Brooklyn Cemetery collection, 2017

Series — Case: 4, Folder: 78

Collection number: MSS 016.051

Scope and Contents

The map is an oversize item; both it and the coil-bound book have been placed in the oversize drawers in the Heritage Room.

Dates

2017

Conditions Governing Access

This collection has no restrictions. This collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. Apply in the Heritage Room for access. The exception is the Order of the Eastern Star collection, the directories included in which list the personal addresses and phone numbers of members. These directories are not available to the public.

Biographical / Historical

Located behind Holy Cross Lutheran Church on West Lake Drive, Brooklyn Cemetery has in recent years been restored after decades of neglect. One of the city’s historic African American cemeteries, its burial plots offer crucial genealogical information. Meriwether B. Rhodes’ report and the accompanying map, which together comprise this subcollection, provide the names and location of those buried in the cemetery.

Extent

0 Linear Feet (Not applicable; the archival materials stored in the oversize drawers in the Heritage Room do not count toward the archives' linear footage)