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Guide to the Bross Family of Brooklyn Miscellaneous Documents
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Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator | Bross family | |
| Title | Bross Family of Brooklyn Miscellaneous Documents, | |
| Dates: | 1901 | |
| Abstract: | This small collection which deals with an ocean voyage is, unfortunately, not identified in any way. We surmise that the documents in it were maintained by a young individual, said individual having made an ocean trip to Europe in the summer of 1901. | |
| Extent: | 1 box, .2 cubic feet | |
| Identification: | B-12 | |
| Location: | The material is located in the Archives at Queens Library. | |
Historical/Biographical Note
This small collection which deals with an ocean voyage is, unfortunately, not identified in any way. We surmise that the documents in it were maintained by a young individual, said individual having made an ocean trip to Europe in the summer of 1901. The trip was made aboard the German ship “Hohenzollern” which set sail on June 22, 1901 from Brooklyn to Genoa via Gibraltar and Naples. We are ascribing the collection to a member of the Bross Family of Brooklyn even though said name does not appear on the passenger list (included among the miscellaneous documents). The name does appear, however, on the first page of a diary maintained of the voyage where an individual is called “Grandmother Bross”. This perhaps indicates that the diarist was related to this person, probably on the maternal side.
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Scope and Content Note
The first series, Diary and Related Documents, consists of a diary maintained not in a book but on some 31 sheets of paper, written in pencil, and partially smudged or illegible in some places. It is titled “Our Trip to Europe”. Brief glimpses of several western European countries are included. With this diary is another similar one (probably maintained by the same individual) written on sheets bearing the letterhead of “The Beese Chemical Co. New York Office, 21-23 Ann Street”. This diary restricts itself evidently more to the sea voyage than actual land travel. There are only seven sheets to this small diary. The first sentence reads “Sailed on S.S. Hohenzollern from foot of Congress Street Brooklyn on Saturday June 22, 1901 at 11 o’clock. Grandmother Bross, Miss Marion (Stute?), W. W. Bross...were down to see us off.” Found with these small diaries are one of two sketches or drawings probably done by the diarist, one of them on the letterhead of the Cunard R.M.S. “Campania”, probably another ship on which the diarist and her family may have sailed.
Also as part of this series is a very small volume titled Ocean Ferry Log, evidently containing the diary (or at least part of it) mentioned above (7 sheets) transposed into it. This probably indicates that the loose sheets were considered as drafts by the diarist until such time that they could be transposed into this more formal looking diary, small as it is.
The second series, Printed Items, contains about 14 items. These include a volume titled My Ocean Trip published 1901 by Brentano in New York intended to be filled in as a diary-type volume, but which was not done in this case; a passenger list of the Hohenzollern (2 copies); a lunch and dinner menu of the ship; a brochure concerning Albert Paine’s book, Great White Way; and an unidentified postal card photograph showing a large group of passengers about to embark or disembark from a ship.
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Arrangement
These documents have been divided into two series.
| Diary and Related Documents | |
| Printed Items |
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Creator of item, date of item (if known), identification of item, if a photograph its control number. The Bross Family of Brooklyn Miscellaneous Documents, Archives at Queens Library, Queens Borough Public Library.
Provenance
Unknown
Access Restrictions
Open for research without restrictions. Manuscripts are only available in the Archives at Queens Library, please call (718) 990-0770 for hours. Manuscript users will be required to complete the division's Manuscript Usage Form and deposit their photograph identification or Queens Borough Public Library card with a staff member. The identification will be returned to the user after she/he has returned the material. Manuscript users will deposit all their personal items behind the reference desk. Manuscript users must use the division's loose sheets of paper for note taking. To reiterate, no pen of any type is permitted. Paper and a pencil are available upon request. Manuscript users may be required to use special handling procedures depending on the conditions of the material.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
- Archives at Queens Library
- Queens Borough Public Library
- 89-11 Merrick Boulevard
- Jamaica, NY 11432
- Phone: (718) 990-0770.
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Access Points
Subject Family Names:
- Bross family
Subject Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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Inventory
[The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.]
