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C. Durand Chapman collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Chapman-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of correspondence, photographs, sketches, cut-out picture books, reproductions of art work, clippings, book plates, address books, travel souvenirs, and ephemera related to the Cyrus Chapman's life and career. Also present are family papers and photographs, most of them associated with Caroline Holbrook Chapman.Box 1: contains a copy of a handwritten biographical sketch of Chapman; mock-ups, sketches, and copies of cut-out children's games; a box of...
Dates:
c. 1896-1913
Samuel H. Libby Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MG Libby-(Main)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 7 scrapbooks : v. 1 (1896-1930). Manuscripts of "Torch Bearers of Civilization," and biographical sketches of 30 engineers including Frank J. Sprague ; v. 2. Photographs of hoists, rails, street car equipments (1892), street cars from G.E. Co. (1895), and photographs of mechanical drawings ; v. 3 (1890-1933). Newspaper clippings about electricity, electrical and mechanical engineering and correspondence ; v. 4 (1920-49). Newspaper clippings and short biographies ;...
Dates:
1890 - 1949
Sonn Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Sonn-(Main)
Abstract
The collection of consists of 15 scrapbooks of research notes, sketches, original photographs, postcards, and clippings. Most of the material relates to the history of buildings in Newark, but there is also material on other New Jersey cities, on New York architecture, and on historic preservation in other states.
Dates:
c. 1936-1962
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- Chapman, C. Durand (Cyrus Durand), 1856- 1
- General Electric Company 1
- Libby, Samuel H. 1
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