Repository description.

ArchivalResource

Repository description.

Administrative and research files of the Society; films and photographs documenting its activities; and a small quantity of documents, photographs, and artifacts found on the site or donated by people in the neighborhood, 1838-1984.

25 cubic ft.

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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...