Brooklyn Historical Society vertical files
Call Number
ARC.315
Date
1780-2018, inclusive
Creator
Extent
4 Linear Feet
in 2 filing cabinet drawers
Language of Materials
The majority of the materials in English, with additional materials in Spanish, German, Dutch, and Hebrew.
Abstract
The Brooklyn Historical Society vertical files is an artificial collection compiled by Brooklyn Historical Society staff. The collection contains pamphlets, cards, advertisements, newspaper articles, magazines, letters, and more dating roughly from 1770 to the present documenting New York City and Long Island. This collection also includes biographical files on notable Brooklyn individuals.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into two series: Series 1. New York City and Long Island Series 2. Biographical.
Series 1 is arranged alphabetically by subject, while Series 2 is organized alphabetically by last name.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains pamphlets, cards, advertisements, newspaper articles, magazines, letters, and more dating roughly from 1770 to the present.
The first series documents life in New York City and Long Island, including individual communities, organizations, and events. This series includes materials on counties and boroughs such as Queens, Staten Island, and Suffolk County.
The second series documents individuals from Brooklyn and Brooklyn-based families. Notable individuals represented in this collection include Walt Whitman, Henry Ward Beecher, Gabriel Furman, Jackie Robinson, and members of the Roebling and Shellens families. This collection also includes information about lesser known organizations and individuals.
Subjects
Organizations
Topics
African Americans;
Baseball -- New York (State) -- New York;
Historic preservation -- New York (State) -- New York;
Museums -- New York (State) -- New York;
Parks -- New York (State) -- New York;
Public Schools -- New York (State) -- New York;
Charities -- New York (State) -- New York;
Political clubs -- New York (State) -- New York;
Gay culture -- New York (State) -- New York
Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
While many items at the Center for Brooklyn History are unrestricted, we do not own reproduction rights to all materials. Be aware of the several kinds of rights that might apply: copyright, licensing and trademarks. The researcher assumes all responsibility for copyright questions.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Brooklyn Historical Society vertical files, ARC.315, Drawer number and Folder name; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Brooklyn Historical Society vertical files is an artificial collection compiled by Brooklyn Historical Society staff. Exact provenance of the materials in the collection is largely unknown.
About this Guide
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-04-25 14:49:38 +0000.
Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.
Processing Information
Twenty boxes of material found in repository added to collection by Lena Evers-Hillstrom in September 2018.
Prior to the merger of BHS with BPL's Brooklyn Collection, what was once the Brooklyn series of this finding aid was combined with the Brooklyn Historical Society ephemera collection (ARC.272). This finding aid was updated in February 2023 to reflect that change.
Repository
Brooklyn Historical Society
Series 1: New York City and Long Island, circa 1850-2018, inclusive
Extent
2 Linear Feet in 1 filing cabinet drawer
African Americans
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Art and Artists
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Baseball
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bridges
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Buildings
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Business and Businesses -- General
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Business and Businesses -- Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO)
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cemeteries
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Churches
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clubs
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Disasters
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Entertainment
Environment -- General
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Environment -- Long Island Sound Studies
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Health
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Historic Preservation -- Brownstone Revival Committee
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Historic Preservation -- Friends of Cast Iron Architecture
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Historic Preservation -- Historic House Trust
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Historic Preservation -- Landmarks
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Historic Preservation -- National Trust for Historic Preservation
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Historic Preservation -- Preservation League of New York State
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Historic Preservation -- Society for the Preservation of Long Island
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
History
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Housing
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ)
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Libraries
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Long Island -- Amityville
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Long Island -- Babylon
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Long Island -- Dix Hills
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Long Island -- East Hampton
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Long Island -- Nassau County
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Long Island -- Old Beth Page
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Long Island -- Oyster Bay
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Long Island -- Port Jefferson
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Long Island -- Queens Village
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Long Island -- Roslyn
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Long Island -- Sag Harbor
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Long Island -- Southampton
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Long Island -- Suffolk County
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Maritime
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Military
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Monuments and Statues
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Museums -- General
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Museums -- American Museum of Natural History
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Museums -- Castle Clinton National Monument
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Museums -- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Museums -- Museum of the City of New York
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Museums -- Nassau County Museums
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Museums -- Queens Historical Society
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Museums -- Queens Museum
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Museums -- Sleepy Hollow Restoration
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Museums -- South Street Seaport Museum
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Museums -- Studio Museum in Harlem
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Museums -- Suffolk County Marine Museum
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Museums -- University Art Gallery of the University State
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Museums -- Whaling Museum , Cold Spring Harbor, L..I.
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New Jersey
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York City
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Organizations -- General
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Organizations -- Center for Social Inclusion
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Organizations -- League of Women Voters
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Organizations -- New York State Coalition of Concerned Legal Professionals
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Organizations -- Queens Botanical Garden Society
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Parks -- General
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Parks -- Battery Park and Battery Park Basin
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Parks -- Central Park
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Parks -- Flushing Meadow Park
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Parks -- Gateway National Recreation Area
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Parks -- Rochdale Village Park
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Politics, Government, Legal -- Voter Guides
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Politics, Government, Legal -- New York State Supreme Court
Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Queens
Drawer: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sciences
Drawer: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Schools
Drawer: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Schools -- Columbia University
Drawer: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Social welfare
Drawer: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tourism and city guides
Drawer: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tourism and state guides
Drawer: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Transit
Drawer: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
World's Fair 1939
Drawer: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
World's Fair 1964
Drawer: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series 2: Biographical, circa 1780-1990, inclusive
Extent
2 Linear Feet in 1 filing cabinet drawer
Aldridge, Walter Hull (-1959), 1889-1959, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Andersen, Albert, F.M. (-1961), 1961, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Baker, Bertram (1888/9-1985), 1985, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barber, Red (1908-), 1988, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bard, James (1815-1897), undated
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bard, John (1815-1856), 1845-1990, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barnes, Djuna, 1995, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barr, Amelia Edith H., 1911, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barstowe, Edward, A. (1842- ), 1989, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Beecher Family, 1860-1906, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bjarkman, Peter C. (1941-), 1997, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bow, Clara (1905-1965), 1991, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Brath, Peter (1901-1989), 1989, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Brevoort family
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Byrd, Frederick (1805-1857), 1995, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cadman, S(amuel) Parkes, 1926, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chisholm, Shirley (1924-2005), undated
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Colson family, 2018
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Written and researched by and gift of Colson descendant Rev. Barbara Ann Porceddu.
Cooper, John Walcott (1873-1966), 1982, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Couney, Martin A. (1860/1870-1950), 1939-1979, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Crane, Nathalia (1913- ), 1936, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Culin, Stewart (1853-1929), 1989-1990, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dilliard, Maud Esther (1924-1975), 1924-1975, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dykman, Jackson Annan (1887-1974), 1974, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fabry, Alois (Jr.) (1912-1986), 2006, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Falconer, John M., 1881-1975, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fedde, Elisabeth (Sister) (1850-1921), undated
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fehrer, Oscar (1872-1958), undated
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Felt, David (1793- ), 1989, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ferguson, Max (1959- ), 1990, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fisher, Ken, 1991, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ford, Gordon Lester (1823-1891), 1970, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Francis, Virginia Fuller, undated
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Freeman, Frank (1861-1949), 1995, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Furman, Charles, 1899-1953, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Furman, Gabriel (1800-1854), 1978, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gleason, Jackie (1916-1987), 1987, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Green, Anna Katherine (1846- ), undated
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Green, Roger L., 1989-1992, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Green, William B., 1893-1894, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Harrigan, Edward (Ned) (1844-1911), 1980, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Higgins, Charles Michael, 1977-1978, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hofmann, John Gerard "Jerry" (1916-1945)
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Homes, J. Wheldon, 1996, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hynes, Charles J. (1935- ), 1980-1996, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jolson, Al, undated
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jordan, MacNeil, undated
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kelly, James A. (1885-1972), 1944-1977, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kroll, Ernest, 1990, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lachman, Seymour (1933- ), 1996, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lichtenstein, Harvey (1929- ), 1993, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lifshey, Samuel H. ( -1954), 1911-1954, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Loomis, Harvey Worthington (1865-1930), 1930-1990, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Low, Seth
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Madden, John B, (1919-1988), 1988, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Manbeck, John B,, 1993, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Marlor, Clark S. (1922- ), 1993, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Matthews, William (1822-1896), 1892-1896, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Maynard, Joan (d.2006), 1979, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
McLean, Samuel, undated
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Meadows, Audrey ( -1966), 1996, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Melish, John Howard ( -1969), 1969-1990, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Metz, Bill, 1940, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Montgomery, Velmanette, 1989-1992, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Moore, Mary Tyler (1936- ), 1996, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Morris, Montrose W. (1861-1916), 1916, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Moses, Robert [3 folders], 1975-1976, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Munson, Audrey, 1913-1920, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Murphy, Henry Cruse (1810--1882), 1986, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Nissen, Ludwig (1855-1924), undated
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ockley, Victor (1943-1988), 1987-1988, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Othmer, Donald F. (1904-1995), 1978-1995, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Owens, Major (1936- ), 1991, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pantano, Nino, 1974-1977, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Papp, Joseph (1921-1991), 1991, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Parker, Edgard Rudolph (1872-1952), 1986, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Patterson, David J., undated
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Paull, Edward T. ( -1924), 1988, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Peace, Harvey W. (1830-1907), 1993, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pennell, Joseph (1857-1926), 1926, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Perkins, Rebecca Talbot (1866-1956), 2009, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pinkett, Mary, 1989-1992, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pope, Abbie Hanscom, 1984, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ransom, Theodore Sedgwick, 1864-1881, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Read, Helen Appleton, 1967-1973, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Reed, Tucker
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Reynolds, William H., 1931-1994, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Robinson, Jackie (1919-1972), 1997, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Roebling, Emily Warren, 1983-1996, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1988-1994, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosten, Norman (1914-1995), 1979-1995, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ryan, Jom, 1990, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sanford, Joseph (1797-1831), 1872-1972, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Schilders, Ed, 1980
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Biographical note
Dutch publisher of Brooklyn Bridge Bulletin magazine.
Schlech, Walter F. (1915- ), 1924-1969, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Schneerson, Menachem, 1992, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Secor, John Alstyne, 1980, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
See, Alonzo Bertram (1848-1941), 1995, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Seidl, Anton (1850-1898), 1991, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Selby, Hubert (Jr.) (1928- ), 1990, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Shellens, Michael (1854-1944), 2006, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Shellens, Ruth M. (1905-1988), 1987-1988, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sito, Tom, 1988, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sliwa, Curtis, 1970-1980, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sliwa, Fran, 1988, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith, Betty (1896-1972), 1972, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith, Cyrus Porter ( -1877), 1932, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Soligny, Eugene Julius, 1990, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Somers, Arthur S.
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Srebnik, Craig, undated
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Steward, Susan Smith McKinney (1847- ), 1983, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stillman, Thomas E. (1826-1906), 1906, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Storrs, Richard Salter, 1880-1896, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stryker-Rodda, Kenn (1903-1990), 1990, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tanzman, Roslyn, 1994, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Toedteberg, Emma (1824-1909), 1936, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Towns, Edolphus (1934- ), 1988, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trask, Katrina (1853-1922), 1922, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Turnbull, Charles, 1780-1791, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Van Brunt, James Ryder (1820-1916), 1845-1965, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Vaux, Calvert (1824-1895), undated
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Vincent, Paul, 1975, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Volkmar, Charles, 1900, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Wengenroth, Stow (1906-1978), undated
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
White, Alfred T. (1846-1921), 1989-1993, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Whitman, Walt (1819-1892), 1846-1995, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Willensky, Elliot ( -1990), 1990, inclusive
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Woodhull, Nathaniel (1722-1776), undated
Drawer: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
