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By Meagan Connolly, Genevieve Coe, Melissa Bergoffen, Pratt School of Information Students
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection compiles newspaper clippings, documents, and five albums from 1941 to today mostly all relating to Green-Wood Cemetery. They span a range of topics which was separated into five series in five boxes. Each series has sub-series contained in individual folders. They are mostly in good condition with minor physical damage, such as minor tears, creases, and discoloration. Additionally, some are taped into albums or stapled together which can lead to further potential damage.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Green-Wood Cemetery
Processing Information:
Accession #: 011-2018
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Albums, 1941-1991],
[
Series 2: General Clippings],
[
Series 3: Interments],
[
Series 4: Events],
[
Series 5: Miscellaneous Clippings],
[All]
- Series 1: Albums, 1941-1991
- Series 1 consists of three albums of newspaper clippings in chronological order from 1941 to 1991. The first album spans the years 1941 to 1962, the second from 1961-1977 and 1980-1991, and the third album spans the years from 1977-1979. While some are taped onto pages in the album, some clippings are loosely included in the front and back covers. These albums were created before processing and were kept as is.
- Box 1
- Item 1: Album 1: Clippings, 1941-1962
- Item 2: Album 2: Clippings, 1961-1977, 1980-1991
- Item 3: Album 3: Clippings, 1977-1979
- Series 2: General Clippings
- Series 2, labelled general, consists of ten sub-series loosely related to the grounds and operation of Green-Wood Cemetery. The sub-series cover topics that include the landmark status of the cemetery, buildings on the grounds, potential area development , the entrance gates, the monuments and grounds of the cemetery, wildlife, vandalism, and the historical events that took place on the grounds such as the 1959 drowning and the Battle of Brooklyn during the Revolutionary War.
- Box 2
- Folder 1: General Clippings
- Folder 2: Landmark Status
- Folder 3: Green-Wood and Greenhouse
- Folder 4: Potential Area Development, 2005-2006
- Folder 5: Entrance Gates
- Folder 6: Monuments and Grounds
- Folder 7: Wildlife
- Folder 8: Vandalism
- Folder 9: Drowning - 1959
- Folder 10: Battle of Brooklyn
- Folder 11: Civil War Project
- Series 3: Interments
- Series 3 includes clippings related to the interments of Green-Wood Cemetery. This series includes 3 sub-series and an album created before processing, which are not organized in any discernible way. The sub-series cover topics that include individual interments, interments related to September 11th, 2001, and mass tragedies, such as the sinking of the Arctic, a theater fire, and a plane crash.
- Box 3: Interments
- Folder 1: Interments
- Folder 2: World Trade Center Attack - September 11, 2001
- Folder 3: Mass Tragedies
- Folder 4: Clipping Album 4 - Artists and Biographies
- Folder 5: William Kennish / Isle of Man, Lo t8259 - Grave384
- Folder 6: Margaret Schurz - German Revolution of 1848
- Folder 7: Theobald Wolfe Tone, Matilda Tone and Mary Robin, President of Ireland
- Folder 8: Alfred Kohler, David Ansel Weiss and Albert Leighton Rawson
- Series 4: Events
- Series 4, labelled events, is categorized into six sub-series all concerned with events hosted by or at Green-Wood Cemetery. The sub-series include tours held, performing arts events, book and literary events, reenactments of Revolutionary War and Civil War battles, 2007 Memorial Day events, and community services and tributes.
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Tours
- Folder 2: Performing Arts Events
- Folder 3: Book and Literary Events
- Folder 4: Battle of Brooklyn and Civil War
- Folder 5: Memorial Day, 2007
- Folder 6: Community Services and Tributes
- Series 5: Miscellaneous Clippings
- Series 5 includes three sub-series and Album 5. The sub-series include clippings and documents concerning the board of Green-Wood Cemetery, clippings concerning other cemeteries, and other Brooklyn cultural institutions/ societies. This series also include Album 5 which was created before processing and has no discernible order or topic.
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Board Members
- Folder 2: Other Cemeteries
- Folder 3: Brooklyn Culture
- Folder 4: Clipping Album 5 Includes photos of a horse drawn hearst and Caoline (Catherine) Weldon, Lot13387, Section 41
- Folder 5: Articles collected by Kim Esp 2007 - Walking Tours, Wars, Halloween Tours, ASPCA, Murder Cases, etc.
- Folder 6: Grave Digger Strikes - 1949 - 1959
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Albums, 1941-1991],
[
Series 2: General Clippings],
[
Series 3: Interments],
[
Series 4: Events],
[
Series 5: Miscellaneous Clippings],
[All]
