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Call Number

ARC.299

Dates

circa 1920s to 1992, inclusive

; 1945-1992, bulk

Creator

Feldhusen, Elizabeth A. (Role: Collector)

Feldhusen, Elizabeth A. (Role: Donor)

Extent

0.75 Linear Feet

in one oversize manuscript box

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

The collection contains ephemera related to Brooklyn, New York, dating from the 1920s to 1992. The collection is especially focused on civic matters of the 1970s and 1980s.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains ephemera related to Brooklyn, New York, dating from the 1920s to 1992. The collection is especially focused on civic matters of the 1970s and 1980s. The collection contains material related to the Park Slope Civic Council and the Prospect Park Advisory Committee, including meeting minutes, issues of Civic News, and copies of the Brooklyn Bird Club newsletter The Clapper Rail. Other neighborhoods of Brooklyn, such as Flatbush, are also represented. The collection contains Brooklyn business ephemera dating from the 1930s to 1988. Additionally, it includes cultural ephemera from the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Long Island Historical Society, and various other organizations. Other topics represented in the collection include the Brooklyn Bridge, the Kings County Hospital School of Nursing, politics, the waterfront, and WWII.

Subjects

Organizations

Park Slope Civic Council; Brooklyn Academy of Music; Kings County Hospital (Kings County, N.Y.). School of Nursing; Long Island Historical Society; Brooklyn Bird Club; Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences; Prospect Park Advisory Committee

Genres

Advertisements; Clippings (information artifacts); Ephemera; Printed ephemera; Newsletters; Business cards; Minutes

People

Feldhusen, Elizabeth A. (Role: Donor)

Topics

Places

Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.); Park Slope (New York, N.Y.); Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.); Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) |x Centennial celebrations, etc.; Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)

Donors

Feldhusen, Elizabeth A.

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restriction.

Conditions Governing Use

The copyright status of individual items in the collection has not been assessed. Please consult library staff for more information.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date (if known); Elizabeth Feldhusen collection of Brooklyn ephemera, ARC.299, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Elizabeth Feldhusen, 1992.

Separated Materials

One published report entitled Capital Needs and Priorities for the City of New York (1982) was removed to the library's main book collection.

Related Materials

An oral history interview with Elizabeth Feldhusen was conducted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 as part of the 131st Evacuation Hospital Nurses oral history collection. It is available online at http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn513371.

BHS also houses the Elizabeth Feldhusen records on the Brooklyn Park Advisory Committee (1988.050).

Finally, BHS houses numerous other collections of similiar Brooklyn ephemera.

Collection processed by

John Zarrillo

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Language: Finding aid written in English

Processing Information

This collection combines two related accessions: S64 and S65.

Repository

Brooklyn Historical Society

Box: 1 of 1 (ARC.299) (Material Type: Text)

Elizabeth Feldhusen collection of Brooklyn ephemera