Digital: Newark (N.J.) African Americans Collection and Listings of African Americans from the Newark City Directories

Digital Record

Identifier: MG Nwk AFAM Coll and MG Nwk African Americans

Staff Only

Dates

1795 - 1967

Summary

The bulk of these two collections were scanned during the 2016 Carnegie Grant. Copyrighted news articles were not scanned.

Additional Description

Processing Information

Items are in three folders: Listings (numbered 1-19) and NewarkAfAm (numbered 1-12) and Slave Bill of Sale, which was scanned separately. Identifiers are folder name plus number, which are in URLs and Local field.

Subjects

African Americans -- New Jersey -- Newark
City directories
Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 19th century
Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century
Papers (documents)

Linked Records

Listings of African Americans from the Newark City Directories
Newark African Americans Collection

Repository Details

Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository

https://npl.org/collections-services/charles-f-cummings-new-jersey-information-center/

Contact:
3rd Floor
Newark Public Library
5 Washington St.
Newark NJ 07102 United States
973-733-7775
njreference@npl.org