Education -- New Jersey -- Newark

Abstract

This collection consists of documents collected by Dr. Flagg related to her work as an educator, and includes publications of the Newark Board of Education, and the New Jersey State Department of Education. The documents include curriculum materials and handbooks, annual and monthly reports, surveys and meeting minutes, as well as agendas, correspondence and mixed publications relating to Dr. Flagg’s other interests, including African-American history.

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,...

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...

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The collection consists of administrative records, minutes, and correspondence of the Essex County Adult Education Council, which had offices in the Newark Public Library. The Council's Secretary was Ed A. Wright.

Scope and Contents Box #1. Class guide (1970), Student handbook (1960-70), Literary magazine "Shapes of Things" (1970-1971), Inauguration of J. Harry Smith (invitation, 1971), Student regulations (1972), Room directory (1972), "Facts About Essex County College" (1973), "Agreement by and between ECC Board of Trustees and the Office Workers Association of ECC (1975), Campus map & floor plan, George D. Harris (inauguration invitation, 1978), Educational Opportunity Fund Day 10th Anniversary Celebration...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of biographical data, a hand-written draft of a memoir covering the years 1931 to 1965, professional and personal correspondence (1936-2000), an issue of the South Side High School newsletter "Hilltop Recorder" (October 31, 1951), Mayor Carlin's proclamation of Fred Landolphi Day and other material on FL's selection as "Principal of the Year" (1960), a photograph of a high school basketball team (undated), two hand-illuminated tributes to FL from his fellow teachers...

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...

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6 large (22 1/2x19") and 1 small (7x10 1/2") photograph albums contain class photos with students' names, dated from 1886 to 1968, Newark City Hospital School of Nursing: v.1. 1886-1907; v.2. 1906-1919; v.3. 1919-1928; v.4. 1929-1938; v.5. 1939-1952; v.6. 1953-1968. A minute book (1897-1909) is included.