Carlisle Indian: The Newsletter of the Carlisle Club
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38 issues of The Carlisle Indian, a newsletter for members of the Carlisle Club, dating from 1939-1944. The Carlisle Club of East Flatbush, Brooklyn was a Jewish youth organization founded in 1931.
Historical Note
The Carlisle Club was founded in 1931 in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The club promoted social and athletic activities in the area but also aimed to educate its members and raise their cultural awareness. As part of this, the group promoted anti-war beliefs and held peace rallies, until the attack on Pearl Harbor resulted in many of the club's members joining the war effort.
The Carlisle Indian is the Club's newsletter, edited by member Eli Drapkin (1918-2006) while he was stationed at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Later issues were edited by Eli's wife Ruth. Some of the copies in this collection may have been owned by the Drapkins, since they include a mock-up of one issue, duplicate copies of several issues, and copies with handwritten corrections.
The newsletter is organized into several recurring columns and also includes information on Carlisle Club activities. The column "Letter of the Month" began in early 1943 and includes highly descriptive correspondence from club members serving overseas.
Arrangement
The 38 issues of the newsletter in this collection are arranged in publication order. They are listed below by volume, number, and date.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 69 copies of 38 issues of the Carlisle Indian newsletter, published for and by members of the Carlisle Club. The issues in this collection date from October 1939 to November 1944. Some copies are typewritten and some are mimeographed. All are on 8.5x14" sheets of paper. Eighteen issues have photographic prints attached to their front pages; Vol. XII, No. 12 features three different images across its four copies.
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Access
Collection is located in the Brooklyn Collection at the Central Branch at Grand Army Plaza. The collection may only be used in the library and is not available through interlibrary loan. Requests to view the collection must be made at least 48 hours in advance of visit. This collection contains fragile material which cannot be photocopied.
Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as Carlisle Indian: The newsletter of the Carlisle Club, Center for Brooklyn History, Brooklyn Public Library.
Provenance
Purchased in two parts from two different sources in 2018. Support for this collection has been provided by The David Berg Foundation.
