Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of 23 binders containing newspaper clippings, correspondence, awards, photographs, game schedules, fliers, varsity letters, etc., collected by Robert A. Illig (CHS, 1950), compiler of a two-volume collection of photocopied Central High School memorabilia, "Our Lady on the Hill." These volumes, which are described in a separate entry, reproduce some of the material found in these binders.Volumes 1-4, "Letters," consist of correspondence, primarily...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of 4 scrapbooks of material relating to the Newark Board of Education and to individual schools in Newark. The contents are as follows: Scrapbooks 1 (1923-1925) and 2 (1925-1934): arranged in chronological order, contain local newspaper clippings related to issues, events, activities, and announcements of individual schools, and of the Newark Board of Education. Topics include, but are not limited to, the suitability of hiring married women as teachers...

Scope and Contents Part 1 of the School News from Newark Newspapers scrapbook collection consists of 39 scrapbooks, arranged in chronological order, of local newspaper clippings reporting issues, events, activities, and announcements of the Board of Education and of individual schools in Newark. In most of the volumes artcles are grouped by topic. Some volumes also contain original correspondence, notes, and memos. Volume 1 (1903-1907), for example, is largely devoted to school reform and expansion and the...

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Part 2 of the School News Scrapbook Collection consists of 26 scrapbooks of local newspaper clippings reporting issues, events, activities, and announcements of relating to Newark schools and to the Board of Education. Each volume, or group of volumes, covers a date-span (usually 2-3 years). Within many of the scrapbooks, clippings are grouped alphabetically by topic.