Charles E. Scriven collection on Brooklyn history circa 1875 to 1915

Melrose Hall (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.).

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Flatbush Carnegie Library (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.).

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Flatbush Taxpayers' Association (New York, N.Y.).

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The Flatbush Taxpayers' Association, formerly the 29th Ward Taxpayers' Association, was a citizens association organized February 13, 1896 for the purpose of advocating for civic improvements within Flatbush. Some of the issues the association advocated for included improving transit facilities in Flatbush, fighting against the building of an elevated rail system in Flatbush, inspecting all tax assessments in Flatbush, and improving or securing sewer systems, fire and police protect...

Scriven, Charles E., 1848? -1936

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Charles E. Scriven (1848?-1936) was a printer whose business, Charles Scriven and Co., was located at 74 Beekman Street in Manhattan. Scriven lived at 149 Snyder Avenue in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush, and was involved in Flatbush civic life, serving as Recording Secretary of the Flatbush Taxpayers' Association and as Past High Priest of the Flatbush Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons. Scriven was also a local historian who extensively documented the history of Brooklyn, with...

Erasmus Hall High School

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In colonial New York, young people primarily received education through private schoolmasters and tutors, and free schooling was available to poor families through the Dutch Reformed and Catholic churches. Following the establishment of a state government, the Regents of the University of the State of New York granted charters for secondary schools in the state; the first charter, in 1768, was for Erasmus Hall Academy, located in the present-day Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush. In...