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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: Adieu!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/06/25/adieu/

Description: A farewell post from Brooklyn Collection manager Joy Holland.

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Subject:   Library staff

Title: Clara Whitehill Hunt, Superintendent of Work With Children

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/02/19/clara-whitehill-hunt/

Description: Clara Whitehill Hunt, pioneering BPL children's librarian.

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Subject:   Library history Children,  Library staff

Title: Collier L. Duncan

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/10/21/collier-l-duncan/

Description: A memorial post for the late Collier Duncan, research assistant at the Brooklyn Collection.

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Subject:   People,  Library staff

Title: Deck the Blog: Staff Favorites from the Brooklyn Collection

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2017/12/06/deck-blog-staff-favorites/

Description: Brooklyn Collection staff choose their favorite holiday photos from the collection and explain their reasoning.

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Subject:   Holidays Photography,  Library staff

Title: Fighting Metal: Keys to Victory

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/05/27/fighting-metal-keys/

Description: We see our model festooned with the extravagant jewelry, standing in front of books like Art index and Music index, a clue that she is in the reference section in the Art and Music division of the library.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week War,  Library staff

Title: It's #AskArchivists Day!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/06/09/its-askarchivists-day/

Description: Brooklyn Collection staff and other archivists worldwide answer questions on social media via the hashtag #AskArchivists for International Archives Day.

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Subject:   Library staff

Title: Leaving Brooklyn: Fuhgeddaboudit!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2015/08/03/leaving-brooklyn/

Description: A farewell post from Christine Szeluga, manager of Brooklyn Connections.

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Subject:   Library staff ,  Brooklyn Connections

Title: Library Layoffs May Hit Brooklynology.

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/06/09/library-layoffs-may-hit/

Description: Brooklyn Collection staff under threat from budget cuts.

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Subject:   Library history,  Library staff

Title: Meet the Brooklyn Collection

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/11/07/meet-brooklyn-collection/

Description: A video tour of the Brooklyn Collection and introduction to the staff.

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Subject:   Library staff

Title: Miss Chien at the Book Chute

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/05/06/miss-chien-book-chute/

Description: On Monday, June 18, 1962, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle announced the opening of a "New Borough Library": the Brooklyn Heights Branch and Business Library. The newspaper sent photographer Ben Schiff to take photos of the new library and its staff, including Janet Chien, seen in the above Photo of the Week.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week Library history,  Library staff

Title: Opening the Pocket Doors: Say Cheese!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/12/26/opening-pocket-doors-say

Description: While we don’t have all the details behind this particular group photo of a staff party for the Brooklyn Historical Society, we know that director, David Kahn, is pictured on the far right with fellow staff members around 1990.

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Subject:   Opening the Pocket Doors,  Library staff

Title: Opening the Pocket Doors: The Trails and Trials of Miss Edna Huntington

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/05/15/opening-pocket-doors/

Description: Insight into and images from the life of Edna Huntington, onetime LIHS librarian.

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Subject:   Library staff ,  Library history Opening the Pocket Doors Photo of the Week Women

Title: Processing Found Material: The Martha Gayle Collection

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2018/08/02/processing-found-material/

Description: A look at the life of Brooklyn resident and Jamaican immigrant Martha Gayle, written in collaboration with Demar Ludford, a Library Science student intern from the University of the West Indies, who spent his summer internship at the Brooklyn Collection processing the material. The post includes a Q&A with Demar about his experience.

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Subject:   People Projects Immigration,  Library staff

Title: So Long, Brooklyn.....Hello, Brooklyn. A Farewell post from Tara.

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/10/28/so-long-brooklynhello/

Description: A farewell post by departing Brooklyn Collection Research Assistant Tara Cuthbert.

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Subject:   Library staff

Title: Spread Love, It's the Brooklyn Way

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/05/30/spread-love-its-brooklyn/

Description: A farewell post from Leslie Shope, director of Brooklyn Connections.

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Subject:   Library staff ,  Brooklyn Connections

Title: The Librarian in Congress: The Life and Work of Major Owens

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/05/04/librarian-congress-life/

Description: From his roots as a librarian here at Brooklyn Public Library, to his ascent to the New York State Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, Major Owens' legacy is defined by his work as a tireless antipoverty reformer and as an advocate for education, civil rights, Americans with disabilities, workers' rights, and immigrants.

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Subject:   People,  Library staff ,  Black history Politics

Title: Veteran's Day: Oral Histories from Brooklyn Soldiers

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/11/09/veterans-day-oral/

Description: Brooklyn contributions to the Veterans History project at the Library of Congress, including a recently departed Brooklyn Public Library safety officer who served in Vietnam.

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Subject:   War Projects,  Library staff

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