David,
For the City of Brooklyn, you may want to contact either or all of the
following:
Brooklyn Historian
Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn Public Library
Information on all 3 follow my name.
Good luck.
Walter Greenspan
Borough Historian
Office of the Brooklyn Borough President
Brooklyn Borough Hall
210 Joralemon Street
New York (Brooklyn P.O.), NY 11201
Main telephone: 718/802-3700
Facsimile: 718/802-3778
BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
128 Pierrepont Street
New York (Brooklyn P.O.), NY 11201
tel: 718/624-0890
fax: 718/875-3869
eMail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.brooklynhistory.org
The BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY has been collecting materials since 1863.
The bulk of their map collection is pre-1930. They own over 3,000 maps and
atlases. Part of their ward map and atlas collection is on microfilm. They
also have made negatives of some of their maps.
The SOCIETY owns a large collection of City Directories and cemetery guides.
These materials are available in print and microfilm form. They also own
print and microfilm copies of William A. Eardley's Index to the wills of New
York State. This list is inclusive to 1930.
The Society is in the process of expanding its web page. Besides links to
other institutions, it will post reference lists and selections from its
collections.
Unfortunately, the SOCIETY is in the process of moving everything to storage
so they can make repairs to their building and will be out of touch, so to
speak, until early ????.
However, the SOCIETY is aware of the fact that their temporary closing makes
it difficult for researchers to obtain materials and the SOCIETY is more than
willing to mail or fax a list of alternative resources to individuals.
Researchers may request these packets (general reference, genealogy,
appraisers, etc.) by leaving their name and mail address. This can be done
via fax, eMail, regular mail and phone. Packets are sent out on a weekly
basis.
The BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY had been previously known as the LONG ISLAND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The next best source would be:
THE BROOKLYN COLLECTION
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Grand Army Plaza
New York (Brooklyn P.O.), NY 11238
tel: 718/230-2762
fax: 718/857-2245
eMail: ?????
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/central/brcoll.htm
The "morgue" - the newspaper clipping files of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle - is
housed in the library in 152 filing cabinets, and provides the single most
important information source on Brooklyn's history in the twentieth century.
A complete run of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1841-1955) on microfilm is
available to the public in the Periodicals Room. The photograph collection
comprises over 35,000 photographs of the borough from the late nineteenth
century to the present, and the unique Archive and Biography files from the
1970s to the present. Books, maps, and other items cover every subject
imaginable.
The BROOKLYN COLLECTION hours of operation are:
Tues: 2:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Wed 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Thu: 2:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Fri: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Sat: 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Sun: closed
Mon: closed
Following that, here's the general info on the main BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY
itself:
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Grand Army Plaza
New York (Brooklyn P.O.), NY 11238
tel: 718/230-2100, then choice "5" for telephone reference questions
eMail: ???????
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/
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