Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 18th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
C. G. Hine Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NJ Hine-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
Box #1: manuscripts titled as "Elizabeth-Morristown," "Middlebrook and Pluckemin," "North-Western New Jersey," "To Princeton and Trenton through New Brunswick and back through Kingston, Rocky Hill and Pluckemin, Washington Treck," "Northern New Jersey," and "George Washington's Itinery covering West of the Hudson River and New Jersey," and miscellaneous papers.Box #2: files including newspaper clippings, photographs, brochures, and brief manuscripts and labeled as "Bibliography,"...
Dates:
c. 1883-1929
CFCNJIC Archival Collections on Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: Microfilm cabinets
Scope and Contents
Black Power Movement Part 1 - includes Amiri Baraka (9 reels) See index in External Documents.
Churchman Funeral Home Records, 1902-1934 (2 reels) See Newark Archives Project in External Documents for more information on this collection. From NJHS Collection. Plus index to volume 2 in Oversized Books collection under title "Churchman". City of Newark Engineering Drawings (6...
Dates:
1723 - 1997
Jack Cudjo file from Miriam Studley
Digital Work
Identifier: From MG Cunningham
Miscellaneous items (T-Z) relating to Newark (N.J.), 1784 - 2000
Collection — Box 15
Identifier: MG NWK Misc. (Main)
Scope and Contents
Box 15:
Taxation: 19th century tax records (receipts, bills, etc.); List of tax ratables (1781); Real estate tax receipts (1928-1933); tax receipt and arrears of AP Baldwin (of Joseph Baldwin & Company, 1895-1896); Teachers: George Brinkerhoff ("Depression: cause and remedy" (mimeograph, 8p); Margaret Coult (Booklet, 1931), "William E. Bissell, 1856-1899" (booklet, 1899); Wayland Stearns (Memorial fund program, 1938); NTU (Newark Teacher's Union) 2010 Letter on...
Dates:
1784 - 2000
New Jersey Land Conveyances Records
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG NJ Land Conv-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
This collection consist of 63 folders, each of which contains a document, or occasionally documents, related to land conveyances, including boundary line settlements, quit claim indentures and releases, bonds, etc. The folders are arranged chronologically.The bulk of the material relates to property transactions that occurred in Essex County; Newark related material includes, but is not limited to:An indenture for the sale of property in Newark from David Ward to...
Dates:
1761 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1761 - 1899
Newark Printing and Publishing Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Print -(Fileroom)
Abstract
The collection consists of a selection of materials published in New Jersey, many of them by small or short-lived publishing enterprises. The contents include periodicals, pamphlets, catalogues, advertisements, and small books.
Dates:
1798; 1913 - 1971
Newark Public Library Maps Collection
Collection
Identifier: Card file
Scope and Contents
The Newark Public Library has many historical Newark Maps. The majority of Newark large flat maps have been digitized.The library also has many historical maps of New Jersey which are searchable via card file in the New Jersey room (Basement).The library also has a collection of folded and street maps, viewable in the NJ Room (Map Dreawer, 500 Broad).The library also has a collection of NJ atlases (Wooden cabinet, and 500 Broad).Newark atlases...
Dates:
Representing the town in 1666 - 2000s (actual documents no older than 19th century)
Sydenham House Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Sydenham
Abstract
Photo albums and photographs of the Sydenham House, along with a small group of clippings and notes.
Dates:
1955 - 1979
Tomkins Notebook
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Tomkins-(Fileroom)
Abstract
This notebook, author unidentified, contains notes on the genealogy of the Tomkins family, some of the first Newark settlers.
Dates:
c. 1880s-1910s