The academic year is approaching (or, for some of you, has already begun). Which means it’s time to hit the books and start researching! This picture shows staff members of the Brooklyn Historical Society doing some research, although on what we cannot say. It could range from putting together a program to creating a new exhibit to writing an article. Our staff members at the Center for Brooklyn History do all sorts of research, whether it’s our educators putting together curricula for their students, our historian researching for programs, our librarians researching to assist patrons, or our archivists researching historical background for an archival collection. We also have visitors at CBH who come in to do all kinds of research as well! We have students of all ages doing research for papers or projects or theses, writers doing research for a story, visitors who are curious about the history of Brooklyn, genealogists looking up their family members, or local Brooklynites looking up the history of their neighborhood, to name a few reasons. But there are so many more reasons in between, and we are always happy to welcome you!
The Brooklyn Historical Society Institutional Archive Project is generously funded by the Leon Levy Foundation.
Interested in seeing more photos from CBH's collections? Visit our online image gallery, which includes a selection of our images, or the digital collections portal at Brooklyn Public Library. We welcome appointments to research our entire collection of images, archives, maps, and special collections. Our reference staff is available to help with your research! You can reach us at cbhreference@bklynlibrary.org.
This blog post reflects the opinions of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of Brooklyn Public Library.
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