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Brooklyn Connections Continues to Connect Students to Local History 23 Aug 2013 | 07:20 pm
The Brooklyn Collection is pleased to announce that it has received funding to continue the Brooklyn Connections program. Our generous funders, the David and Paula Weiner Memorial Grant, the Morris &...
Rioghan Kirchner 14 Aug 2013 | 07:07 pm
We at the Brooklyn Collection are very sad to announce the passing of a great friend to the library, Rioghan Kirchner. Visitors to the collection may recall seeing Rioghan at her volunteer post in ou...
Brooklyn Schools: A Look at Ephemera and More 8 Aug 2013 | 10:04 pm
At the Brooklyn Collection, we have a large assortment of Brooklyn school ephemera, newspaper clippings, photos, yearbooks and even school newspapers. I've written a few entries about schools the Bro...
Death in the Air 31 Jul 2013 | 03:15 am
Accurate or not, it's fair to say that in the popular imagination the Brooklyn Dodgers are remembered as a rag tag bunch of lovable lunks, both object of their zany fanbase's opprobrium as well as aff...
New Collection: The Linewaiters' Gazette 16 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
It is always exciting to accession a big new collection, as it brings the promise of new researchers, new information, and because it's just fun to dig around in new stuff. Our latest big new collect...
July Program -- Mailer’s Brooklyn -- Wednesday, July 31, 2013 7:00pm 9 Jul 2013 | 07:36 pm
Brooklyn Public Library and the Norman Mailer Center present a discussion of American writer Norman Mailer and his impact on the literary culture of Brooklyn. Having spent 40 years of his career livin...
Teacher Workshop with Green-Wood Cemetery 3 Jul 2013 | 08:02 pm
In early June, Brooklyn Connections had the pleasure of welcoming 24 educators from throughout the city for a teacher workshop on local history in partnership with Green-Wood Cemetery. Green-Wood Cem...
Adieu! 25 Jun 2013 | 08:00 pm
After twenty years under sail as a Brooklyn Public Library crew member, your blog editor will be jumping ship on Friday 28th June, leaving in her wake a trail of 92--count 'em--92 blog posts on everyt...
Selections from the 16mm Film Collection -- Wednesday, June 26th, 7pm 22 Jun 2013 | 12:44 am
You are by now most likely aware of the phenomenon that is Hot Bagels, a lovely little vintage film that pays copious homage to the king of all round baked goods (in my opinion). We've featured it on...
Graduations Galore 20 Jun 2013 | 11:50 pm
The graduation ceremonies, at every step from kindergarten to elementary school, to middle school, to high school, to college and on--have come and gone. Enshrined here in our collection are many cel...
