Guide to Brooklyn High School Newspaper Collection,

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1 Guide to Brooklyn High Newspaper Collection, Brooklyn Public Library Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY Contact: Brooklyn Collection Phone: Fax: Finding aid prepared by Ben Gocker. Copyright 2012 Brooklyn Public Library. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Creator: Various Title: Brooklyn High Newspaper Collection Date Span: Abstract: This collection consists of 50 series, listed in alphabetical order. These high school newspapers covered life in the schools as well as events in the communities. Quantity: 803 papers Location: Brooklyn Collection Morgue Repository: Call Number: BC 0242 Scope and Content Note The Brooklyn High Newspaper Collection consists of 803 publications from 50 Brooklyn high schools. news receives the most attention in the papers, but community events, as well as matters of national and international interest, are reported on as well. One example of this coverage is the writing done by students in essays, interviews, poems, and reporting on the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The bulk of the papers in the collection span the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. There are exceptions, however; papers for Girls High appear from the late 1930s, while those of Bushwick High, the self-proclaimed Oldest High Newspaper in New York, appear from the mid-1970s. Of note in the Collection are two papers from Erasmus Hall High featuring articles and photographs of a young Bobby Fischer. Please be aware that the date range does not represent continuous coverage but rather reflects the earliest date and the latest date covered.

2 Restrictions Access Restrictions Collection is located in the Brooklyn Collection at the Central Branch at Grand Army Plaza. The collection may only be used in the library and is not available through interlibrary loan. Requests to view the collection must be made at least 48 hours in advance of visit. Use Restrictions While many items in the Brooklyn Collection are unrestricted, we do not own reproduction rights to all materials. Be aware of the several kinds of rights that might apply: copyright, licensing and trademarks. The borrower assumes all responsibility for copyright questions. Access Points Subject Topics: Abraham Lincoln High (New York, N.Y.) Alexander Hamilton (New York, N.Y.) Bay Ridge High (New York, N.Y.) Bishop Loughlin Memorial High. Boys High (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Newspapers Brooklyn High of Automotive Trades (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn Preparatory (New York, N.Y.) Bushwick High Erasmus Hall High Franklin K. Lane High (New York, N.Y.) Fontbonne Hall (New York, N.Y.) Fort Hamilton High George W. Wingate High. Girls High (New York, N.Y.) High s High Students New York (State) New York James Madison High. Lafayette High (New York, N.Y.) Midwood High (New York, N.Y.) New Utrecht High. Private schools -- New York (State) -- New York. Prospect Heights High (New York, N.Y.) Public schools -- New York (State) -- New York. Saint Francis Preparatory (New York, N.Y.) Samuel J. Tilden High (New York, N.Y.) Guide to the Brooklyn High Newspaper Collection 2of 6

3 Sarah J. Hale. Student Newspapers & Periodicals New York (State) New York Thomas Jefferson High (New York, N.Y.) William E. Grady (New York, N.Y.) Xaverian High (New York, N.Y.) Administrative Information Preferred Citation This collection should be cited as the Brooklyn High Newspaper Collection,. Related Materials Available at the Brooklyn Collection: Brooklyn Archival Files: Hundreds of clippings files are kept covering different topics in Brooklyn. Check these for news pieces related to specific schools. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Photograph Collection: There are many images from high schools in our photograph collection from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper. These typically range from the 1920s 1950s. Go to the advanced search page in our catalog and limit the material type to photograph to run keyword searches for photographs on any subject. Brooklyn Yearbook Collection: Yearbooks from 32 Brooklyn intermediate and high schools, both public and private, ranging in date from 1849 to Ephemera Collection: Most of the schools listed here are also represented in our ephemera files, which contain graduation ceremony programs, report cards, invitations, and other materials. Manual Training/John Jay High Collection: Scrapbooks, school publications, photographs, and ephemera from the now-closed John Hay High (formerly Manual Training High ) at 237 Seventh Avenue in Park Slope. Stored in the Brooklyn Collection Morgue. Arrangement SCHOOL PAPER TITLE DATE RANGE FIRST/LAST NUMBER OF ISSUES BOX Abraham Lincoln High Lincoln Log 21 1 Guide to the Brooklyn High Newspaper Collection 3of 6

4 Alexander Hamilton The Spotlight December 1961 June All Saints High The Flame Spring Bay Ridge High The Ridge Echo January 1961 March The Berkeley Institute The Blotter December 1962 December Bishop Loughlin Memorial High Bishop McDonell Memorial High Jamesonian The Laurel October 1962 December Boys High The Red and Black May Brooklyn High of Automotive Trades The Spark Plug December 1961 June Brooklyn Preparatory Blue Jug November Brooklyn Technical High Survey September 1958 April Bushwick High Bushwick Bulletin May Catherine McAuley High The McAuleyan April Clara Barton Barton Clarion May 1958 June East New York Vocational and Technical High East New Yorker 23 1 Eli Whitney Eli Whitney Green and Gold 13 1 Erasmus Hall High The Dutchman May Euphrasian High Euphradio February 1959 Summer Fontbonne Hall The Folio March 1961 June Guide to the Brooklyn High Newspaper Collection 4of 6

5 Fort Hamilton High The Pilot November Franklin K. Lane High Lane Reporter 15 4 George W. Wingate High Wingate World April 1961 June Girls High Girls High Record April James Madison High Madison Highway May John Jay High The Double Jay November Lafayette High The Mercy Juniorate Midwood High Lafayette News December The Misericordia June Midwood Argus March New Utrecht High The NUHS 19 5 Prospect Heights High The Scribe April Queen of All Saints The Gleaner December Saint Agnes Seminary The Gazing Ball December Saint Angela Hall Saint Augustine s High The Angelus June 1959 November The Lance 1 5 Saint Brendan Diocesan High Stella Matutina December Saint Edmund s High Edmund News/Quarterly Gleanings Winter Fall Saint Francis Prep The Seraph June Saint Francis Xavier The Courier May Guide to the Brooklyn High Newspaper Collection 5of 6

6 Saint John s Preparatory Saint Joseph s Commercial High Saint Michael s Commerical High Saint Saviour High Saint Stephen s High Samuel J. Tilden High Sarah J. Hale Sheepshead Bay High Thomas Jefferson High William E. Grady Vocational and Technical High William H. Maxwell Xaverian High Red Owl Parmentier The Victor Skyline Stephinte/ St. Stephen s Gazette Tilden Topics Green and Gold June 1959 December 1963 November 7, 1958 April 1960 February 1960 December Bay Times December Liberty Bell 28 5 Grady Headliner December Maxwell Magpie September X-Press March 1962 Fall Guide to the Brooklyn High Newspaper Collection 6of 6