Newark Associations Collection

BOX #1 (A-F). Arion Club, Belmont Benevolent Association, Ballantine and Company, and the American Legion,(1893-ca. 1930s); Bronze Shields Inc., Highlight Newsletters (1976); a program for the first annual awards dinner of the Bronze Shields, the Organization of Black Newark Police Officers (1970); Boy's and Girl's Club News Fall 2013; by-laws of the Broad Street and Merchants Association of Newark (1945); Brick City Conversations, Newark Housing Roundtable Program (2015); by-laws of the Celluloid Club (1899); organizational chart of the Club of Printing House Craftsmen of Newark and Vicinity (1960-1961); "constitution and by-laws, Rules, Officers and Members of the Down Town Club of Newark" (1919); "Year Book of The Business and Professional Women's Club of Newark" (1959-1960); The American Youth Legion (1936); Fourth Liberty Loan, Official Bulletin (1918); Newark Athletic Club "Club Life" April 1945, and YM/WCA of Newark, "Recognition of Achievement in Commerce, Business, and Education of Blacks in New Jersey" (1980) American Legion Post 152 folder contains materials related to the American Legion, Guyton-Callahan Post #152, named for two Newark residents: Emmet Guyton, an African-American man killed in World War I, and Archie Callahan, who was killed at Pearl Harbor; most relates to a program to honor James Rounds (1894-1995), a Newark resident and World War I veteran who was active in the Post's affairs (ca. 1970-1995); The Incorporated Charitable Associations and Institutions of the City of Newark compiled by Newark Female Charitable Society (1892); Committee of Concern folder contains clippings regarding the 1967 riots; statements and correspondence regarding the building of a new medical school (1966-1968), and correspondence and report of the Police and Legal Affairs Committee of the Committee of Concern (1967-1968) Civic Clubs Council folder contains constitution and by-laws (1949), and lists of officers and delegates of Newark Civic Clubs (1957-1966) Down Town Club, Sales Record Ledger lists daily sales by month in the following categories: Restaurant, Bar, Cigars, Telephone, Sundries, and Total (1913-1924); Essex-Newark Legal Services Newsletter "The ENLS Reporter", (1984); Essex County Coalition for Prevention of Developmental Disabilities Newsletter (1994); Florence Crittenton League, William R Ward Home pamphlet , 1961. Forest Hill Presbyterian Church Women's Association folder contains programs (1952-1970). Black Panthers: Photocopies and copies of photos, and misc. material. (Most Newark, some non-Newark). Broad Street Association: "Whys and Wherefores of the Broad Street Association" (c.1920s)

BOX #2 (G-N). Minority, Economic, Development, Industrial and Cultural Enterprises (Medic) Newsletter (undated); Mount Carmel Guild Newsletter "Guild News", (c. 1973); National Turn Verein, the Newark Zither Society, the Newark Camera Club, and the Jolly Frogs Club, among others (ca. 1876-ca. 1918); a lengthy souvenir program of the Twenty-First National Saengerfest of the Nord-Oestlicher Saengerbund of America, under the auspices of the United Singers of Newark (1906); a "Trans-continental Telephone Demonstration" at the Nineteenth Annual Celebration of the Lincoln Club (1916); New Jersey Institute for Social Justice "Making Two New Jerseys One" (2022); prospectus of the Newark Social Settlement Association (1905); Music Study Club of Newark and the Oranges, constitution and by-laws (1954); Board of Master Carpenters, Newark and Vicinity, constitution and by-laws (1895); the Newark Community Center of the Arts, calendar (1977-1978); the New England Society of Newark, constitution and by-laws (1868); "An Oration on Washington delivered before St. John's Lodge, by Rev. Bro. Harry Y. Murkland" (1917); St. John's Lodge, 154th Annual Celebration of George Washington's Birthday, program (1945); "North Ward Educational and Cultural Center Commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.," Program (1981); Newark League for the Hard of Hearing (organized 1917), constitution and by-laws; Newark Medical Association, 37th Anniversary Supper, program printed on silk (January 23, 1872); Newark Nature Club, constitution (1935); Northern Lodge No. 25 F. & A.M., 75th Anniversary (1928); Negro Welfare League of New Jersey to New Jersey Urban League, Newark Branch, "Certificate of Change of Name," photocopies (1919); Negro Welfare League of Newark, certificate of incorporation, photocopies (1917); Negro Welfare League of New Jersey, photocopies (1898); Neighborhood College Project (1977); Newark Branch NAACP, election materials relating to Keith M. Jones and Elton T. Byrd (1988); Jewish Community Foundation, Facts about the urgent $1,000,000 completion campaign for the Daughters of Israel Pleasant Valley Home, (1961); Jewish Young Adult Council of Essex County, by-laws (1951); Integrity, Inc. (founded 1968); Ironbound Improvement League, Inc., yearbook (1950); Newark Day Center, 175th Anniversary Dinner (1978); Golden Star Fraternity, constitution (1883); Lion's Club, luncheon meeting (1967); The Coast News, News and Cultural Events in Lincoln Park (2007); Ironbound Committee against Toxic Waste, newsletter (1984); Ironbound Red Shield Club, opening exercises (1941); Krueger Scott Mansion and Cultural Center, Greater Newark Conservancy, Newark Day Center, and Forest Hill Literary Society. Also Old First Church program that was for the 175th anniversary of Newark Day Center, Leaguers Inc. 50th anniversary calculator; Ironbound Community Corporation 50th anniversary journal (2019); Correspondence from Newark Swim Team to Mayor Kenneth Gibson (1981); Galilei Lodge, No. 269, by-laws, photocopy (1935); Halsey Street Association, by-laws, etc., photocopies (1972); Homing Pigeon Fanciers (Greater Newark District), by-laws (1920); Newark Education Council (1988-1989); Newark Bible Society, constitution, first Annual Report (1815), and address by Theodore Frelinghuysen (1818); Newark Branch NAACP, newsletter (1968-1969), and minutes of meeting (1964); and Newark Human Rights Association, poster and proclamation (1977); Newark Branch NAACP "The NAACP and The Church Partners in Progress" (undated); Newark Now: "Newark Now 3rd Annual Spirit of Newark Awards invitation" (for Charles Cummings, 2006) & benefit for inauguration of Cory Booker (2006, with Little League and Lancelot H. Owens Scholarship Foundation); Lincoln Post No. 11 G.A. R. Grand Army of the Republic, Eighth Entertainment Ticket for Harbor Lights at Miner’s Newark Theatre, (1888); Interracial Council for Business Opportunity (ICBO) Bootstrap Newsletters (1981); Newark Fighting Back Partnership Common Ground Newsletter (1995); North Essex Young Democrats Newsletter (1971-1972);

BOX #3 (N-Z). Parents Education Network News Newsletter (1997); Public Performance Guaranty Association of Essex County Newsletter (1982); Phyllis Wheatley Literary Club, history and membership list (1987-1988), program (1939), and letter commemorating 60th anniversary (1971); Phyllis Wheatley Literary Club Program (1944-1945); Quest/CYO Inner City Youth Program Newsletter (1971); Salvation Army of Essex and West Hudson, annual civic luncheon (1982); Roseville Athletic Association Cycling Department and Grapevine newsletter (copy Nov 6. 1944), notice (1894); Rotary Club, 50th anniversary program (1960); United States Credit System Co., annual dinner (1892); Saint Michael's Medical Center, minutes of meetings (1977); Pyramid House - Integrity, Inc., pamphlet; West Side Citizen's Rehab Corporation #1, by-laws; Salvation Army of Greater Newark, annual civic luncheon (1986); Newark Teachers' Association, workshop program (1955); Roseville Athletic Association, program (1901); Steam and Hot Water Fitters' Helpers, masquerade ball program (1902); Polish Arts Club of Newark, exhibition invitation and Joseph Conrad Centennial Program (1957); Progress Club, 30th anniversary program (1902); Republican Indian League, New Jersey, constitution and by-laws (1891); and the Ray Palmer Club (a women's club named for a Newark "preacher, poet, and hymn writer,"), annual "Calendars" including names of the officers, dates and topics of meetings, and details of the year's programs of music and addresses by the club's members (1897-1949), Newark Coalition for Neighborhoods brochure (c. 1980s); New Jersey National Guard (Troop F 10th Annual Military Horse Show; South Park Interclub News (Young People's Interclub Group of the South Park Pres. Church); Purple Reign brochuere (domestic violence org., 2012); Booklet Young Men's Congress of Newark N.J / The Congress / associated with the YMCA (1954); Presbyterian Union, 1923 (booklet associated with Wickliffe, 5th and 6th Ave Churches); Renaissance Newark Inc., brochures (1991); Robert Bruce House (New Jersey Reformatory Halfway House) folder contains monthly report (September 1965), minutes of two meetings (1965, 1967), and Robert Bruce House Journal (June 1967); Service Club of Newark folder contains a constitution and by-laws, notes, etc. (1937-1944); Sketch Club material consists of catalogues of exhibitions (1897, 1898), a constitution and by-laws (1906), an Artists' Club of Newark membership list (1908); Tri-City Citizens Union for Progress "West Side Neighbors" Newsletter (1981); Urban Crime Prevention Program "Elizabeth Ave Neighborhood Crime Watch News" Newsletter, (1982); Work Progress Administration (WPA) folder contains the following radio scripts by Hughes Allison: "George Washington Carver" for the Federal Theatre Radio Division; "The Louisiana Lottery" and an untitled script for the program, "Secret Service Secrets"; "Molly Pitcher," and "John Fitch," for The New Jersey Cavalcade series; and two untitled scripts for "Inside the WPA" (ca. 1940). Also included are 4 unattributed scripts for "Inside the WPA" (1940); "Men of Art," by Ed Cleland for Federal Theatre Radio Division (1937); and 48 press releases, issued by the Newark office and concerning newsworthy items in Newark and throughout the state (May 1936); University Club, membership list (1900); Urban League of Essex County brochuere (c. 1989); Urban League of Essex County Newsletter (1973, 1976).

Items stored in Newark Misc. Ovsz Box 3: International Youth Organization IYO Bulletin Newsletters, (1989; 1991)