archive – Walt Whitman's New York http://citytech.lookingforwhitman.org exploring Whitman's home turf Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:10:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.30 Photos from the Brooklyn Historical Society Visit http://mkgold.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/09/photos-from-the-brooklyn-historical-society-visit/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:06:28 +0000 http://mkgold.lookingforwhitman.org/?p=98 Here are some photos taken during the visit that the City Tech class made to the Brooklyn Historical Society on November 3rd.  The trip was part of a new research project in which each student in the course chose an address in which Whitman lived briefly during his time in Brooklyn.  Students will perform historical research on the address using insurance maps, land conveyances, city directories, and other resources provided by the BHS.  Many thanks to the BHS and librarian Elizabeth Call for their assistance with this project.

Here are some recaps of the trip from students in the course:

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