Records, 1840-1975.

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Records, 1840-1975.

Publications, financial records, minutes, correspondence and subject files, clipping scrapbooks, and photographs related to the Brooklyn Council of Churches and predecessor and related organizations. Included are yearbooks, directories and annual reports, 1930-1972, financial records, 1919-1975, minutes, 1921-1972, and office files, 1950-1974, of the Brooklyn City Mission, Brooklyn Church and Mission Federation, Brooklyn Division of New York City Protestant Council, Brooklyn Federation of Churches, and Brooklyn Council of Churches. Also included are records of earlier organizations, such as Brooklyn City Bible Society, 1840-1900, Brooklyn City Tract Society, 1848-1904, Good Samaritan, 1886-1897, and Brooklyn City Mission and Tract Society, 1861-1932. Also represented are the Protestant Big Sisters, 1932-1938, and the Kagarra Fund, 1950-1956.

12 cubic ft.

Related Entities

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Protestant Big Sisters (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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Brooklyn City Mission.

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Brooklyn Church and Mission Federation

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Good Samaritan (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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Brooklyn Federation of Churches.

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Brooklyn City Tract Society

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The widespread emergence of religious organizations devoted to philanthropy in New York City began with the revival of Protestantism in the early 19th century. The reemergence of Protestantism encouraged its followers to provide spiritual and material aid to those in need, and evangelicals responded by establishing a number of benevolent organizations, such as the American Tract Society and the American Bible Society, which were dedicated to the distribution of the scriptures, and t...

Kagarra Fund (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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Brooklyn City Mission and Tract Society

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The widespread emergence of religious organizations devoted to philanthropy in New York City began with the revival of Protestantism in the early 19th century. The reemergence of Protestantism encouraged its followers to provide spiritual and material aid to those in need, and evangelicals responded by establishing a number of benevolent organizations, such as the American Tract Society and the American Bible Society, which were dedicated to the distribution of the scriptures, and t...

New York City Protestant Council. Brooklyn Division.

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Brooklyn Council of Churches.

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Brooklyn City Bible Society

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The widespread emergence of religious organizations devoted to philanthropy in New York City began with the revival of Protestantism in the early 19th century. The reemergence of Protestantism encouraged its followers to provide spiritual and material aid to those in need, and evangelicals responded by establishing a number of benevolent organizations, such as the American Tract Society and the American Bible Society, which were dedicated to the distribution of the scriptures, and t...