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Current Events in Art Scrapbook

 Collection — Container: Vol. 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Contemporary-(Main)
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of one scrapbook entitled "Current Events in Art" (November 1929 - April 1930). The scrapbook consists of typed lists of monthly "Current Art Talks"; each month's list is followed by clippings, and, in one case, a catalogue for an exhibit of paintings by Emma Fordyce MacRae at the Roerich Museum (1930). These materials document the brief talks given at monthly meetings of The Contemporary of Newark, a cultural club. The scrapbook appears to have been compiled by...
Dates: 1929 - 1930

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

World War II-MacBrayne Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG WWII-MacBrayne-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a World War II scrapbook of photographs and documents compiled by Nan MacBrayne Eastmond; a few items relating to the donation of the MacBrayne scrapbook to the Newark Public Library; and unrelated documents concerning World War II servicemen Frank McTague of Newark and Joseph Basilone of Raritan, NJ. The McTague document is a power of attorney granted to his wife, Nina Hortense P. McTague, also of Newark (1944). Photocopied biographical and memorial material...
Dates: 1941 - 1945