Emma Toedteberg collection: Emma Toedteberg collection: NYU Special Collections Finding Aids

Call Number

ARC.079

Date

1849-1938, inclusive

Creator

Toedteberg family

Toedteberg, Louise

Toedteberg, Emma

Extent

0.7 Linear Feet in three folders and four volumes.

Language of Materials

Materials in English, with family christening documents in German.

Abstract

The Emma Toedteberg collection spans 1839 to 1948 and includes material from Emma, her sister Louise Toedteberg, and her father Augustus Toedteberg. The collection provides documentation of both Emma Toedteberg's career with the Long Island Historical Society and Toedteberg family history. Materials in the collection include clippings, vital records, correspondence, printed ephemera, photographs, and scrapbooks.

Biographical note

Emma Toedteberg (1857-1936) joined the staff of the Long Island Historical Society (now the Brooklyn Historical Society) at the age of 13. Following the tenure of George Hannah, she served as the Society's third librarian from 1889 until her death. Toedteberg was an avid proponent of animal rights and a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Brooklyn. She also inherited from her father a passion for collecting bookplates.

Augustus Toedteberg (1824-1909), her father, emigrated from Germany in 1844 and worked as an inlay illustrator in New York City. He married fellow German immigrant Catherine Lager (d. 1905) in New York City in 1849. In addition to Emma, the couple had another daughter, Louise Toedteberg (1853-1938). The family resided at 274 Vanderbilt Avenue in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, and later at 628 East Delmere Place (now known as East 23rd Street) in Flatbush.

Sources

Notes on the Toedteberg family: from the files of the Long Island Historical Society. Brooklyn, N.Y.: [s.n.], 1936.

Scope and Contents

The Emma Toedteberg collection spans 1839 to 1948 and includes material from Emma, her sister Louise Toedteberg, and her father Augustus Toedteberg. The collection provides documentation of both Emma Toedteberg's career with the Long Island Historical Society and Toedteberg family history. Materials in the collection include clippings, vital records, correspondence, printed ephemera, photographs, and scrapbooks. The collection is divided into four series: History of the Long Island Historical Society manuscript, Toedteberg family papers, European travel scrapbooks, and Photographs.

Subjects

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restriction.

Conditions Governing Use

Reproduction rights for photographs have not been evaluated. Please consult library staff for more information.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date (if known); Emma Toedteberg collection, ARC.079, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Emma Toedteberg, date unknown, and Louise Toedteberg, 1938.

Related Materials

The Brooklyn Historical Society also holds Emma Toedteberg's collection of bookplates. A paper finding aid for the collection is available in the library.

Daguerreotypes of Augustus and Catherine Toedteberg are available in the daguerreotype collection and the library's image database. See DAG.33 and DAG.46.

Photographs of the Toedteberg home in Flatbush are available in the photographic collection and the library's image database. See V1972.1.658 and V1973.5.2846.

Other Finding Aids

Item-level description and digital versions of images from the collection are available for searching via the image database in the library.

Collection processed by

Weatherly Stephan

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 11:20:43 +0000.

Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Language: English

Processing Information

Minimally processed to the series level.

This collection combines two accessions: 1973.290 and 1977.279.

Sponsor Note

This collection was processed and described as part of the project, "Uncovering the Secrets of Brooklyn's 19th Century Past: Creation to Consolidation," funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources, with additional support from The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

Repository

Brooklyn Historical Society

volume: 1913 Postcards, II (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

volume: 1913 Postcards, I (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

volume: 1886 Scrapbook, II (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Box: Cabinet Cards 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

volume: 1886 Scrapbook, I (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Box: A0127 (Material Type: Text)

Emma Toedteberg collection