Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 267 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous items (I-J) relating to Newark (N.J.), 1868 - 2005
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NWK Misc. (Main)
Scope and Contents
Box #6:Income: contains a study by Harry B. Weiss of the Newark Housing Authority regarding income limits for affordable housing (ca. 1938) NOTE: See a related study by Weiss in MG Nwk Misc. H, under Housing - Survey of Negro Housing. Industry:Industry – Breweries: A folder of material related to the brewery P. Ballantine and Sons, including a booklet on the brewing industry in the United States and "Remarks on the inspection of the brewery," both by...
Dates:
1868 - 2005
Miscellaneous items (K-M) relating to Newark (N.J.), 1822-2009
Collection — Box 8
Identifier: MG NWK Misc. (Main)
Scope and Contents
Box #8:
Labor: Census report on Newark Labor Force, 1946; Department of Labor "New BLS Report on Newark Describes Income Labor and Unemployment in 100 Local Neighborhoods" (1963, press release) and report "Income Education and Unemployment in Nieghborhoods"Lawyers: Henry Barkhorn (Marriages solemnized, record book (1855-1870), Daybook (1867-1870), Bank books (1857 & 1867), Misc. legal documents; Samuel J. MacDonald (copy of obituary, 1947); Lawrence I. Lerner,...
Dates:
1822-2009
Miscellaneous items (N) relating to Newark (N.J.), 1875-2019
Collection — Box 9
Identifier: MG NWK Misc. (Main)
Scope and Contents
The Newark-Miscellaneous collections include pamphlets, printed ephemera, and occasional manuscript items, relating to the City of Newark, arranged alphabetically by general topic.Box #9: Newark Downtown District: Newark Downtown District: Folders of handoutsNewark Misc.: "Presentation to the Citizen of Newark of the All-American City Award for 1954" (February 15, 1955, Council Chambers, City Hall, Newark, New Jersey, pamphlet), Newark's Emerging...
Dates:
1875-2019
Miscellaneous items (P) relating to Newark (N.J.), 1826 - 2012
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NWK Misc. (Main)
Scope and Contents
The Newark-Miscellaneous collections include pamphlets, printed ephemera, and occasional manuscript items, relating to the City of Newark, arranged alphabetically by general topic. Box #10: Parks (2 folders): Lincoln Park material includes a copy of the application for classification as a Historic District; a brief history of the park; and a list and map of owners of houses surrounding the park (1978-1980s); Washington Park material includes a draft history of the area...
Dates:
1826 - 2012
Miscellaneous items (R) relating to Newark (N.J.), 1829 - 2017
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NWK Misc. (Main)
Scope and Contents
Box #12Radio:"Newark Sunday Call...1930 Radio Guide"WAAT: WAAT Newark Program Souvenir Card with photo of Perry Como (undated); Souvenir photo of WAAT J.W. Greene's 5:30 Request Club, Paul Brenner and Sammy Kaye, (c. 1939). WBGO: WBGO (Program Guide, April 1979-June 1982; "When Newark was younger" (1950); "WBGO Radio Series to Highlight Newark Collaboration Group Efforts"; WBGO Scripts #1-5: "Paradise for...
Dates:
1829 - 2017
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
Mount Pleasant Cemetery Interment records
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Mt. Pleasant -(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of printouts from a database compiled by Scott Willman, divided into three binders: A-F, G-M, and N-Z. Entries are arranged alphabetically by name, and each entry contains the following: name, interment number, date of interment, Lot number, and Section number.
The Library also holds 3 disks labeled as Interment Records A-F, G-M, and N-Z, from which the printouts were made.
Dates:
1844 - c. 2000
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG MBLI-(Offsite)
Scope and Contents
The collection is stored in 4 file cabinets and 3 boxes. Newark-related contents are as follows: File Cabinet 1, Drawer 1: company brochures and pamphlets; clippings and other material on anniversaries and company buildings; biographical files; exhibit material, including many photographs; and videotapes of speeches by Robert Van FossanFile Cabinet 1, Drawer 2: material on new building at 520 Broad St., including correspondence on opening ceremonies; biographical...
Dates:
1845 - 2001
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Records
Collection
Identifier: MG MBLI Records-(Offsite)
Scope and Contents
This portion of the MBLI collection is comprised of 160 bound volumes of records. The records date to the founding of the company, and increasingly reflect the nationwide scope of the business. In many cases the place of residence of policy-holders is not noted. The content of the volumes is as follows: 4 Dead Annuity Registers (1951-1980), 6 books of policy forms (1845-1936), 2 cashbooks (1845-1852), 2 Policy Ledgers (1889-1890), 1 Agents Ledger (1845-1847), 4 Insurance Tables (1887-1893),...
Dates:
1845 - 2001
Nancy Zak and Arnold Cohen Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Zak-Cohen
Abstract
This collection consists of material from Arnold Cohen and Nancy Zak's careers in community organizing including the Ironbound Airplane Noise Committee, newsletters, photographs, and emphemera. Though there is some overlap this personal material is separate from the Ironbound Community Corporation Collection, part of which exists at Van Buren Branch and the rest of which is set to be archived in 2022.
Dates:
c. mid-1970s to 2000s