BOX 1 - A: Activism - Airport
Scope and Contents
BOX #1:
Activism: Newsletter of the New Jersey Political Alliance for Peace and Human Rights (Dec 1967, v. 1 no. 1, "Alliance News", donation of Mr. Daniel Schechter, Manchester N.J.), "Social Action Organizations of New Jersey" (May 1971); New Jersey Peace Action 60th Anniversary Dinner Journal (Apr 2, 2017); Newark Community Union Project reunion invitation and letter; Newsletters: "MAMOC Men Against Murdering Our Children" (Nov 29, 2014, published Newark); The Agitator: Newsletter of the People's Organization for Progress (Jan 2009); People's News (Winter 2012-Spring 2013), Violence and Chaos Civil Disorder Publication No. 12, photos of Newark Riots Newark Rebellion p. 47 (1968); Newark Consent Decree Public Meeting Flyer, NJ Institute for Social Justice (2025); Newark Residents Policing Survey Flyer, NJ Institute for Social Justice (2025)
Airport: Newark Seaplane Base (dedication program, 1936), "Newark Airport: A Factual Report from The Newark Chamber of Commerce" (May 1952), "Fact Sheet: Newark International Airport" (Sept. 1973), "Brief Prepared by Mayor Meyer C. Ellenstein of Newark, N.J. in support of the Retention of the Newark Metropolitan Airport as the Eastern Airmail Terminal" (1935), "Newark Airport History" (by A. H. Armstrong, 1955), "Airport Redevelopment" (1991, PA, NY, NJ), commemorative U.S postal stamp issued for the Airport's 50th anniversary (September 1978) and other anniversary items, "Newark Airport: Destination Tomorrow" (1971), "Newark!" (with several articles on the airport, September 1973), "Newark International: An All New Airport with a Pioneering Past" (1973), "Newark International Airport Map/Guide" (1973), letter from Senator Frank Lautenberg thanking NPL for the invitation to opening reception for the exhibit, "EWR Turns 80: A History of Newark Liberty International Airport" (April 7, 2008), "The New Newark International Airport Dedication Ceremony" (flyer, 1973), "N.A.A.B Echo" (newsletter, Newark Army Air Field, January and February 1944), two notecards with the Kiwi International Air Lines logo on them donated by Brendan Nolan in June 2016, "The History of Building 1" (1935-2001), film negative of airplane taken at Newark Airport [n.d., 1930s?] (donated by Richard Conniff), revised traffic pattern statement (Aug 1947); "Newark Airport" (Port of New York c. 1958); Newark Airport Destination Tomorrow (partial program); 60th anniversary calendar (1988); "The History of Newark Airport" (Jul 29, 1953); Eastern Airlines Luggage Tag (c. 1970); Partnership For People Newsletter featuring Elizabeth Felton of Terminal B, Newark International Airport (1976); Memo from American Airlines showing flight service out of Newark Airport (1951); Conference of Mayors Document against the effects of the operation of Newark Airport (1951).
Dates
- 1784-2023
Extent
From the Collection: 7.918 Linear Feet (18 Hollinger boxes, 2 Half Hollingers) : Boxes 1 - 20 (Main)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
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