Museums and historical societies files, [ca.1970-1979]

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Museums and historical societies files, [ca.1970-1979]

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Consists of correspondence, clippings, reports, brochures, and other printed material from museums and historical societies, many of them black institutions, and most located in New York City. Among those represented are the Afro-American Cultural Foundation, the Brooklyn Museum, the Emanuel Pieterson Historical Society, the Harlem Cultural Council, and the People's Center of the American Museum of Natural History. Also included are organizations from California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, and Nevada.

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Afro-American Cultural Foundation.

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Emanuel Pieterson Historical Society

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Harlem Cultural Council

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Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History

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Collecting area: History of the Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant areas of Brooklyn. Does not actively collect but will accept artifacts relating to the Weeksville area. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155457326 Weeksville was a 19th century black community located in present day Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. It was named for James Weeks, a free black man who purchased land there in 1838. From the description of Rese...

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...

American Museum of Natural History. People's Center.

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