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The Center for Brooklyn History was founded in 1863 by Henry Pierrepont (1808–1888) as the Long Island Historical Society, with a charter from the New England Historical Society in Boston. In 1985, the society changed its name to the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS).
In 2020, the BHS made an agreement to merge with the Brooklyn Public Library. As of October 2020, the organization is now part of Brooklyn Public Library and is known as the Center for Brooklyn History.
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
|---|---|---|---|
| creatorOf | Account book collection, [ca. 1707-1902] | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Accounts, 1898-1902. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Albany documents, 1720-1811. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Broadside collection, 1753-[ca.1915], 1850-1870 (bulk) | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Certificate collection, 1811-1962. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Daguerreotype collection, [ca. 1856-1878]. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Documents collection, [ca. 1600-1950] | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Glass plate negative collection, [ca.1884-1896] | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Graphics and ephemera collection, 1864-1937, 1897-1937 (bulk) | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Highways and parkways collection, 1896-1968, 1938-1968 (bulk) | New York State Historical Documents Inventory |
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| Relation | Name |
|---|---|
| associatedWith | Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848. |
| associatedWith | Adams, John, 1735-1826. |
| associatedWith | American Theatre (New York, N.Y.) |
| associatedWith | Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801. |
| associatedWith | Baker, Bertram. |
| associatedWith | Barnum, P. T. 1810-1891. |
| associatedWith | Beeckman, Johannis, Jr. |
| associatedWith | Bergen family. |
| associatedWith | Bowery Theatre (New York, N.Y.) |
| associatedWith | Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896. |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| United States | |||
| Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) | |||
| Wollman Memorial Park (New York, N.Y.) | |||
| Great Britain | |||
| Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.) | |||
| Queens (New York, N.Y.) | |||
| Queens (New York, N.Y.) | |||
| New York (N.Y.) | |||
| Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) | |||
| Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| Title | Relation Count |
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Corporate Body
Active 1904
Active 1974
Americans
English,
French,
Spanish; Castilian,
German,
Portuguese,
Dutch; Flemish
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Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)
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