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Brooklynology Blog

Collected by: Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library

Archived since: Jan, 2019

Description:

Brooklynology is the blog of the Brooklyn Collection, Brooklyn Public Library's local history division and archive.

Subject:   Blogs & Social Media Arts & Humanities Society & Culture

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Title: The mysterious affair of Stiles

URL: http://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/06/11/mysterious-affair-stiles/

Description: Hunting down the identity of a statue found at Central Library, the author identifies it as Henry R. Stiles and explores his life.

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Subject:   People Arts

Title: Teaching with Primary Sources: Community Organizing in Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/01/14/teaching-primary-sources/

Description: Exploring the history of community organizing in Brooklyn as part of the Teaching with Primary Sources series by Brooklyn Connections.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections Teaching with Primary Sources

Title: The Fierce Women Skaters of Roller Derby's Heyday in Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/01/28/fierce-women-skaters/

Description: In conjunction with the Brooklyn Collection exhibit "Empire Skate: The Birthplace of Roller Disco," a look at the woman skaters of roller derby's midcentury heyday in Brooklyn, including Midge "Toughie" Brasuhn.

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Subject:   Women Sports Exhibits

Title: Teaching with Primary Sources: Black History Month

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/02/15/teaching-primary-sources/

Description: An overview of the Brooklyn Connections primary source packet on Black History for the Teaching with Primary Sources series.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections Teaching with Primary Sources Black history

Title: Forgotten History: Remembering Dr. Mary M Crawford and her Contributions to Brooklyn's History

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/03/05/forgotten-history/

Description: Dr. Mary M. Crawford, who served as the only female doctor in the American Hospital in Paris during World War I and was also the first female ambulance surgeon in Brooklyn. She later became chief surgeon of the Williamsburg hospital.

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Subject:   Women War

Title: I Know What You Did Last Century

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/03/11/i-know-what-you-did-last/

Description: Using city directories to explore the history of two occupations in Brooklyn: photographer and ferryman.

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Subject:   Directories Photography Transportation

Title: Teaching with Primary Sources: Women’s History Month

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/03/14/teaching-primary-sources/

Description: Exploring the Brooklyn Connections Brooklyn Botanic Garden primary source packet, including many contributions by women to the garden's history. Part of the Teaching with Primary Sources series.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections Teaching with Primary Sources Women Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Title: Last Suppers and Good Fridays

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/04/16/last-suppers-and-good/

Description: Guest post. Photographer Larry Racioppo shares his photos of Good Fridays and muses on Catholic iconography and community.

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Subject:   Religion Photography

Title: Teaching with Primary Sources: Bridges in Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/04/23/teaching-primary-sources/

Description: Exploring the Brooklyn Connections primary source packet on Bridges as part of the Teaching with Primary Sources series.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections Teaching with Primary Sources Bridges

Title: If You Can Make It Here, They Won't Take It Anywhere

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/05/01/if-you-can-make-it-here/

Description: The story of a garbage barge stranded in New York harbor in 1987.

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Subject:   Politics

Title: Teaching with Primary Sources: the LGBTQ+ Movement in Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/05/20/teaching-primary-sources/

Description: Exploring the LGBTQ primary source packet by Brooklyn Connections as part of the Teaching with Primary Sources series.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections Teaching with Primary Sources LGBTQ history

Title: A Personal History of the Mermaid Parade

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/06/18/personal-history-mermaid/

Description: Guest post. Photographer Larry Racioppo shares photos and stories of the Coney Island mermaid parade.

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Subject:   Coney Island Photography

Title: Outlining inequality: how student research put redlining on the map

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/06/28/outlining-inequality-how/

Description: Exploring the history of redlining through a New York Public Interest Research Group packet published in the 1970s.

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Subject:   Maps Housing Race

Title: Making Award-Winning Connections

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/08/08/making-award-winning/

Description: An overview of the Brooklyn Connections program's year, including their summer exhibition of student work and receiving the Archival Innovator Award from The Society of American Archivists.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections Exhibits

Title: Teaching with Primary Sources: Environmentalism in Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/08/21/teaching-primary-sources/

Description: The history of environmentalism in Brooklyn as part of the Teaching with Primary Sources series by Brooklyn Connections.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections Teaching with Primary Sources

Title: Teaching with Primary Sources: Food in Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/09/06/teaching-primary-sources/

Description: Exploring food history in Brooklyn with the Teaching with Primary Sources series by Brooklyn Connections.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections Teaching with Primary Sources Food

Title: A (Not So) Brief History of Red Hook

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/09/10/not-so-brief-history-red/

Description: A look at the history of Red Hook.

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Subject:   Red Hook Neighborhood history

Title: For Every Reader, Their Book

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/10/09/for-every-reader-their/

Description: The history of readers' advisory at Brooklyn Public Library.

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Subject:   Library history

Title: Teaching with Primary Sources: School History in Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/10/16/teaching-primary-sources/

Description: Exploring school history with the Brooklyn Connections series on Teaching with Primary Sources.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections Teaching with Primary Sources School History

Title: Our Native Land

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/11/08/our-native-land/

Description: A 2-day workshop to discuss Living Land Acknowledgements and develop ongoing collaborative projects between Lenape-Delaware Nations and cultural institutions in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Native history Lenape

Title: Teaching with Primary Sources: History Mystery!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/11/20/teaching-primary-sources/

Description: Preparing a "history mystery" for students as part of the Brooklyn Connections series on Teaching with Primary Sources. The example given uses food history and is inspired by the Brooklyn Collection exhibit "Food Fit For Kings County."

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections Teaching with Primary Sources Food Exhibits

Title: A Child’s Christmas in South Brooklyn (with apologies to Dylan Thomas)

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/12/04/child%E2%80%99s-christmas-south/

Description: Guest post. Photographer Larry Racioppo shares stories and photographs of his childhood Christmases in Brooklyn, including the Catholic traditions of his Italian-American family.

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Subject:   Photography Holidays Religion

Title: I, Asimov in Brooklyn: How the Library Shaped a Writer’s Mind

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/12/27/i-asimov-brooklyn-how/

Description: The science fiction writer Isaac Asimov's roots in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Literature People

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