World War II Memorabilia

The collection World War II Memorabilia contains various materials related to the war, from different countries: Japan, France, the Netherlands, Italy, and Germany. It includes photographs, manuscripts, illustrations, post cards, flyers, and cigarette cards

The Papers of Laura Benet

The Papers of Laura Benet consists of Ms. Benet’s personal diaries, several folders of correspondence, and the proof of her book Famous American Humorists (1959). There is also a copy of Ms. Benet’s memoir titled When William Rose, Stephen Vincent and I were Young (1976)

The Papers of Norman Rosten

This collection contains items such as original drafts of published works, photographs, playbills, interviews, reviews, correspondences, and scripts. There is also some publicity material for his screenplay A View From the Bridge, an original radio script for Death of a King, as well as final revisions. In addition, there are newspaper clippings, magazine articles and some interviews Mr. Rosten gave during his term as Brooklyn’s Poet Laureate

The Papers of Professor Emeritus Jerome Krase

Jerome Krase, professor of sociology at Brooklyn College from 1970-2003 and chair of the sociology department twice, taught classes in urban sociology, inter-ethnic group relations and introductory courses. For three decades, he worked as a community activist-scholar and was a student of ordinary urban neighborhood life by lecturing, giving photographic exhibitions, and writing for alternative newspapers. He lectured and did research at Universities of Perugia, Pisa, Trento, and Trieste. Dr Krase was a visiting professor at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and the University of Rome, La Sapienza. He retired from Brooklyn College in Spring 2003

The Papers of Nina Schneider

This collection contains materials primarily about Nina Schneider, although there are some items related to her husband Herman as well. There are articles, biographical information, book reviews (in different languages), press releases, fan mail, photographs, and program data. There are also Ms. Schneider’s diaries/letters, her lectures and speeches (with notes), poetry that she wrote, items regarding her only published book The Woman Who Lived in a Prologue as well as bound copies of the final manuscript. In addition, there are drafts, notes, and several chapters of her unpublished book Coming to Terms: A Fact Finding Memoir. Finally, there are assorted miscellaneous materials such as some short stories Ms. Schneider wrote, audio cassettes, and book reviews

Brooklyn College Student War Correspondence

The Brooklyn College Student War Correspondence collection, consists of .75 cubic feet of documents pertaining to the challenges, hopes, fears and experiences faced by Brooklyn College soldiers during World War II. Arranged in alphabetical order, there are about 69 students whose correspondence has been preserved. Besides letters, soldiers also mailed back home picture postcards, musical compositions, and dramatized skits and whatever artistic talent they were able to produce during the hour of war. In addition to correspondence which makes up the bulk of the collection there are well preserved recruitment brochures for the Women’s Army division and “Waves” the Women’s Naval Division

The Paule Marshall Collection

In this collection you will find an incomplete typescript from one of Paule Marshall’s published works, her first novel, Brown Girl, Brownstone

The Peter Nero Collection

This collection consists of just one item; a musical arrangement by Peter Nero, of “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles. It is three pages of 16x17” Forest Brand sheet music paper from Music Writing Supplies in N.Y.C. The arrangement is done in pencil and has many special markings and notes by Peter Nero

YWCA of Brooklyn Collection

The collection of the YWCA of Brooklyn contains materials from the organization since its opening in 1888, until the records were transferred to Brooklyn College in 2010. These records span nearly 125 years, and include documents related to administration, governance, finance, legal cases, facilities, security, educational and health programs, publications, IT and telecommunications, public relations, events, photographs, newspaper clippings, multi-media, and ephemera. Of particular importance for this collection are the minutes and reports: they document the trajectory of this institution, as well as the ways they fought to help meet the needs of the community of Brooklyn through the years. In addition, the Brooklyn YWCA maintained an extensive collection of photographs, over six thousand of them, which reflect their programs, members, events, and residences. Newspaper clippings and scrapbooks are also a crucial part of this collection, as they reveal the YWCA\u27s efforts both from the point of view of local media and from their own institution

Local History Collection

The Local History Collection contains documents that are related to the borough of Brooklyn, ranging from the 1600s through the 2000s. The collection is divided into two series: miscellaneous subject files and oversized files. Both series are organized alphabetically by subject, and a full list of the subjects present in this collection is provided in the Collection Outline