Volume 1

Scope and Contents This collection consists of one ledger kept by the City of Newark, which contains employee records. Each two-page spread is lined and pre-printed with column headings for Name, Position, Salary per year, Salary per month, When Appointed, How Appointed, Term of Office, Salary Increase, Sworn, and Remarks. The name of the relevant City Hall department is written in red in a very clear secretarial hand at the top of the left page. The ledger is organized in sections by year (1907, 1908, 1909,...