Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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The Center for Brooklyn History was founded in 1863 by Henry Pierrepont (1808–1888) as the Long Island Historical Society, with a charter from the New England Historical Society in Boston. In 1985, the society changed its name to the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS).

In 2020, the BHS made an agreement to merge with the Brooklyn Public Library. As of October 2020, the organization is now part of Brooklyn Public Library and is known as the Center for Brooklyn History.

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Recipe book, [ca.1800-1820] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Graphics and ephemera collection, 1864-1937, 1897-1937 (bulk) Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Accounts, 1898-1902. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Glass plate negative collection, [ca.1884-1896] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Oversized photograph collection, [ca.1860-1970] [ca.1880-1920] (bulk) Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Oral history collection, 1974-1978. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Levison, Wallace Goold, 1846-1924. Manuscript and notes for a history of the Brooklyn Institute, 1894-1922, 1919. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Maps and atlases, 1682-1975, 1800-1900 (bulk) Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Daguerreotype collection, [ca. 1856-1878]. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Parks collection, 1858-1961. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Photograph scrapbook collection, 1902-1967. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Albany documents, 1720-1811. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Slavery collection, 1800-1870. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Scrapbook collection, [ca. 1850-1950] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Stereograph collection, [ca. 1868-1874] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Toedteberg family. Papers, 1849-1936. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Documents collection, [ca. 1600-1950] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Broadside collection, 1753-[ca.1915], 1850-1870 (bulk) Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Nineteenth century photograph collection, 1865-[ca. 1899] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Repository description. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Postcard collection, [ca. 1893]-1971, 1905-1945 (bulk) Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Portraits photograph collection, [ca. 1904-1974] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Tintype collection, n.d. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Highways and parkways collection, 1896-1968, 1938-1968 (bulk) Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Account book collection, [ca. 1707-1902] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Miscellaneous legal documents collection, [ca. 1683-1930] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Photographic negatives collection, [ca.1878]-1985, [ca.1900-1950] (bulk) Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Certificate collection, 1811-1962. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Modern slide collection, [ca. 1960]-1985. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Prohibition collection, 1893-1938. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Brooklyn Historical Society. Theatre collection, 1733-1940. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
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associatedWith Adams, John, 1735-1826. person
associatedWith Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848. person
associatedWith American Theatre (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801. person
associatedWith Baker, Bertram. person
associatedWith Barnum, P. T. 1810-1891. person
associatedWith Beeckman, Johannis, Jr. person
associatedWith Bergen family. family
associatedWith Bowery Theatre (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896. person
associatedWith Brainerd, George B. person
associatedWith Broadway Theatre (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn and Long Island Sanitary Fair, 1864. corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn Navy Yard. corporateBody
associatedWith Bryan, David. person
associatedWith Courtenay, H. L. person
associatedWith Cuyler, Jacob. person
associatedWith Cuyler, John. person
associatedWith Cuyler, Lydia. person
associatedWith Ditmas family. family
associatedWith Ford family. family
associatedWith Foster, Elton. person
associatedWith Franklin Theatre (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Frost family. family
associatedWith Geological Survey (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Grace Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Grolnick, Simon. person
associatedWith Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. person
associatedWith Korten, Henry C. person
associatedWith Krange, Frederick. person
associatedWith Langstaff, B. Meredith. person
associatedWith Lansbery, Charles. person
associatedWith Laura Keen's Theatre (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Levison, Wallace Goold, 1846-1924. person
associatedWith Lewis, Elias, Jr. person
associatedWith Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. person
associatedWith Livingston family. family
associatedWith Longmire family. family
associatedWith Lush, Stephen. person
associatedWith Martense, Adrian V. 1852-1898. person
associatedWith Mattys, Johan N. person
associatedWith McDonald, Sidney. person
associatedWith McKay, Statin, Mrs. person
associatedWith Miller, Jacob. person
associatedWith Mitchell's Olympic (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Montauk Theatre. corporateBody
associatedWith Moorehouse, Peter. person
associatedWith New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Parks and Recreation. corporateBody
associatedWith Niblo's Garden (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Packer Collegiate Institute. corporateBody
associatedWith Payton's Lee Avenue Theatre (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Platt, Richard. person
associatedWith Prohibition Party (Kings County, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Ramus family. family
associatedWith Schuyler, John, Jr. person
associatedWith Schuyler, Peter. person
associatedWith Seelye, John. person
associatedWith Society of Old Brooklynites. corporateBody
associatedWith Stringer, Samuel. person
associatedWith Stuyvesant, Peter, 1592-1672. person
associatedWith Ten Eyck, Abraham. person
associatedWith Toedteberg family. family
associatedWith Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority. corporateBody
associatedWith Washington, George, 1732-1799. person
associatedWith Wendt, Claire. person
associatedWith Wills, Louis C. person
associatedWith World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) corporateBody
associatedWith Wortis, Helen. person
associatedWith Yates, Christian. person
associatedWith Young, A. R. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
Wollman Memorial Park (New York, N.Y.)
Great Britain
Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)
United States
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Fire Island (N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
New England
Saratoga (N.Y.)
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Shelter Island (N.Y.)
Europe
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Washington (D.C.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
National Prohibition Park (Staten Island, New York, N.Y.)
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
New York (State)
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Long Island (N.Y.)
Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)
New York (State)
Long Island (N.Y.)
Albany (N.Y.)
Brooklyn Historical Society
New York (State)
United States
Flushing Meadow Park (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
New York (State)--New York
Nassau County (N.Y.)
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Minnesota
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
Long Island (N.Y.)
Chicago (Ill.)
Brooklyn Historical Society
New York (N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Long Island (N.Y.)
Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
Fort Totten (New York, N.Y.)
Suffolk County (N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Long Island (N.Y.)
New York (State)
United States
New York (State)
Long Island (N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Long Island (N.Y.)
Mammoth Cave National Park (Ky.)
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Long Island (N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
United States
Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Queens Botanical Gardens (New York, N.Y)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Long Island (N.Y.)
New York (State)
Subject
Slavery
United States
Advertising
African Americans
American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976
Antislavery movements
Belt Parkway (New York, N.Y.)
Bridges
Brooklyn Battery Tunnel (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn Queens Expressway (New York, N.Y.)
Cartography
Civil rights movement
Commerce
Compromise of 1850
Cooking
Decedents' estates
Fairs
Fiction
Freedmen
Genealogy
Highway law
Holidays
Indians of North America
Jones Beach State Parkway (N.Y.)
Kansas
Public libraries
Mayor
Naturalization
Nautical charts
Parks
Photography of animals
Politics, Practical
Prohibition
Real property
Richmond Parkway (New York, N.Y.)
Roads
Shore Road (New York, N.Y.)
Slaves
Slave trade
Statistical maps
Topographic maps
Transportation
World War, 1914-1918
Women
World maps
World War, 1939-1945
Occupation
Activity
Documenting local history
Managing archives

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Active 1904

Active 1974

Americans

English,

French,

Spanish; Castilian,

German,

Portuguese,

Dutch; Flemish

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