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Alford Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Alford
Abstract
A collection of photo albums and other materials on the family of George and Roberta Alford and Frontier’s International, Newark branch.
Dates:
1944 - 1995
Barbara J. Kukla Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Kukla
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the collected papers of Barbara J. Kukla, who has worked in Newark for over fifty years as an author and reporter. These materials were collected by Barbara, both through her work and for personal interest. Some of the significant topics represented in these files are: music, theater, poetry, fine arts, books, African-American heritage and history, African-American life, women’s issues, women’s history, public schools, charter schools, universities, colleges,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970 - 2012; 1901 - 2018
D.J. Henderson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk DJ Henderson-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
In addition to personal correspondence and papers, the collection reflects the breadth of the Hendersons’
interests with materials on engineering, the preservation of their house, and many organizations with which
they were involved.
A copy of an earlier inventory of the collection can be found in Box 10.
Dates:
1936 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1970s & 1980s
Gus Heningburg Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Heningburg
Abstract
This collection consists of documents pertaining to Gus Heningburg, a Newark , NJ, based civil rights and community activist, and former head of the Greater Newark Urban Coalition.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1968 - 1978; 1967 - 2000
Hughes Allison Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Allison-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the collection are as follows:Box 1: a folder entitled "Playbills and Theater Programs" consists mostly of material on New York productions, but also includes a program for a concert by Kirsten Flagstad at the Mosque Theatre (December 21, 1938) and the "Symphony Magazine" of the Essex County Symphony Society, Stadium Festival Concerts series (June 1940), announcing the program for the first concert, which featured Marian Anderson (June 3, 1940); a small folder of...
Dates:
1930 - 1981
Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Gibson-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
Box 1: contains 1 folder of copies of 3 personal photographs of Gibson: as a young child with his brother, as a young child with his mother, and in his Army uniform; and 4 folders (ca. 1970-ca. 1980) of mostly black and white, 8" x 10" publicity photographs of Kenneth Gibson, members of his administration, and events in Newark. The bulk of the photographs reflect his official duties. Subjects include ground-breaking, swearing-in, and award ceremonies, and other events; group photographs of...
Dates:
c. 1930s-1986
Robert Curvin Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Curvin-(Main)
Abstract
This collection consists of papers of historian Robert Curvin.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1954-2015, some copies of earlier material
Roy E. Norris Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Norris-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the material in the collection relates to Norris's work for the New Jersey Urban League, including his advocacy in the fields of race relations, employment opportunities for minorities, fair employment standards, vocational workshops, job training, etc. Contents include his resume (ca. 1949); lists, created by his wife, of material in the collection (1987); addresses by Norris regarding his work for the Urban League, including "The Negro Worker in the White Collar Fields," "The...
Dates:
1932 - 1952
St. James AME Church Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk St. James AME-(Fileroom)
Abstract
This collection consists of event programs, journals, and photographs of St. James’s AME Chur
Dates:
1944 - 2011
William Ashby Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Ashby
Scope and Contents
Organized in 5 boxes :Box #1. Manuscripts of "Tales without Hate" ("Some Unimportant Incidents in the Life of An Unimportant Man Who Is Eighty and Still Alive") & "More Tales Without Hate" (2 folders)Box #2. Manuscripts of "What Are You Going To Do With Me?" "A Morning in Hell," and "Jewel Bowser" (3 folders) (1961-65), one folder of correspondance/misc. Box #3. Manuscripts of "The Harelip", "Weep 'Weep' My Beloved Land" and "Reflections on the Life of...
Dates:
1917 - 1990
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