Found 5 collections related to Brooklyn%20(New%20York,%20N.Y.)%20--%20Social%20life%20and%20customs

The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences was incorporated in 1859. The original Academy, located at 176-194 Montague Street in Brooklyn, New York, was destroyed by fire in 1903, and the new Academy was opened in 1908. Collection consists of letters and telegrams relating to the engagement of the Academy building for various performances; the collection also contains newspaper clippings and other papers. less

Benjamin Morje made entries in this diary in June 1870 and January-February 1871. Entries describe life in Brooklyn and Manhattan, weather, parks, friends visited, theater and opera attended, popular music, Beethoven's centennial, news of Charles Dickens' death, a parade of the Fenian exiles, and other matters. Front leaf begins: "List of books received..." less

Daniel Melancthon Tredwell (1825-1921) was an American businessman and bibliophile from Brooklyn, N.Y., who wrote about life and history on Long Island. Collection contains two holograph manuscripts by Tredwell. One manuscript, 1914, is a history of the book trade in Brooklyn during the 19th century. The other consists of his reminiscences in diary entries from 1840 to 1881, with notes dating as late as 1892, and concerns people and events in Brooklyn, Queens and Hempstead, Long Island, New York. less

Alfred H. Satterlee was a coin and token collector who lived in Brooklyn, New York. This diary (2 vols.), which he kept from 1860-1861, contains many references to his collecting hobby and to political and military events at the beginning of the American Civil War, including the election of Abraham Lincoln, the secession of the southern states, the passing of troops through New York City, and drilling with his company, the Union Grays of Brooklyn. In the 1860 volume is a cash account and record of coins sold during the year. The first half of this 1860 volume is written in Spanish less

Adriance Van Brunt kept this diary and journal on his farm near Brooklyn, New York, from June 8, 1828 through March 20, 1830. Entries include details of farm activities; prices of farm products; stock on farm; wages paid employees; church and Sunday school interests (mentioning names of ministers and other details); trips to Brooklyn and Red Hook, New York; teas and other social gatherings; an account of the death of his mother on June 23, 1829; and references to the Cortelyou, Beekman, and other New York families less