: Text)

Record Book of Niagara Engine Company No. 8, Brooklyn, L.I. (record book) (ledger 77), 1853-1865, inclusive

Box: 16 (Material Type: Text)

Minutes and Ledger Montauk Hose Company No. 4 (minutes and dues accounts) (ledger 55), 1853-1859, inclusive

Box: 13 (Material Type: Text)

Roll book, Montauk Engine Company No. 22 and Hose Company No. 4 (ledger 53), 1853-1861, inclusive

Box: 13 (Material Type: Text)

Dues accounts, unidentified Western District Company (ledger 57), 1854-1886, inclusive

Box: 14 (Material Type: Text)

Minutes, Trustees (ledger 34), 1854-1864, inclusive

Box: 26w (Material Type: Text)

Chief Engineer's Returns (election results) (ledger 38), 1855-1865, inclusive

Box: 27w (Material Type: Text)

Brooklyn Fire Items-Atlantic Hose Company No. 1 (scrapbook, photocopy Box 9) (ledger 145), 1855-1869, inclusive

Box: 22 (Material Type: Text)

Pensions and Claims (pension roll) (ledger 52), 1855-1871, inclusive

Box: 13 (Material Type: Text)

Engine Hose and Hook and Ladder Companies (ledger 30), 1856-1868, inclusive

Box: 28w (Material Type: Text)

Roster Volunteer Fire Department, Brooklyn Western District, Engine Companies 21, 22, Hose Companies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 14 Hook and Ladder Companies 1-5. (roll) (ledger 174), 1856-1869, inclusive

Box: 23 (Material Type: Text)

Badge Register Exempt 1-1200, Fire Companies, Western District (ledger 100), 1857-1868, inclusive

Box: 19 (Material Type: Text)

Discharge Certificates, book A (ledger 93), 1857-1869, inclusive

Box: 18 (Material Type: Text)

Report Book, Fire Commissioners, Western District (reports) (ledger 84), 1857-1869, inclusive

Box: 18 (Material Type: Text)

Minutes of Fire Commissioners (ledger 39), 1857-1869, inclusive

Box: 29w (Material Type: Text)

Lafayette Hook and Ladder (roll) (ledger 12), 1857-1869, inclusive

Box: 30w (Material Type: Text)

Badge Register (ledger 28), 1857-1869, inclusive

Box: 31w (Material Type: Text)

Treasurer's Accounts, Fire Department, City Brooklyn (accounts) (ledger 19), 1858-1870, inclusive

Box: 32w (Material Type: Text)

Montauk Engine Company No. 22, Minutes and Ledger (minutes) (ledger 42), 1859-1863, inclusive

Box: 12 (Material Type: Text)

Engine Companies 1 and 2 (roll) (ledger 170), 1859-1868, inclusive

Box: 23 (Material Type: Text)

Engine Companies 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, Hook and Ladder Companies 1-6 (roll) (ledger 173), 1859-1869, inclusive

Box: 23 (Material Type: Text)

Attendance Book, Record of Arrears of 50% Duty (roll) (ledger 85), 1860-1868, inclusive

Box: 18 (Material Type: Text)

Roll book, Montauk Engine Company No. 22 (ledger 23), 1860-1868, inclusive

Box: 33w (Material Type: Text)

Daily payments with names and amounts to each family paid by the Committee of the Relief Fund, Oct. 17- Dec. 4, 1861 (roll) (ledger 91), 1861, inclusive

Box: 34w (Material Type: Text)

Roll Book, No. 2 (roll book of Montauk Engine Company No. 22) (ledger 36), 1862-1869, inclusive

Box: 35w (Material Type: Text)

Scrapbook, Continental Engine Company No. 9 (photocopy Box 9) (ledger 123), 1863-1868, inclusive

Box: 21 (Material Type: Text)

Roster, Engine Companies 1-22 (ledger 3), 1863-1869, inclusive

Box: 36w (Material Type: Text)

Roster, Hose Companies 1-17 and Hook and Ladder Companies 1-6 (roll book) (ledger 2), 1863-1869, inclusive

Box: 37w (Material Type: Text)

Empire Engine Company No. 19, Minutes (ledger 78), 1863-1869, inclusive

Box: 17 (Material Type: Text)

Montauk Engine Company No. 22 (ledger 58), 1863-1869, inclusive

Box: 14 (Material Type: Text)

Roll book (roll book from unidentified Western District Company) (ledger 31), 1863-1868, inclusive

Box: 38w (Material Type: Text)

Roll Book, unidentified Western District Company (ledger 33), 1864-1866, inclusive

Box: 39w (Material Type: Text)

Minutes of the Board of Trustees, Brooklyn Fire Department (ledger 18), 1864-1871, inclusive

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Minutes, Committee on Claims and Relief (ledger 119), 1866-1870, inclusive

Box: 21 (Material Type: Text)

Roster, Volunteer Fire Department, Brooklyn, Western District, Engine Companies 1-17 and 19" (roll) (ledger 169), 1869, inclusive

Box: 23 (Material Type: Text)

Roll book, Engine Companies 1-22, Hose Companies 1-17 and Truck Companies 1-6 (ledger 1), circa 1869, inclusive

Box: 41w (Material Type: Text)

Roll book of beneficiaries (ledger 162), 1872-1920, inclusive

Box: 23 (Material Type: Text)

Widows and Orphans Fund of the volunteer Fire Department of Brooklyn, Western District (roll) (ledger 186), 1873-1899, inclusive

Box: 24 (Material Type: Text)

Discharge Certificates Register, Book B (ledger 37), 1873-1911, inclusive

Box: 42w (Material Type: Text)

Pensions, Widows and Orphans Fund (roll) (ledger 14), 1877-1882, inclusive

Box: 43w (Material Type: Text)

Pensions, Brooklyn Fire Department, (roll) (ledger 8), 1882-1891, inclusive

Box: 44w (Material Type: Text)

Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association (minutes and roll) (ledger 166), 1883-1894, inclusive

Box: 23 (Material Type: Text)

Minutes, Volunteer Association Brooklyn, Western District (minutes) (ledger 59), 1884-1887, inclusive

Box: 14 (Material Type: Text)

Constitution, Volunteer Firemen's Association (includes roll) (ledger 83), 1885, inclusive

Box: 18 (Material Type: Text)

Volunteer Firemen's Association, Brooklyn, Western District (roll) (ledger 6), 1885-1905, inclusive

Box: 45w (Material Type: Text)

Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association, Western District (ledger 5), 1885-1923, inclusive

Box: 46w (Material Type: Text)

Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association (accounts) (ledger 62), 1886-1933, inclusive

Box: 15 (Material Type: Text)

Roster, Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department (roll) (ledger 27), 1887, inclusive

Box: 47w (Material Type: Text)

Association of Exempt Firemen, Brooklyn, Western District (dues accounts) (ledger 125), 1887-1897, inclusive

Box: 21 (Material Type: Text)

Minute Book No. 2, Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association (minutes) (ledger 11), circa 1880-1891, inclusive

Box: 48w (Material Type: Text)

Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association, Western District (roll) (ledger 22), 1890-1912, inclusive

Box: 49w (Material Type: Text)

Fines (account book of fines) (ledger 152), 1893-1900, inclusive

Box: 22 (Material Type: Text)

Roll book and dues accounts, Western District (ledger 48), 1897-1903, inclusive

Box: 50w (Material Type: Text)

Franklin (Engine Company No. 3- accounts) (ledger 88), 1898-1906, inclusive

Box: 16 (Material Type: Text)

Receipts for Pensions (roll) (ledger 15), 1901-1911, inclusive

Box: 51w (Material Type: Text)

Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association (minutes) (ledger 24), 1903-1923, inclusive

Box: 52w (Material Type: Text)

Dues accounts and roll, Western District (ledger 49), 1903-1923, inclusive

Box: 53w (Material Type: Text)

Check Stubs 300-599, Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association (ledger 107), 1912-1925, inclusive

Box: 19 (Material Type: Text)

Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association, John B. Byrne, Treasurer (bank book) (ledger 177), 1913-1930, inclusive

Box: 24 (Material Type: Text)

Roll of members and dues accounts, Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association (ledger 179), 1915-1920, inclusive

Box: 24 (Material Type: Text)

Roll, widowed beneficiaries (ledger 168), 1916-1917, inclusive

Box: 23 (Material Type: Text)

Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association (dues accounts) (ledger 178), 1916-1922, inclusive

Box: 24 (Material Type: Text)

Dues accounts, Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association (ledger 181), 1923, inclusive

Box: 24 (Material Type: Text)

Minutes of the Brooklyn Volunteer Exempt Firemen's Association (minutes) (ledger 86), 1923-1931, inclusive

Box: 18 (Material Type: Text)

Minute Book, Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association (minutes) (ledger 87), 1923-1931, inclusive

Box: 16 (Material Type: Text)

Check book, Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association (ledger 46), 1925-1930, inclusive

Box: 12 (Material Type: Text)

Engine Company 105 (205), Fire Record, 1902-1904, inclusive

Box: 69w (Material Type: Text)

Engine Company 105 (205), Fire Record, 1904-1911, inclusive

Box: 226 (Material Type: Text)

Engine Company 205 (105), Journal, 1914-1919, inclusive

Box: 227 (Material Type: Text)

Engine Company 205 (105), Journal, 1923-1924, inclusive

Box: 228 (Material Type: Text)

Engine Company 205 (105), Journal, 1924, inclusive

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Engine Company 205 (105), Journal, 1925, inclusive

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Engine Company 205 (105), Journal, 1926-1930, inclusive

Box: 228 (Material Type: Text)

Engine Company 205 (105), Journal, 1928, inclusive

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Engine Company 205 (105), Journal, 1930-1931, inclusive

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Engine Company 205 (105), Journal, 1932, inclusive

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Engine Company 128 (228), Journal, 1910, inclusive

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Engine Company 128 (228), Journal, 1910, inclusive

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Engine Company 128 (228), Journal, 1910, inclusive

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Engine Company 128 (228), Journal, 1910-1911, inclusive

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Engine Company 228 (128), Fire record, 1930-1931, inclusive

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Engine Company 141 (241), Journal, 1911, inclusive

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Engine Company 141 (241), Journal, 1911, inclusive

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Engine Company 141 (241), Journal, 1911-1912, inclusive

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Engine Company 141 (241), Journal, 1912, inclusive

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Engine Company 141 (241), Journal, 1912, inclusive

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Engine Company 141 (241), Journal, 1912, inclusive

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Engine Company 141 (241), Journal, 1912-1913, inclusive

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Engine Company 141 (241), Journal, 1913, inclusive

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Engine Company 141 (241), Journal, 1913, inclusive

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Engine Company 141 (241), Journal, 1913, inclusive

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Engine Company 141 (241), Journal, 1913-1914, inclusive

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Engine Company 141 (241), Journal, 1914, inclusive

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Engine Company 141 (241), Building Inspection Journal, 1904-1910, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1914, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1914, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1914, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1914-1915, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1915, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1915, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1915, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1915-1916, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1916, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1916, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1916-1917, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1917, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1917, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1917, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1917-1918, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1919, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1919-1920, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1920, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1920, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1920-1921, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1921, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1921, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1922, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1922-1923, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1923, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1923, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1923-1924, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1924, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1924, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1924-1925, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1925, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1925, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Journal, 1925-1926, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Fire record, 1922-1925, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Fire record, 1929-1930, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Fire record, 1930-1931, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Fire record, 1931-1932, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Fire record, 1932-1933, inclusive

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Engine Company 241 (141), Fire record, 1933-1934, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 59 (109), Journal, 1908, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 59 (109), Journal, 1908-1909, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 59 (109), Journal, 1909, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 59 (109), Journal, 1909, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 59 (109), Journal, 1909, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 59 (109), Journal, 1909-1910, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 59 (109), Journal, 1910, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 59 (109), Journal, 1910, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 59 (109), Journal, 1910, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 59 (109), Journal, 1912, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 59 (109), Journal, 1912, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 59 (109), Fire Record, 1909-1910, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 59 (109), Fire Record, 1912-1914, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1913, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1913, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1913, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1913, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1913-1914, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1914, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1914-1915, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1915, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1915, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1915, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1915-1916, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1916, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1916, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1916, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1916-1917, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1917, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1917, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1917-1918, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1918, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1919, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1919, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1919-1920, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1920, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1920, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1920, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1920-1921, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1921, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1921-1922, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1922, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1922, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1922-1923, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1923, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1923, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1923, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1923-1924, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1924, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1924-1925, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1925, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1925, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1925, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1925-1926, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1926, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1926-1927, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Journal, 1921, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Fire record, 1914-1915, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Fire record, 1917-1918, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Fire record, 1919-1920, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Fire record, 1920-1922, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Fire record, 1922-1923, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Fire record, 1923-1924, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 109 (59), Fire record, 1924-1926, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 118 (68), Journal, 1920, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 118 (68), Journal, 1929, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 118 (68), Journal, 1932, inclusive

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Hook and Ladder 118 (68), Journal, 1943, inclusive

Box: 227 (Material Type: Text)

Sub-series 1.2: Documents, 1856-1949, inclusive

Committee Reports to the Board of Trustees, Brooklyn Fire Department, and Widows and Orphans Fund, Western District, 1856-1863, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, 1864-1867, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, 1868, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, 1868, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, 1869, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, 1869, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, 1870, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, 1871, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, 1872, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, 1873-1874, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, 1875-1877, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, 1878, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, 1879, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, 1880, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, 1881-1882, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, 1883-1887, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, 1888-1895, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)

Committee Reports, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)

Treasurer's Annual and Quarterly Report to Board of Trustees and Board of Representatives, Brooklyn Fire Department, Western District, 1864-1871, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)

Treasurer's Reports, 1872-1879, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

Treasurer's Reports, 1880-1881, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)

Treasurer's Reports, 1882-1885, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)

Treasurer's Reports, 1885-1886, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)

Treasurer's Reports (includes some Eastern district info), 1889-1892, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Text)

Applications, Resignations and Appointments to Brooklyn Fire Department, Commissions and Boards, 1865-1873, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Text)

Bonds for Trustees of the Widows and Orphans Fund, 1875-1892, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Text)

Applications, Resignations and Appointments, 1880-1891, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Text)

Board Resolutions, includes printed copy of By-Laws, Board of Representatives and Rules and Regulations of the Board of Trustees, Brooklyn Fire Department, 1864-1869, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Text)

Board Resolutions, 1870-1872, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Text)

Board Resolutions, 1873-1874, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Text)

Board Resolutions, 1875-1879, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)

Board Resolutions, includes printed copies of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Board of Trustees, Widows and Orphans Fund, Western District, 1880-1915, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)

Board Resolutions, undated

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Board Resolutions, undated

Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)

Board Resolutions, Western District, bills and receipts, mainly Widows and Orphans Fund, incl. some tax bills, 1862-1870, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

Receipts and bills, 1871-1873, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)

Receipts and bills, 1874-1877, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)

Receipts and bills, 1880-1892, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)

Board of Trustees, Western District, Contracts for goods and services, mainly Widows and Orphans Fund, 1863-1870, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Text)

Contracts, 1871-1874, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Text)

Contracts, 1875-1876, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Text)

Board of Trustees, Western District, Correspondence, includes correspondence regarding the change to a paid department, 1864-1869, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Text)

Correspondence, 1870-1879, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Text)

Correspondence, 1880-1892, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Text)

Property Insurance Policies, receipts and related correspondence, mainly on properties owned by or mortgaged to Western District volunteer associations, 1869-1874, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)

Insurance policies, 1875-1879, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)

Insurance policies, includes list of insured, 1880-1892, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)

Ephemera of the Brooklyn Fire Department, Western District, including the Exempt Firemen's Association, late city of Brooklyn, Western District, 1862-1931, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)

Certificates of service in the Brooklyn Fire Department and certificates of financial need, 1862-1868, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

Certificates of Service, 1868-1872, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)

Amendment to the Act of 1855 of incorporation of the Brooklyn Fire Department Chapter 368 of 1871 regarding eligibility and benefits, 1871, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)

Chapter 175 of 1883, an act regarding Cooperative or Assessment Life and Casualty Insurance Associations and Societies, 1883, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)

Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Association Mutual Aid Association certificates of membership, benefits received, death and probate, 1885-1886, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Text)

Mutual Aid certificates, 1886, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Text)

Mutual Aid certificates, 1887, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)

Mutual Aid certificates, 1887, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)

Mutual Aid certificates, 1888, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)

Mutual Aid certificates, 1888, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)

Mutual Aid certificates, 1889, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

Mutual Aid certificates, 1889, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)

Mutual Aid certificates, 1890, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)

Mutual Aid certificates, 1891, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)

Mutual Aid certificates, 1892, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Text)

Mutual Aid certificates, 1893, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Text)

Mutual Aid certificates, 1894, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)

Mutual Aid certificates, 1895, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)

Mutual Aid certificates, 1910-1929, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)

Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association, Western District and Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Association, membership cards, receipts, resolutions, pensioner lists, Treasurer's Reports and By-laws, 1890-1933, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)

Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association, Western District and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund, correspondence (includes near loss of Borough Hall, 1910-1911), and Certificate of Incorporation, Volunteer Firemen's Exempt Association of Brooklyn, Western District, 1910-1949, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association, Western District, receipt books, meeting notices, 1914-1923, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)

Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association, Western District, receipt book, 1923, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)

Papers of John B. Byrne, President and Treasurer Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association, correspondence, speeches, reports, membership lists, 1913-1921, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)

Papers of J.B. Byrne, 1922-1923, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Text)

Papers of J.B. Byrne, 1924, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Text)

Papers of J.B. Byrne, 1925-1926, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)

Papers of J.B. Byrne, 1927-1928, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)

Hook and Ladder Company 109, Property Returns and Accounts, 1938-1940, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Text)

Hook and Ladder Company 141/241, Property Returns and Accounts, 1908-1913, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Text)

Hook and Ladder Company 141/241, Property Returns and Accounts, 1914-1916, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)