Research Tools for History Day

Find Primary Sources Online to Support Your Research

As you do research for History Day, remember that a lot of great resources are available online. Check out our (growing) list of ways you can access the online collections of New York City archives, museums, and libraries.

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Upcoming Events

Just Conversations | The Welcome Myth: Immigration and America’s Contradictions

Wed, Jun 25 6:30pm
Center for Brooklyn History

BPL Presents Center for Brooklyn History conversations

About Just ConversationsJust Conversations is a series co-presented by the Center for Brooklyn History and Brooklyn Org that brings into dialogue issues facing our borough, city, and society and gives voice to the change makers who move us towards a more equitable future.Special thanks to…

Environmental Injustice: Race, Class, and Toxic Inequality | The Way Forward

Thu, Jun 26 6:30pm
Center for Brooklyn History

anti-racism BPL Presents Center for Brooklyn History

The final program in this three-part series on the intersection of racial inequality and the environment looks ahead. Join us in imagining a future free from the race and class based divides that determine who is — and isn’t — protected from toxins, pollutants, flooding, and the…

Trace/s Exhibition Tour

Fri, Jun 27 3:00pm
Center for Brooklyn History

brooklyn history Center for Brooklyn History exhibitions

Come for a free curator-guided tour of the exhibition Trace/s: Family History Research and the Legacy of Slavery in Brooklyn.

Visitors will get an in-depth tour of the artwork and archival documents that make up the heart of this exhibition, and will get to explore the historical…

Trace/s Exhibition Tour

Sat, Jun 28 2:00pm
Center for Brooklyn History

brooklyn history Center for Brooklyn History exhibitions

Come for a free curator-guided tour of the exhibition Trace/s: Family History Research and the Legacy of Slavery in Brooklyn.

Visitors will get an in-depth tour of the artwork and archival documents that make up the heart of this exhibition, and will get to explore the historical…

Brooklyn Bee: A Spelling Competition

Tue, Jul 1 6:30pm
Center for Brooklyn History

BPL Presents Center for Brooklyn History

 Think you know how to spell Brooklyn? Prove it one word at a time! 

Join us for the first ever Brooklyn-centric spelling bee, hosted by your resident experts at the Center for Brooklyn History. From historic names to iconic avenues, we are finding the most interesting and…

Summer Screenings | The Amazing Garden: A Film and Conversation on Community Gardening in NYC

Wed, Jul 9 6:30pm
Center for Brooklyn History

BPL Presents Center for Brooklyn History conversations

Join us for an evening celebrating the legacy and future of New York City’s community gardens, inspired by the short film The Amazing Garden, produced and directed by Hiroko Tadano Neely and Deb Levine. The film tells the story of how, thirty years ago, a group of passionate neighbors…

Summer Screenings | Gowanus Current

Wed, Jul 23 6:30pm
Center for Brooklyn History

BPL Presents Center for Brooklyn History conversations

Join us for a screening of the documentary film Gowanus Current followed by a talkback with the filmmakers Jamie Courville and Chris Reynolds. 

A century and a half of industrial waste and raw sewage has turned Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal into one of the nation’s…

Trace/s Exhibition Tour

Sat, Aug 23 2:00pm
Center for Brooklyn History

brooklyn history Center for Brooklyn History exhibitions

Come for a free curator-guided tour of the exhibition Trace/s: Family History Research and the Legacy of Slavery in Brooklyn.

Visitors will get an in-depth tour of the artwork and archival documents that make up the heart of this exhibition, and will get to explore the historical…

BPL Book Prize Book Club: The Edge Becomes the Center: An Oral History of Gentrification in the 21st Century

Thu, Nov 20 6:00pm
Flatbush, Caribbean Literary & Cultural Center

book club book discussion BPL Book Prize

In honor of the 10-year anniversary of the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize, we are celebrating all year-long with book clubs featuring past winners. This meeting, we will be discussing 2015 nonfiction winner The Edge Becomes the Center: An Oral History of Gentrification in the 21st Century by…

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