The Hatching Cat of Gotham

Following are some of the sources — including online archives and books from my own collection — that I use to discover and verify these true animal tales of Old New York. If you are looking for references for a specific story, please contact me at pgavan@optonline.net and I will provide a list.

(NOTE: Unfortunately, I lost many of my files for older stories (2013-2016) due to a computer hacking incident; if you are looking for references for an older story, I will do my best to find the information on my flash drives, but I can’t make any promises as I was using an older program back then that did not provide a backup feature.)

The New York Times Archives
Fulton History Old New York State Historical Newspapers
Newspapers.com
New York Historical Society
Museum of the City of New York
Brooklyn Historical Society
Queens Historical Society
The Bronx County Historical Society
Ancestry.com
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Brooklyn Public Library
NYC Department of Records Municipal Archives
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection
Randel Map Gallery

Lost New York (Reiss, 2011)
Forgotten New York (Walsh, 2006)
The New York Chronology (Trager)
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (Burrows & Wallace, 1999)
Inside the Apple (Nevius & Nevius)
Manhattan in Maps: 1527 – 1995 (Cohen & Augustyn, 1997)
Our Firemen: The History of the New York Fire Departments, Volunteer and Paid (Costello, 1887)
Badges of the Bravest: A Pictorial History of Fire Departments in New York City (Urbanowicz, 2002)
History of New York Ship Yards (Harrison)
The Eagle and Brooklyn, Volume 2 (Beecher Howard)
The Life Savers, A Story of the United State Life-Saving Service (Otis, 1899)
Fire Fighters and Their Pets (Downs, 1907)
New York City Police (Ruff & Cronin, 2012)
Our Police Protectors (Costello, 1972)
Dog Heroes of Many Lands (Ives, 1922)
New York as it was and as it is (Disturnell, 1876)
The King’s Handbook of New York City (1892)
The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909 (Stokes, 1915)
The Historical Atlas of New York City (Homberger, 1994)
The Greatest Grid (Ballon, 2012)
Staten Island: A Walk Down Memory Lane (Sublett, 2004)
Forgotten Queens (Walsh & Greater Astoria Historical Society, 2013)
The Borough of the Bronx, 1639-1913 (Cook, 1913)
The Bronx (McAuley & Hermalyn, 2010)
The Story of the Bronx (Jenkins, 1912)
Old Brooklyn in Early Photographs (Younger, 1978)
Lights and Shadows of New York Life (McCabe, 1872)
Gathering of Animals (Bridges, 1966)
The Peaceable Kingdom in Hartsdale (Martin, 2013)
The Central Park Zoo (Scheier, 2002)
The Park and the People: A History of Central Park (Rosenzweig & Blackmar, 1992)