Miscellaneous items (C) relating to New Jersey, 1831 - 2000

Box 3:

Canals: "The Electrification of the Morris Canal" by Ford Kurtz (1911); correspondence related to the Morris Canal (1912); copy of bill in state legislature to provide for state ownership of the Morris and Essex Canal ; "The Morris Canal on Postcards" compiled by C. Wolff GSPCC Hi-Lites Show Special Sept 1975

Cemeteries: The Evergreen Cemetery (Dedicatory Address of The Rev. David Magie, D.D., including Certificate of Incorporation and Rules and Regulations, 1853) Civil Rights: "I am sorry you are so upset about Negroes moving in next door. My Negro neighbors saved my life yesterday." (cartoon, reprinted by: New Jersey Division of Civil Rights, 1100 Raymond Blvd., Newark, New Jersey), "New Jersey Law Prohibits Discrimination in Housing" (poster, New Jersey Division on Civil Rights); "Tour of the Whippany Buring Yard 1718"

Clergy: "Testimonial Banquet in honor of Rev. Father João Da Silva Antão, Pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Church of Elizabeth, N.J." (program, Oct. 27, 1973), Rev. Mr. Melancthon C. Lockwood ("Pro-Labor Anti-Child Labor Crusade in Paterson, N.J., 1879, photocopy, submitted by Elizabeth Lockwood Coombs, Bloomfield, N.J. 1972, Originals courtesy of Mrs. Raymond Sprague, New Hampshire), "A Nation's Right to Worship God" (An address by The Rev. J.H. McIlvaine, D.D., Princeton, N.J., 1859)

Coast: "National Program for Restoration and Preservation of Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island (The Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Centennial Comm. appointed by President Ronald W. Reagan and Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt, 1982), Photocopies of newspaper clippings relating to the New Jersey coast, "Regulations to Govern the Operation of Drawbridges across Newark Bay, Passaic and Hackensack Rivers and Their Navigable Tributaries" (pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of the River and Harbor Act approved by August 18, 1894), "Minutes" (of a Public Hearing Given by the New York Harbor Line Board, in the Army Building, New York City, On August 11th 1916, for Modification of the Approved Harbor Lines on the Westerly Side of Newark Bay Fronting the Cities of Elizabeth and Newark, N.J.), "Headquarters 52nd Coast Artillery (Railway)" (Office of the Regimental Commander, Fort Hancock, N.J., photocopy of historical record, 1937), "Headquarters Harbor Defenses of Sandy Hook (Office of the Harbor Defense Commander, Fort Hancock, N.J., photocopy of Historical Record, 7th Coast Artillery, 1930), "Headquarters Coast Defenses of Sandy Hook (Office of the Commanding Officer, Fort Hancock, N.J., photocopy of Organization of the 7th Coast Artillery, 1924)

Colleges and Universities: "Drew University: The Centennial Years 1966-1968" (Annual Commencement, program, 1968), "Report from the Affirmative Action Sub-Committee on the Status of Staff Women at Montclair State College" (ca. 1972), "An Address Delivered by John Sergeant, LL. D. at Princeton, N.J." (Annual Commencement, 1833), Shelton College (Statement - Farewell Demonstration to Carl Marburger, March 30, 1973), "Seton Hall University presents Quilts in Celebration of Freedom" (1986), "Inauguration of Edward R. D'Alessio, Ph.D. as President of Seton Hall University" (1981), New Jersey Institute of Technology (MS in Manufacturing Engineering, brochure; Dedication of the Information Technologies Building at NJIT, brochure, 1990)

Counties: Cape May ("The Cape May County New Jersey Magazine of History & Genealogy," 1934, 1935, 1936), Union County ("Union County Historical Pageant," programme, 1928; "A History of Union County Courthouse Complex, pamphlet, 2000), Essex County ("Swearing-In Ceremony of Clifford J. Minor, Essex County Prosecutor," program, 1992; "County of Essex Office of the County Executive: Proclamation," 1982; "Essex County Tercentennial 1682-1982," program, 1982; A certified copy of Ordinance No. 00089 and the Essex County Administrative Code as introduced by the Board of Chosen Freeholders, March 22, 1979; "The County Executive Plan," pamphlet, 1978; "Reception Honoring Essex County Freeholder Johnny Jones," two invitations and fundraising letter, 1992); New Jersey Courier Almanac, Toms River Ocean County, (1924);

Crimes and Criminals: "Trial of Peter B. Davis for the Murder of Baltus Roll" (held before a special term of the court of over and terminer and general jail delivery for Essex County, June 28 1831, Chief Justice Ewing presiding, Newark, N.J., Daily Journal Printing Establishment, trial transcript, 1883)

Cultural Activities: "The Miss America Pageant" (60th anniversary, Atlantic City, N.J., magazine, 1980), "Miss America Pageant Order Form" (1991); "East meets West" (presented by Black Motion Productions), "News Release from New Jersey State Council On the Arts" (Sept. 25, 1969), "Wheelchair Gallery" (Union, New Jersey, pamphlet), "Festival 70," (North Jersey Cultural Council with Bergen Community College, brochure), Garden State Arts Center ("Gala Opening Performance at the Garden States Arts Center," 1972), etc.

Currency: Collection of historic money (made by Francis Brown)