Republican Party (Essex County, N.J.)

Scope and Contents This collection consists of 1 Hollinger box and 11 scrapbooks : 1 archival box contains correspondence, campaign clippings, files on campaign funds, and business and membership cards ; 11 scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, fliers, membership and business cards, invitations, postcards, programs, school report cards, etc. The scrapbooks are arranged in chronological order : v. 1 (1916-47), v. 2 (1927-38), v. 3 (1916-18, 1938-41), v. 4 (1938-42), v. 5...

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence (1938-47), flyerss, convention and dinner programs, clippings, and scrapbooks related to the Republican Party in Essex County. While much of the material relates to the suburban towns of Essex County, there are also frequent mentions of chapter officers, delegates, activists, and candidates from the ward of Newark. Several of the folders are labeled, "Alfred Harris Collection." Alfred P. Harris was a graduate of Weslyan University, Vice-President of...