Series 23: Additional materials, circa 1850s-1999, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
The series contains a variety of miscellaneous files that do not relate to the other series in the collection. It includes information on the Bates Collection and auction, inventories of silver and furnishings for the alumni lounge, and photographs of Brooklyn (unrelated to Packer). Of note is one file on a lawsuit between Packer and the University of the State of New York (1948).
Packer inventory, circa 19th century, inclusive
Engraving print of New York harbor viewed from Brooklyn Heights, circa 1850s, inclusive
Newspaper with announcement of President Abraham Lincoln's death, 1865, inclusive
Statistics of Cook Academy, 1874-1885, inclusive
Van Brunt house, Flatbush photograph, circa 1880s, inclusive
Corner of photograph with ladder in frame, circa 1880s, inclusive
The Harbor of New York, circa 1880s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
From the Brooklyn Bridge Tower looking Southwest.
Haverly's Fifth Avenue Theater program, circa 1890s, inclusive
Packer Paper – blank stationery, circa 1890s-1910s, inclusive
Mixed materials, circa 1890s-1936, inclusive
Scope and Contents
4 items. Ephemera, notes and photograph box lid.
Gifts, 1891-1896, inclusive
Correspondence and stationery, 1895
Scope and Contents
18 Packer stationery envelopes with image of school, 1 letter to Miss Richmond. 1 invitation to a reading at Packer, 1 donation letter and 1 thank you note from Packer.
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences announcement, Summer 1897
Scope and Contents
The Biological Laboratory of The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences / Located at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island / Eighth Season / Announcement for the Summer of 1897
Brooklyn Woman's Club calling card, circa 1900s-1920s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Mrs. John Howard Rhoades and Miss Elizabeth Rhoades.
Brooklyn picture book, 1903, inclusive
Gifts made by Packer Collegiate Institute to others, 1918, inclusive
Lulu H. Miller patent design, 1918
Scope and Contents
Design for apparatus for folding gauze for surgical dressing.
Subway routes to P.C.I., circa 1920s-1940s, inclusive
Silver and furniture inventory appraisal, 1928
Scope and Contents
Formal appraisal of alumni inventory of silver and furniture – Equitable Appraisal Co, Inc.
Program and letters pertaining to recital of Ethel Mackey, 1928, 1980, inclusive
Packer alumna engraving stamps and plates, circa 1930s, inclusive
General note
Various Packer related images
Memories and Creative Achievements of a Century 1833-1933 by Martha Prentice Strong, 1934, inclusive
General note
Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Garden Club of America
Inventory of furnishings for the alumni lounge, 1940
Silver inventory, 1947, 1952, inclusive
Class rings, 1948
Gold Spoon – letter about old spoons, 1948
Packer vs. University of the State of New York, et al, 1948, inclusive
General
In 1948 Packer Institute sued the University of the State of New York contesting the university's attempts to regulate the institute's activities. The judge ruled in favor of Packer, ruling that only the state legislature had the right of oversight of Packer Institute. Materials include court transcripts and the judge's official statement.
Information on pins and gifts, 1951-1963, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Information on the Packer class pin, inventory of pins, various gifts, labels for class pins.
Brooklyn Heights photograph, 1968, inclusive
Note on painting in room 218, 1968, inclusive
Aerial view of Brooklyn Marine Terminal Piers photograph, 1969, inclusive
Library information and book sales, 1983-1999, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Bates Collection and auction information from Swann Galleries; Argosy Book Store correspondence, list of books, sale results.
Historical note
The Bates Library collection was left to the school in 1901 by Jane Bates in memory of his daughter who was a student at Packer and died in 1890 at the age of 16. Perhaps the most valuable book was the 1855 edition of Whitman's Leaves of Grass, the 12th issue of the 1st edition, partly printed by Whitman himself in Brooklyn.
