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Barbara J. Kukla Papers

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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

Cory Booker and Sharpe James Photo Collection

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Identifier: MG Nwk James-Booker (Digital)

Newark City Hall collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG Nwk City Hall-(Main)
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of brochures, fliers and plaque related to the Rededication Ceremony of the Newark City Hall (2006), photocopied drawings and photographs of the old City Hall Building in the process of restoration, and memorial buttons.

Dates: 2006

Newark Community Photos

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Identifier: MG Nwk Community -(Digital)
Abstract

This open collection of photos of Newark families was collected mostly during Newark's 350th anniversary.

Dates: 1887 - 2017

Newark Then and Now Photographs

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Identifier: MG Nwk Zhang -(Digital)
Abstract

This collection consists of images of postcards from c. 1916, placed with 2016 images of the same location.

Dates: 2016

St. James AME Church Collection

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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

Yoland Skeete-Laessig Collection

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Identifier:  MG Nwk Skeete-Laessig
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of various materials resulting from Yoland Skeete-Laessig’s work on the book “When Newark Had a Chinatown: My Personal Journey”, as well as her fight to save the historical area of Chinatown from being redeveloped as an arena. There is also some material from her career as one of the founders of the art gallery Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Cente.



Dates: 1960-2017, photocopies of earlier material and artifacts from earlier period; Majority of material found within 2000 - 2008

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