Brooklyn ephemera collection, 1754-1941.

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Brooklyn ephemera collection, 1754-1941.

The bulk of the collection is composed of illustrative items, such as programs, announcements, menus, diplomas, and other memorabilia. Topic categories include: advertisements, Henry Ward Beecher, Brooklyn Public Library, business, churches and Christian religious organizations, Jesus Colon, Thomas W. Conway, education, Gilbert Dramatic Association, miscellaneous, memorabilia, Montauk Club, politics, private organizations, programs, public documents, and public institutions.

4 cubic ft. (ca. 300 items)

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Brooklyn public library

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Collecting area: Brooklyn history. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155457439 The Brooklyn Ephemera Collection contains a wide variety of material, mainly memorabilia, donated to the Brooklyn Public Library in the 1960s during a program conducted by the Library to encourage local interest in the history of Brooklyn. Since most of the items are unrelated, the chief value of the collection is to provide a kaleidescopic glimpse of t...

Montauk Club (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887

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Abolitionist; orator; pastor of Plymouth Church, 1847-1887. From the description of Papers, [ca.1847]-1937, 1847-1887 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155459715 American Congregational clergyman, lecturer, reformer, and author. From the guide to the Henry Ward Beecher papers, 1851-1896, n.d, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Congregationalist minister. From the description of Sermon notes, [n.d.], 1893, 18...

Conway, Thomas W.

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Colón, Jesús, 1901-

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Gilbert Dramatic Association.

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