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Categories: Hidden Collections
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Bushwick and Her Neighbors, Vol. 1 is now online!
Brooklyn Historical Society received a generous grant from Gerry Charitable Trust in 2015 to digitize and catalog seven scrapbooks from Eugene L
Posted on December 19, 2016
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AIDS/Brooklyn Oral Histories at Othmer Library now open to researchers
Conducted for an exhibition undertaken by the Brooklyn Historical Society in 1993, the AIDS/Brooklyn Oral History Project yielded an exceptional...
Posted on September 9, 2016
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Map of the Month--February 2015
February's Map of the Month, “The Missing Link” is more properly described as a broadside, for the map was published in October 1939...
Posted on February 2, 2015
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Uncovering Historical Maps at Brooklyn Historical Society
As I wrap up cataloging the last few maps and polishing the last blog post for this phase of Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)-funded...
Posted on December 26, 2014
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Brooklyn's Corporation Counsel records now open to researchers!
This is the final post in a series on the records of Brooklyn’s Corporation Counsel, which were processed with funding provided by a Council...
Posted on December 19, 2014
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Map of the Month - December 2014
In celebration of the expansion of the Citibike program in New York, December’s map of the month is "NYC Bike Map 2014"
Posted on December 1, 2014
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Map of the Month--November 2014
For the November Map of the Month, I have chosen a relative newcomer to the catalog, “Map showing the position of the main ground-water...
Posted on November 3, 2014
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Map of the Month--October 2014
October’s Map of the Month, "Railroad terminal map of New York Harbor" created by the Port of New York Authority in 1933, shows...
Posted on October 6, 2014
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The Great Trolley Strike of 1895 - Part 2
This is part two of a two part series on the Great Trolley Strike of 1895. This is also the latest in a series of posts on the records of Brooklyn’s...
Posted on September 3, 2014
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Map of the Month – September 2014
For September’s Map of the Month, we’ll take one last nostalgic look at leisure pursuits in the “Colorgraph Map of New York”
Posted on September 2, 2014