Records, 1843-1980.

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Records, 1843-1980.

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Records of the Institute include correspondence of Franklin W. Hooper, 1900-1903; minutes of Board of Trustees and Governing Committee; reports of the BIAS to Board of Trustees; minutes and some correspondence for numerous departments such as archaeology, botany, chemistry, engineering, natural history, psychology, and zoology, 1888-1940; other correspondence, 1932-1944; and monthly magazine, 1942-1955. Other material encompasses records of BIAS subdivisions. Includes minutes of Philharmonic Society of Brooklyn, 1857-1909; reports of its constitution and bylaws, 1857-1910; minutes of Women's Auxiliary, 1903-1915; and minutes of meetings and legal documents, 1939-1942. Minutes of Bell Chorus of New York, 1936-1944; publications of Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1938-1943; and correspondence of Brooklyn Society of Artists, 1937-1938. Brooklyn Botanic Garden records include minutes, 1931-1943; correspondence of Director C. Stuart Gager, 1938-1941; and two volumes of letters from students of the Children's Garden to honor their teacher, Ellen Eddy Shaw, on her 25th anniversary with Botanic Garden, 1938. Records of Brooklyn Children's Museum include monthly reports, 1900-1901; correspondence, 1903-1914; blueprints and correspondence relating to new building which was not constructed, 1912; and minutes and correspondence of Women's Auxiliary, 1939-1941.

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Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

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Philharmonic Society of Brooklyn.

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Schaeffer, Charles E. (Charles Edmund), 1867-1966

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Culbertson, M. L., Mrs.

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

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The idea of Forsythia Day was spurred by Mrs. Edward C. Blum to plant forsythias to enhance the beauty of Brooklyn. Brooklyn Borough president Cashmore proclaimed forsythia the official flower of Brooklyn in 1940. Forsythia Day is celebrated in April when the flowers blossom. From the description of Forsythia Day collection, 1940-1980, 1940-1957 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451985 Teatown Lake Reservation and Kitchawan Field Station were outreach stations of Broo...

Brooklyn Society of Artists.

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Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Children's Museum

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Collecting area: Materials about the Brooklyn Children's Museum. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155458226 The origins of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences extend back to 1823, with the founding of the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library. The Library, located at the corner of Cranberry and Henry Streets in the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights, was established for the education and cultural enrichment of young tr...

Brooklyn Children's Museum. Women's Auxiliary.

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Bell Chorus of New York.

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Philharmonic Society of Brooklyn. Women's Auxiliary.

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Shaw, Ellen Eddy

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Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Governing Committee.

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Brooklyn Museum

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The origins of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences extend back to 1823, with the founding of the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library. The Library, located at the corner of Cranberry and Henry Streets in the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights, was established for the education and cultural enrichment of young tradesmen. In 1841, the Library relocated to the building of the Brooklyn Lyceum, an organization devoted to intellectual pursuits in the arts and sciences, at the corner of Washington and C...

Hooper, Franklin William, 1851-1914

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Children's Garden.

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Gager, C. Stuart (Charles Stuart), 1872-1943

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Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929.

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Brooklyn Academy of Music

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