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Greater Newark Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Tenants Coalition Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG HTC-(Offsite)
Dates:
1974 - 2005
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
Harold A. Lett Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG Lett-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, addresses, articles, reports, clippings, and audio related to Lett's career.Box #1:One folder of biographical information including a list of selected addresses and papers, a list of federal agencies served, transcripts of Newark News articles, and biographical sketches (1940s-1973). Also included is a report of Lett's activities, March-April 1960.Two folders of addresses and articles by Lett regarding police and...
Dates:
1927 - 1973
Kurt Landsberger Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Landsberger-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection relates to the Save the Mountain organization which Landsberger founded in 1981.
Save the Mountain was established by local citizens to fight to save Kips Castle on First Mountain in Verona
and Montclair, NJ. Initially, they were unsuccessful in convincing county or municipality to obtain the property
for public use. As Essex County moved to sell its former institutions (Overbrook Hospital, Essex Mountain
Sanatorium, and the Jail Annex) in Cedar Grove, Verona, and...
Dates:
1977 - 2010
Librariana
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Librariana
Abstract
The records of the Newark Public Library, known as Librariana, include manuscript and printed materials, photographs and graphics, and other materials. The bulk of it covers the years from its founding in 1889 to the present. It is arranged alphabetically for the most part.
Dates:
1846 - 2019
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
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
Samuel Berg Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Berg -(Offsite)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 15 boxes, 12 are archival cartons, 3 are flat boxes.Series 1 contains correspondence. The first subseries is Sam Berg's correspondence by date, followed by specific files Berg kept on specific correspondants. The remainder of Series 1 contains correspondence by Ethel and Mote, as well as unsigned letters and letters not involving any family member. The correspondence series makes up a powerful story of the lives of the three siblings. There are many...
Dates:
1898 - 1993
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