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Caring for Brooklyn’s Digital History
Learn more about how we care for the floppy disks, CDs, and DVDs in our collection!
Posted on November 8, 2019
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A Voice from the Past
Preserved in Brooklyn Historical Society’s collections is a wax audio cylinder with a big story to tell.
Posted on October 11, 2019
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An End of Summer Tribute: Coney Island and the Wonder Wheel
With summer coming to a close, BHS intern Faith Layer shares her thoughts on the art and history of Coney Island.
Posted on September 18, 2019
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Map Digitization!
Digitization work completed on the Library & Archives project Portal to the Past!
Posted on August 21, 2019
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Newly Digitized Historic Video Now Available!
We are excited to announce that Brooklyn Historical Society has arrived on the Internet Archive!
Posted on August 5, 2019
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BHS's Young Scholars Program wins 2019 AASLH Award of Excellence for Leadership in History
The AASLH Leadership In History Awards is the Nation’s Most Prestigious Competition of Achievement in State and Local History
Posted on August 1, 2019
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Conservation: BHS’s Maps Get Some TLC!
Conservation work completed on the Library & Archives project Portal to the Past!
Posted on May 10, 2019
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Emma, the Catablog
Announcing the retirement of Emma, an interactive catalog of the archives and special collections held in the Othmer Library.
Posted on May 6, 2019
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Ronald Shiffman collection is open for research!
This collection is a rich source pertaining to community planning, housing programs and policies, community development.
Posted on April 10, 2019
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Increasing Access to Vertical Files
Over the past several months, we’ve been hard at work in the Othmer Library to improve access to our vertical files.
Posted on February 6, 2019
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Brooklyn For Peace and the Defense of Civil Liberties
By Library and Archives assistant Laura Julian. The papers of Brooklyn For Peace, which date from 1983 to the present, and consist of over 25...
Posted on November 5, 2018
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BHS Map Collection Update
Brooklyn Historical Society’s Library & Archives team has an exciting project update to share! In 2017, BHS received a generous...
Posted on September 25, 2018