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Guide to the Brooklyn Historical Society institutional records ARC.288

Series 10: Development

Scope and Contents

This series consists of materials documenting the activities of the Brooklyn Historical Society's development department. The department was responsible for raising funds to support the Society's mission, operations, and programs.

The bulk of this series documents the department's efforts to identify relevant grant-making agencies, grant applications, grant reports, and correspondence. Agencies include local, State, and Federal government; foundations, non-profits, and corporations. Grants both awarded and denied are documented, as well as efforts to reappropriate awarded funds. Gifts provided for general operations and program support are also included in these sub-series.

The earliest materials in this series are found in the memberships sub-series. Bound volumes with member names and addresses date to early in the Society's founding. Later membership reports, payment receipt books, member correspondence, and printed mailers are also included. Money raised for general operating costs outside of memberships and grants is documented in the fundraising sub-series. Also included in this sub-series are planning materials for annual fundraising dinners and donor events, as well as invitations, menus, photographs, and invite lists. The fundraising sub-series also includes paperwork regarding bequests.

Strategic planning materials include committee meeting notes, presentations, and trend forecasts concerning short-term and long-term fundraising planning, donor and membership cultivation, and updated mission planning for the development office and Brooklyn Historical Society as whole. The campaigns sub-series holds planning materials and final products created under the direction of the development department for various advertising campaigns. The press sub-series includes newspaper and magazine clippings with various announcements concerning the Brooklyn Historical Society and other organizations and individuals associated with the Society.

This series includes materials that were generated prior to the creation of the development department (i.e. materials that would retroactively be considered development, but created under the Long Island Historical Society).

Arrangement

This series is arranged in eight sub-series:

Sub-series 10.1: Grants and Gifts: Government is arranged alphabetically in loose chronological order

Sub-series 10.2: Grants and Gifts: Foundations and Non-Profits is arranged alphabetically in loose chronological order

Sub-series 10.3: Grants and Gifts: Businesses and Corporations is not arranged

Sub-series 10.4: Memberships is not arranged

Sub-series 10.5: Fundraising is not arranged

Sub-series 10.6: Strategic Planning is not arranged

Sub-series 10.7: Campaigns is not arranged

Sub-series 10.8: Press is not arranged

Historical Note

The development department was formally created in the late 1980s, although activities that would later fall under the purview of the department, such as memberships and grants, were actively managed by various staff members before the department's creation. Anne Rehkopf Townsend served as the first Director of Development from 1996-1998 and from 2002-2006. Townsend was followed by Fred Bush (1999-2001), Stephanie Kornfeld (2006-2008), Sally Marshall (2009-2012), Arlene Swartz (2012), Jennifer Beirne (2013-2016), and Heather Malin (2016-2020).

Conditions Governing Access

Materials in sub-series 10.1 and 10.2 are restricted until 2045. Exceptions may be granted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the Center for Brooklyn History for more information.

Processing Information

The bulk of records in the development series were identified during a 2025 inventory, unarranged. However, a small portion of the development department's files were originally arranged alphabetically under the following headings:

Grants: paperwork pertaining to various grants.

Partnerships: materials concerning institutions that had partnerships with the Brooklyn Historical Society at some point in their history, usually through grants and gifts.

Foundations: materials concerning foundations and non-profits that financially supported the Brooklyn Historical Society through grants and gifts.

Corporations: materials concerning corporations that financially supported the Brooklyn Historical Society through grants and gifts.

NYC Government Grants: grant materials from New York City government agencies.

Federal Grants: grant materials from United States government agencies.

State Grants: grant materials from New York State agencies.

To enhance discoverability the archivist interfiled records found during the inventory, imposed new headings (sub-series titles), updated folder titles and dates.

All original newspaper clippings and check copies were discarded after preservation photocopies were made.

Sub-series 10.1: Grants and Gifts: Government

Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains materials related to grants awarded by New York City, New York State, and Federal government agencies, dating from the early 1970s to 2020. Records include grant applications, correspondence with funding agencies, interim and final reports, payment documentation, and supporting materials. The grants supported a range of initiatives including public programs, exhibitions, building restoration, educational programs, digitization projects, and the acquisition of upgraded equipment and technology. Grants awarded for conservation and preservation projects often include collection inventories and treatment reports. Items in the Politicians: New York City folder include correspondence regarding money allocated to the Brooklyn Historical Society from the city's discretionary fund.

Materials also include applications and correspondence for grants that were not awarded.

Conditions Governing Access

This series is described to the sub-series level in the public finding aid; however, there is folder-level information on the back end. If researchers are in need of more detail, they should consult CBH staff.

Materials in this sub-series are restricted until 2045. Exceptions may be granted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the Center for Brooklyn History for more information.

Processing Information

Additional paperwork concerning grants awarded by government agencies may be interfiled with unprocessed materials in this collection. Check copies found during processing have been shredded.

Consulate General of the Netherlands, 2014-2015, inclusive

Box: 743, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Dutch educational activities

Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, 2008-2019, inclusive

Box: 743, Folder: 2-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Storage facility updates and preservation of collections, purchase of technology equipment and security system, Community Capital Assistance Program (CCAP), purchase and installation of a new AV system, purchase of computers, equipment and furniture for the Othmer Library, purchase and installation equipment for first and lower levels, creation and purchase of an interactive computer curriculum kit, "From Paper to Pixel."

Empire State Development, 2017-2019, inclusive

Box: 744, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Institute of Museum and Library Services, 1987-1988, inclusive

Box: 744, Folder: 2-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Formerly Institute of Museum Services. General operation grants, painting conservation, "New Tools for Old Stuff: Using Technologies to Create Local History," "Worklore: Brooklyn Workers Speak," "Crossing Boarders: Bridging Generations," conservation program, Librarians for the 21st century, National Leadership grant.

Institute of Museum of Library Services, 1999-2004, inclusive

Box: 745, Folder: 1-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Formerly Institute of Museum Services. General operation grants, painting conservation, "New Tools for Old Stuff: Using Technologies to Create Local History," "Worklore: Brooklyn Workers Speak," "Crossing Boarders: Bridging Generations," conservation program, Librarians for the 21st century, National Leadership grant.

Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2004-2005, inclusive

Box: 746, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Formerly Institute of Museum Services. General operation grants, painting conservation, "New Tools for Old Stuff: Using Technologies to Create Local History," "Worklore: Brooklyn Workers Speak," "Crossing Boarders: Bridging Generations," conservation program, Librarians for the 21st century, National Leadership grant.

Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2005-2011, inclusive

Box: 747, Folder: 1-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Formerly Institute of Museum Services. General operation grants, painting conservation, "New Tools for Old Stuff: Using Technologies to Create Local History," "Worklore: Brooklyn Workers Speak," "Crossing Boarders: Bridging Generations," conservation program, Librarians for the 21st century, National Leadership grant.

Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2010-2017, inclusive

Box: 748, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Formerly Institute of Museum Services. General operation grants, painting conservation, "New Tools for Old Stuff: Using Technologies to Create Local History," "Worklore: Brooklyn Workers Speak," "Crossing Boarders: Bridging Generations," conservation program, Librarians for the 21st century, National Leadership grant.

Library of Congress, 1978

Box: 748, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Microfilm project

National Endowment for the Arts, 1985-2000, inclusive

Box: 748, Folder: 4-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Portrait cataloging, prints conservation, "Multiple Visions, Multiple Voices," collaboration with Prospect Park to digitize park images, "The Art of Work" video.

National Endowment for the Arts, 1999-2009, inclusive

Box: 749, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Portrait cataloging, prints conservation, "Multiple Visions, Multiple Voices," collaboration with Prospect Park to digitize park images, "The Art of Work" video.

National Endowment for the Humanities, 1984-1994, inclusive

Box: 750, Folder: 1-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

"The Giglio and the Giglio Feast, Shellens Gallery, "Brooklyn's Hispanic Communities," "Society, Politics, and Volunteer Firefighting in 19th-Century Brooklyn," enhanced access to Brooklyn books and pamphlets, creation of conservation environments for museum storage and exhibitions, "Work, American Pluralism, and Identity in Brooklyn," "Brooklyn Works: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," preservation, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," purchase of storage furniture for the BHS material collections and the cataloging of those collections, HVAC installation, "Brooklyn at Play," "Town Criers: Young Curators Reveal Historical News," "Brooklyn's Past as Prologue," "Brooklyn: Creation to Consolidation," "In Persuit of Freedom," "Crossing Boarders, Bridging Generations: A Study of Mixed-Heritage Families in Brooklyn," "City, Borough, Neighborhood, Home: Investigating Brooklyn's Twentieth-Century Urban Identity," "Portal to the Past: Creating Brooklyn Historical Society's Digital Map Collection," "A People's History of Brooklyn," "Bringing Brooklyn Beyond the Borough: Streamlining Access to Brooklyn Historical Society's Collections Online."

National Endowment for the Humanities, 1991-1997, inclusive

Box: 751, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

"The Giglio and the Giglio Feast, Shellens Gallery, "Brooklyn's Hispanic Communities," "Society, Politics, and Volunteer Firefighting in 19th-Century Brooklyn," enhanced access to Brooklyn books and pamphlets, creation of conservation environments for museum storage and exhibitions, "Work, American Pluralism, and Identity in Brooklyn," "Brooklyn Works: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," preservation, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," purchase of storage furniture for the BHS material collections and the cataloging of those collections, HVAC installation, "Brooklyn at Play," "Town Criers: Young Curators Reveal Historical News," "Brooklyn's Past as Prologue," "Brooklyn: Creation to Consolidation," "In Persuit of Freedom," "Crossing Boarders, Bridging Generations: A Study of Mixed-Heritage Families in Brooklyn," "City, Borough, Neighborhood, Home: Investigating Brooklyn's Twentieth-Century Urban Identity," "Portal to the Past: Creating Brooklyn Historical Society's Digital Map Collection," "A People's History of Brooklyn," "Bringing Brooklyn Beyond the Borough: Streamlining Access to Brooklyn Historical Society's Collections Online."

National Endowment for the Humanities, 1996-2005, inclusive

Box: 752, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

"The Giglio and the Giglio Feast, Shellens Gallery, "Brooklyn's Hispanic Communities," "Society, Politics, and Volunteer Firefighting in 19th-Century Brooklyn," enhanced access to Brooklyn books and pamphlets, creation of conservation environments for museum storage and exhibitions, "Work, American Pluralism, and Identity in Brooklyn," "Brooklyn Works: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," preservation, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," purchase of storage furniture for the BHS material collections and the cataloging of those collections, HVAC installation, "Brooklyn at Play," "Town Criers: Young Curators Reveal Historical News," "Brooklyn's Past as Prologue," "Brooklyn: Creation to Consolidation," "In Persuit of Freedom," "Crossing Boarders, Bridging Generations: A Study of Mixed-Heritage Families in Brooklyn," "City, Borough, Neighborhood, Home: Investigating Brooklyn's Twentieth-Century Urban Identity," "Portal to the Past: Creating Brooklyn Historical Society's Digital Map Collection," "A People's History of Brooklyn," "Bringing Brooklyn Beyond the Borough: Streamlining Access to Brooklyn Historical Society's Collections Online."

National Endowment for the Humanities, 1999-2008, inclusive

Box: 753, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

"The Giglio and the Giglio Feast, Shellens Gallery, "Brooklyn's Hispanic Communities," "Society, Politics, and Volunteer Firefighting in 19th-Century Brooklyn," enhanced access to Brooklyn books and pamphlets, creation of conservation environments for museum storage and exhibitions, "Work, American Pluralism, and Identity in Brooklyn," "Brooklyn Works: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," preservation, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," purchase of storage furniture for the BHS material collections and the cataloging of those collections, HVAC installation, "Brooklyn at Play," "Town Criers: Young Curators Reveal Historical News," "Brooklyn's Past as Prologue," "Brooklyn: Creation to Consolidation," "In Persuit of Freedom," "Crossing Boarders, Bridging Generations: A Study of Mixed-Heritage Families in Brooklyn," "City, Borough, Neighborhood, Home: Investigating Brooklyn's Twentieth-Century Urban Identity," "Portal to the Past: Creating Brooklyn Historical Society's Digital Map Collection," "A People's History of Brooklyn," "Bringing Brooklyn Beyond the Borough: Streamlining Access to Brooklyn Historical Society's Collections Online."

National Endowment for the Humanities, 2006-2010, inclusive

Box: 754, Folder: 1-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

"The Giglio and the Giglio Feast, Shellens Gallery, "Brooklyn's Hispanic Communities," "Society, Politics, and Volunteer Firefighting in 19th-Century Brooklyn," enhanced access to Brooklyn books and pamphlets, creation of conservation environments for museum storage and exhibitions, "Work, American Pluralism, and Identity in Brooklyn," "Brooklyn Works: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," preservation, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," purchase of storage furniture for the BHS material collections and the cataloging of those collections, HVAC installation, "Brooklyn at Play," "Town Criers: Young Curators Reveal Historical News," "Brooklyn's Past as Prologue," "Brooklyn: Creation to Consolidation," "In Persuit of Freedom," "Crossing Boarders, Bridging Generations: A Study of Mixed-Heritage Families in Brooklyn," "City, Borough, Neighborhood, Home: Investigating Brooklyn's Twentieth-Century Urban Identity," "Portal to the Past: Creating Brooklyn Historical Society's Digital Map Collection," "A People's History of Brooklyn," "Bringing Brooklyn Beyond the Borough: Streamlining Access to Brooklyn Historical Society's Collections Online."

National Endowment for the Humanities, 2009-2013, inclusive

Box: 755, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

"The Giglio and the Giglio Feast, Shellens Gallery, "Brooklyn's Hispanic Communities," "Society, Politics, and Volunteer Firefighting in 19th-Century Brooklyn," enhanced access to Brooklyn books and pamphlets, creation of conservation environments for museum storage and exhibitions, "Work, American Pluralism, and Identity in Brooklyn," "Brooklyn Works: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," preservation, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," purchase of storage furniture for the BHS material collections and the cataloging of those collections, HVAC installation, "Brooklyn at Play," "Town Criers: Young Curators Reveal Historical News," "Brooklyn's Past as Prologue," "Brooklyn: Creation to Consolidation," "In Persuit of Freedom," "Crossing Boarders, Bridging Generations: A Study of Mixed-Heritage Families in Brooklyn," "City, Borough, Neighborhood, Home: Investigating Brooklyn's Twentieth-Century Urban Identity," "Portal to the Past: Creating Brooklyn Historical Society's Digital Map Collection," "A People's History of Brooklyn," "Bringing Brooklyn Beyond the Borough: Streamlining Access to Brooklyn Historical Society's Collections Online."

National Endowment for the Humanities, 2012-2018, inclusive

Box: 756, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

"The Giglio and the Giglio Feast, Shellens Gallery, "Brooklyn's Hispanic Communities," "Society, Politics, and Volunteer Firefighting in 19th-Century Brooklyn," enhanced access to Brooklyn books and pamphlets, creation of conservation environments for museum storage and exhibitions, "Work, American Pluralism, and Identity in Brooklyn," "Brooklyn Works: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," preservation, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," purchase of storage furniture for the BHS material collections and the cataloging of those collections, HVAC installation, "Brooklyn at Play," "Town Criers: Young Curators Reveal Historical News," "Brooklyn's Past as Prologue," "Brooklyn: Creation to Consolidation," "In Persuit of Freedom," "Crossing Boarders, Bridging Generations: A Study of Mixed-Heritage Families in Brooklyn," "City, Borough, Neighborhood, Home: Investigating Brooklyn's Twentieth-Century Urban Identity," "Portal to the Past: Creating Brooklyn Historical Society's Digital Map Collection," "A People's History of Brooklyn," "Bringing Brooklyn Beyond the Borough: Streamlining Access to Brooklyn Historical Society's Collections Online."

National Endowment for the Humanities, 1991-2020, inclusive

Box: 756, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Challenge grant

National Endowment for the Humanities, 1991-2020, inclusive

Box: 757, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Challenge grant

National Endowment for the Humanities, 1994-2002, inclusive

Box: 757, Folder: 2-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Preservation and access

National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 1984-2009, inclusive

Box: 758, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Funds to implement basic archival policy and process collections, "Uncovering Brooklyn's Secrets: Surveying Hidden Collections," "Voices of Generations: Investigating Brooklyn's Cultural Identity."

National Historic Publications and Records Commission, 2010-2016, inclusive

Box: 759, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Funds to implement basic archival policy and process collections, "Uncovering Brooklyn's Secrets: Surveying Hidden Collections," "Voices of Generations: Investigating Brooklyn's Cultural Identity."

National Park Service, 2004

Box: 759, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Save America's Treasures grant

National Science Foundation, 1988-1991, inclusive

Box: 759, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

"Penicillin Project" collaboration with Phizer and the NY Hall of Science.

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, 1980-1997, inclusive

Box: 759, Folder: 4-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," Sheepshead Bay Museum feasibility study, capital improvements, "Work Lore: Brooklyn Workers Speak," walking tours, educational outreach, neighborhood guides, "Brooklyn Works: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," capital improvements including restorations for the library and exterior refurbishingm, "Cultural After School Adventures (CASA)."

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, 1996-2001, inclusive

Box: 760, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," Sheepshead Bay Museum feasibility study, capital improvements, "Work Lore: Brooklyn Workers Speak," walking tours, educational outreach, neighborhood guides, "Brooklyn Works: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," capital improvements including restorations for the library and exterior refurbishingm, "Cultural After School Adventures (CASA)."

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, 2000-2005, inclusive

Box: 761, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," Sheepshead Bay Museum feasibility study, capital improvements, "Work Lore: Brooklyn Workers Speak," walking tours, educational outreach, neighborhood guides, "Brooklyn Works: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," capital improvements including restorations for the library and exterior refurbishingm, "Cultural After School Adventures (CASA)."

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, 2004-2008, inclusive

Box: 762, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," Sheepshead Bay Museum feasibility study, capital improvements, "Work Lore: Brooklyn Workers Speak," walking tours, educational outreach, neighborhood guides, "Brooklyn Works: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," capital improvements including restorations for the library and exterior refurbishingm, "Cultural After School Adventures (CASA)."

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, 2006-2012, inclusive

Box: 763, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," Sheepshead Bay Museum feasibility study, capital improvements, "Work Lore: Brooklyn Workers Speak," walking tours, educational outreach, neighborhood guides, "Brooklyn Works: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," capital improvements including restorations for the library and exterior refurbishingm, "Cultural After School Adventures (CASA)."

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, 2011-2015, inclusive

Box: 764, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," Sheepshead Bay Museum feasibility study, capital improvements, "Work Lore: Brooklyn Workers Speak," walking tours, educational outreach, neighborhood guides, "Brooklyn Works: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," capital improvements including restorations for the library and exterior refurbishingm, "Cultural After School Adventures (CASA)."

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, 2014-2020, inclusive

Box: 765, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," Sheepshead Bay Museum feasibility study, capital improvements, "Work Lore: Brooklyn Workers Speak," walking tours, educational outreach, neighborhood guides, "Brooklyn Works: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," capital improvements including restorations for the library and exterior refurbishingm, "Cultural After School Adventures (CASA)."

New York City Department of Design and Construction, 1997-2005, inclusive

Box: 765, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Systems upgrade, windows reconstruction.

New York City Department of Education, 1990-2005, inclusive

Box: 766, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Internship program, professional development workshops, "Gateway to the City," "Teaching Traditional American History."

New York City Department of Education, 2002-2013, inclusive

Box: 767, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Internship program, professional development workshops, "Gateway to the City," "Teaching Traditional American History."

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, circa 2000

Box: 767, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, 1996

Box: 767, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs, "Cultural After School Adventures (CASA)."

New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, 1994-2000, inclusive

Box: 768, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs, "Cultural After School Adventures (CASA)."

New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, 1998-2004, inclusive

Box: 769, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs, "Cultural After School Adventures (CASA)."

New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, 2005-2008, inclusive

Box: 770, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs, "Cultural After School Adventures (CASA)."

New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, 2007-2010, inclusive

Box: 771, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs, "Cultural After School Adventures (CASA)."

New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, 1994-1996, inclusive

Box: 789, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs, "Cultural After School Adventures (CASA)."

New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, 2008-2012, inclusive

Box: 772, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs, "Cultural After School Adventures (CASA)."

New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, 2010-2015, inclusive

Box: 773, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs, "Cultural After School Adventures (CASA)."

New York City Economic Development Corporation, 2010-2017, inclusive

Box: 773, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

"In Pursuit of Freedom," Empire Stores gallery project, removal and replacement of slate on clock tower roof.

New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1997-2000, 2011, inclusive

Box: 773, Folder: 5-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Includes materials from the New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation. Renovations to clock tower.

New York City Transit Authority, 2000-2005, inclusive

Box: 774, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Moving Images)

General

"Beauty Suspended: The Verrrazano-Narrows Bridge at Forty."

New York State Archives and Records Administration, 1998-2018, inclusive

Box: 774, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

"Documenting Modern Coney Island."

New York State Council on the Arts, 1975-1997, inclusive

Box: 774, Folder: 3-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Exhibit and topographical model Battle of Long Island (partnership with the Williamsburg Savings Bank), cataloging the fine arts collections, flag conservation, building plans conservation, feasibility study for future use and restoration of 128 Pierrepont Street, partnership with P.S. 8, "Brooklyn at Work: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," schematic design study for an education center, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," construction of handicapped accessible restrooms in basement, "Bridging the Narrows: Building of the Verrazano Bridge," ramps in exterior courtyard, Park Slope Neighborhood and Architectural History Guide, general operational support, curator of photography salary, podcast production, poetry series, "Post/Forward-Evolution of a Landmark," entryway renovation.

New York State Council on the Arts, 1996-2000, inclusive

Box: 775, Folder: 1-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Exhibit and topographical model Battle of Long Island (partnership with the Williamsburg Savings Bank), cataloging the fine arts collections, flag conservation, building plans conservation, feasibility study for future use and restoration of 128 Pierrepont Street, partnership with P.S. 8, "Brooklyn at Work: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," schematic design study for an education center, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," construction of handicapped accessible restrooms in basement, "Bridging the Narrows: Building of the Verrazano Bridge," ramps in exterior courtyard, Park Slope Neighborhood and Architectural History Guide, general operational support, curator of photography salary, podcast production, poetry series, "Post/Forward-Evolution of a Landmark," entryway renovation.

New York State Council on the Arts, 1999-2004, inclusive

Box: 776, Folder: 1-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Exhibit and topographical model Battle of Long Island (partnership with the Williamsburg Savings Bank), cataloging the fine arts collections, flag conservation, building plans conservation, feasibility study for future use and restoration of 128 Pierrepont Street, partnership with P.S. 8, "Brooklyn at Work: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," schematic design study for an education center, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," construction of handicapped accessible restrooms in basement, "Bridging the Narrows: Building of the Verrazano Bridge," ramps in exterior courtyard, Park Slope Neighborhood and Architectural History Guide, general operational support, curator of photography salary, podcast production, poetry series, "Post/Forward-Evolution of a Landmark," entryway renovation.

New York State Council on the Arts, 2001-2008, inclusive

Box: 777, Folder: 1-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Exhibit and topographical model Battle of Long Island (partnership with the Williamsburg Savings Bank), cataloging the fine arts collections, flag conservation, building plans conservation, feasibility study for future use and restoration of 128 Pierrepont Street, partnership with P.S. 8, "Brooklyn at Work: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," schematic design study for an education center, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," construction of handicapped accessible restrooms in basement, "Bridging the Narrows: Building of the Verrazano Bridge," ramps in exterior courtyard, Park Slope Neighborhood and Architectural History Guide, general operational support, curator of photography salary, podcast production, poetry series, "Post/Forward-Evolution of a Landmark," entryway renovation.

New York State Council on the Arts, 2006-2019, inclusive

Box: 778, Folder: 1-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Exhibit and topographical model Battle of Long Island (partnership with the Williamsburg Savings Bank), cataloging the fine arts collections, flag conservation, building plans conservation, feasibility study for future use and restoration of 128 Pierrepont Street, partnership with P.S. 8, "Brooklyn at Work: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," schematic design study for an education center, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," construction of handicapped accessible restrooms in basement, "Bridging the Narrows: Building of the Verrazano Bridge," ramps in exterior courtyard, Park Slope Neighborhood and Architectural History Guide, general operational support, curator of photography salary, podcast production, poetry series, "Post/Forward-Evolution of a Landmark," entryway renovation.

New York State Council on the Arts, Oversize, circa 1980

Box: 790, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Exhibit and topographical model Battle of Long Island (partnership with the Williamsburg Savings Bank), cataloging the fine arts collections, flag conservation, building plans conservation, feasibility study for future use and restoration of 128 Pierrepont Street, partnership with P.S. 8, "Brooklyn at Work: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," schematic design study for an education center, "New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community," construction of handicapped accessible restrooms in basement, "Bridging the Narrows: Building of the Verrazano Bridge," ramps in exterior courtyard, Park Slope Neighborhood and Architectural History Guide, general operational support, curator of photography salary, podcast production, poetry series, "Post/Forward-Evolution of a Landmark," entryway renovation.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 2000

Box: 779, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York State Department of Transportation, 1995

Box: 779, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Moving Images)

General

Subway posters.

New York State Economic and Community Development Program, 2006-2019, inclusive

Box: 779, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

"From Paper to Pixel."

New York State Economic Development Assistance Program, 2018-2019, inclusive

Box: 789, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York State Education Department, 1986-2000, inclusive

Box: 779, Folder: 4-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Some overlap with New York State Library. Preservation of photograph collection, development of a plan for climate control system, conservation and preservation of library materials, funding for Director of School Programs position, window replacement, processing projects including the Weeksville Society, general record cleanup, "In Pursuit of Freedom," conservation and preservation of the Bergen Maps collection, free school tours.

New York State Education Department, 2002-2019, inclusive

Box: 780, Folder: 1-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Some overlap with New York State Library. Preservation of photograph collection, development of a plan for climate control system, conservation and preservation of library materials, funding for Director of School Programs position, window replacement, processing projects including the Weeksville Society, general record cleanup, "In Pursuit of Freedom," conservation and preservation of the Bergen Maps collection, free school tours.

New York State Education Department, 2014-2019, inclusive

Box: 781, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Some overlap with New York State Library. Preservation of photograph collection, development of a plan for climate control system, conservation and preservation of library materials, funding for Director of School Programs position, window replacement, processing projects including the Weeksville Society, general record cleanup, "In Pursuit of Freedom," conservation and preservation of the Bergen Maps collection, free school tours.

New York State Library, 1985-1999, inclusive

Box: 781, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Some overlap with the New York State Education Department. Brooklyn archives and manuscripts preservation study, survey of the Brooklyn Historical Society's archives.

New York State Library, 1987-1990, inclusive

Box: 789, Folder: 6-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Some overlap with the New York State Education Department. Brooklyn archives and manuscripts preservation study, survey of the Brooklyn Historical Society's archives.

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, 1980, 1995-1999, inclusive

Box: 781, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Window and roof rehabilitation, school program brochures, "Crossing Boarders, Bridging Generations."

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, 1995-2004, inclusive

Box: 782, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Window and roof rehabilitation, school program brochures, "Crossing Boarders, Bridging Generations."

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, 1999-2005, inclusive

Box: 783, Folder: 1-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Window and roof rehabilitation, school program brochures, "Crossing Boarders, Bridging Generations."

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, 2004-2019, inclusive

Box: 784, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Window and roof rehabilitation, school program brochures, "Crossing Boarders, Bridging Generations."

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Oversize, 1996-2003, inclusive

Box: 790, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Window and roof rehabilitation, school program brochures, "Crossing Boarders, Bridging Generations."

Politicians: Congressional, 2000-2011, inclusive

Box: 784, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Politicians: New York City, 1995-2013, inclusive

Box: 785, Folder: 1-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Some overlap with city agencies. Includes correspondence about fiscal year budgets.

Politicians: New York City, 2010-2020, inclusive

Box: 786, Box: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Some overlap with city agencies. Includes correspondence about fiscal year budgets.

Politicians: New York State, 1989-2005, inclusive

Box: 786, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Politicians: New York State, 2003-2015, inclusive

Box: 787, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

United States Department of Education, 1993-2015, inclusive

Box: 788, Folder: 1-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

"Improving Access to Research Library Resources Program," "One World After School Community Learning Center Program," "In Pursuit of Freedom," "Students and Faculty in the Archives: History Museums, Colleges, and Critical Thinking."

United State Department of Education, 2012-2014, inclusive

Box: 789, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

"Improving Access to Research Library Resources Program," "One World After School Community Learning Center Program," "In Pursuit of Freedom," "Students and Faculty in the Archives: History Museums, Colleges, and Critical Thinking."

United States Department of the Interior, 1999-2016, inclusive

Box: 789, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Roof rehabilitation.

Sub-series 10.2: Grants and Gifts: Foundations and Non-Profits

Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains materials dating from the 1970s to 2020 related to grants awarded by various foundations and non-profits, including foundations created to manage corporate giving. See sub-series 10.3 for materials regarding funds provided directly by corporate bodies. Records include grant applications, correspondence, interim and final reports, payment documentation, and supporting materials. The grants supported a range of initiatives including public programs, exhibitions, building restoration, educational programs, publications, and oral history projects. This sub-series also includes records regarding gifts to fund general operations.

Materials also include applications and correspondence for grants that were not awarded.

Conditions Governing Access

This series is described to the sub-series level in the public finding aid; however, there is folder-level information on the back end. If researchers are in need of more detail, they should consult CBH staff.

Materials in this sub-series are restricted until 2045. Exceptions may be granted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the Center for Brooklyn History for more information.

Processing Information

Additional paperwork concerning grants awarded by foundations and non-profits may be interfiled with unprocessed materials in this collection. Check copies found during processing have been shredded.

ABC, Inc. Foundation, 2005

Box: 791, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs.

The Achelis and Bodman Foundations, 1987-2018, inclusive

Box: 791, Folder: 2-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

General support, "From Paper to Pixel Digitization," education programs, "Brooklyn Works: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn," BHS DUMBO.

Agnes Gund Foundation, 2009-2010, inclusive

Box: 791, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Interpreting Brooklyn.

Agnes Varis Trust, 2013-2014, inclusive

Box: 791, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Public programs.

AKC Fund, 1978-1979, inclusive

Box: 791, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Building renovations.

Altman Foundation, 1995-2015, inclusive

Box: 791, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Exhibition Laboratory, contributions to the endowment fund.

The Ambrose Monell Foundation, 2005-2006, inclusive

Box: 791, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs.

American Metal Climax Foundation, 1974

Box: 791, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

AMF Foundation, 1978-1979, inclusive

Box: 791, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Book publishing.

Andre and Elizabeth Kertesz Foundation, 2011

Box: 791, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Education programs.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 1978-2012, inclusive

Box: 791, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Cataloging collections.

Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, 1989-1993, 2008, inclusive

Box: 791, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Interpreting Brooklyn, renovation of exhibit space, historic structure report funding.

Annenberg Foundation, 1996-2005, inclusive

Box: 791, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Arkville Erpf Fund, Inc., 1979

Box: 792, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Building repairs.

The Arts Forward Fund, 1992

Box: 792, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

The ability to explore new earned income opportunities.

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, 2012

Box: 792, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

"In Persuit of Freedom."

The Atlantic Philanthropies, 2009-2013, inclusive

Box: 792, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

General support.

Atran Foundation, Inc., 2000-2001, inclusive

Box: 792, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

"Brooklyn Works: 300 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn."

The Barker Welfare Foundation, 1988-2005, inclusive

Box: 792, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Oral history initiative, education programs, Shellens Gallery.

Sub-series 10.3: Grants and Gifts: Businesses and Corporations

Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains materials related to funds awarded to the Brooklyn Historical Society by various for-profit corporations and businesses as grants or gifts supporting general operations. See sub-series 10.2 for records regarding funds provided by foundations created to manage corporate giving.

Sub-series 10.4: Memberships

Scope and Contents

The items in this series include bound volumes with member names and addresses dating from early in the Long Island Historical Society's founding. Later membership reports, proxy ballots, payment receipt books, member correspondence, and requests for donations are also included.

Sub-series 10.5: Fundraising

Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains materials related to fundraising for general operating expenses, excluding memberships, grants, and foundation or corporate gifts. Records include planning documents for annual fundraising dinners, galas, and donor events, along with invitations, menus, guest lists, and photographs. Also included are materials related to annual appeals for individual gifts and information regarding space rentals. The fundraising sub-series also includes documentation concerning bequests.

Conditions Governing Access

The bequests in this sub-series are restricted due to sensitive personal information.

Sub-series 10.6: Strategic Planning

Scope and Contents

The items in this sub-series include committee meeting notes, presentations, and trend forecasts concerning short-term and long-term fundraising planning, donor and membership cultivation, and updated mission planning for the development office and Brooklyn Historical Society as whole.

Sub-series 10.7: Campaigns

Scope and Contents

The campaigns sub-series holds planning materials and final products created under the direction of the development department for various advertising campaigns including the Brooklyn Historical Society's 150th anniversary.

Sub-series 10.8: Press

Scope and Contents

This sub-series includes newspaper and magazine clippings with various announcements concerning the Brooklyn Historical Society and other organizations and individuals associated with the Society.

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