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Guide to the collection of Brooklyn, N.Y., Civil War relief associations records,
ephemera and other material
ARC.245
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Brooklyn and Long Island Fair in Aid of the United States Sanitary Commission. (1864). |
| Creator:
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War Fund Committee (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). |
| Creator:
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Women's Relief Association of the City of Brooklyn. |
| Title: |
Collection of Brooklyn, N.Y., Civil War relief associations records, ephemera and
other material
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| Dates [inclusive]: |
circa 1798 to 1964 |
| Dates [bulk]: |
Bulk, 1861-1866 |
| Abstract:
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The collection was compiled over time by the Brooklyn Historical Society (formerly
the Long Island Historical Society). It principally contains the records of two major
Brooklyn-based Civil War relief associations, the War Fund Committee and the Women's
Relief Association, including records of their various projects. A large portion of
the collection documents one significant project undertaken by these organizations,
the Brooklyn and Long Island Fair of 1864, also known as the Sanitary Fair. Documentation
of the Fair covers both its financial aspects and the events and exhibits taking place
there, and includes posters, broadsheets, printed matter, the Fair's newspaper, subscription
books, admission tickets, stereographs of the New England Kitchen exhibit, and more.
Some artifacts exhibited at the Fair are included in the collection, notably an album
of autographed writings with contributions by Hawthorne, Longfellow, and James Fenimore
Cooper, among many others. Documents concerning other relief organizations are found
in the collection, including the Brooklyn Bureau of the American Freedmen's Friend
Society and the Brooklyn and Long Island Christian Commission. Records of fundraising
in Brooklyn for a Lincoln Monument Fund and in response to an 1866 fire in Portland,
Maine, are also included. In addition, the collection holds other materials, primarily
concerning the Civil War, relief efforts in cities other than Brooklyn, politics,
commercial advertising, and other matters.
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| Quantity: |
4.0 Linear feet in 5 manuscript boxes and 9 boxes of various sizes |
| Language of Materials:
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Materials in English, except for a set of correspondence in Spanish. |
| Call Phrase: |
ARC.245 |
