Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 267 Collections and/or Records:
Newark Blueprints Collection
Collection — Case Blueprints Case 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Blueprints-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Newark blueprints. The majority are library blueprints.An incomplete list of blueprints includes: A plan of a Collonade apartment by Mies Van Der Rohe "Hahnes Griffiths Buildings - Cogswell Realty Group" "Feigenspan Mansion Plans" "Residence for Mr. Wallace M. Scudder" "Proposed Museum Mall" "Essex County College Megastructure" "Map of Mount Pleasant Cemetery" "Housing Types" "Housing Types" "Plan of Mr. James Blake's House - No. 88 North 6th Street"...
Dates:
1850 - 2000
Newark Board of Education scrapbooks
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk BOE-(Main)
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...
Dates:
1910 - 1934
Newark Broadsides Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NWK Broadsides -(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three boxes of broadsides, two of which, Box 1 (ca. 1950s-1981), and Box 2 (1982-1987), relate to Newark. Box 3 contains 1970s-1987 NJ, Box 4 Newark & NJ (1988-1995), Box 5 Newark & NJ (1996-1997), Box 6 Newark & NJ (1998-2000), Box 7 (2001-2004), relate to Newark, Box 8 (2005 to Present, undated), relate to Newark & NJ. The documents consist primarily of flyers and notices, interspersed with occasional press releases or statements. The...
Dates:
1974 - 2021
Newark Broadsides Collection
Digital Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Broadsides (Main)
Dates:
1967 - 1987
Newark Bumper Stickers Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Bumper Stickers-(Main)
Scope and Contents
This is a miscellaneous collection of bumper stickers. They include political candidates, protest messages (including environmental), messages of city pride, and more. Stickers of note for Newark include the 1970s "Love Newark" Campaign, "Save Kea's Ark" and Kenneth Gibson.
Dates:
c. 1970s-1990s
Newark Business Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Business-(Main)
Scope and Contents
This collection contains miscellaneous Newark Business materials ranging from the nineteenth century to present day.
Dates:
1855 - 2020
Newark Business Scrapbook
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Business Scrapbook-(Main)
Abstract
This scrapbook contains postcards of Newark paired with ads for local businesses and other entities.
Dates:
1919
Newark Buttons and Badges Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Buttons-(Offsite)
Abstract
This collection contains pinback buttons, badges, ribbons, and other small realia on Newark and NJ.
Dates:
c. 1910-2002
Newark Calendars Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Calendars-(Main)
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of calendars with New Jersey connections. Some are multi-page, illustrated examples; others are simple one-page advertising or souvenir calendars. A number of calendars in the collection have some Newark content or associations. Box 1: Newark Board of Education (1989-1990); Congressman Donald Payne (1989); "A Look Back Honoring the Tercentenary Celebration of Essex County, New Jersey" (1982); PSE&G "1984/1985 Program Planning...
Dates:
1962 - 1993
Newark Cemeteries Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Cemeteries-(Main)
Scope and Contents
This small collection consists of miscellaneous material relating to Newark cemeteries. Contents are as follows:Folder 1, Notes on Potters Field: contains a 14-page manuscript entitled, "A Place to Bury Strangers in; Newark's City Cemetery from Its beginning up to 1936," by Everett W. Otto. Accompanying the manuscript are a photocopy of a sketch of the "Old Garabrant Mansion in Waverly"; a photocopy of an article regarding the Garabrant house (Aug 31, 1887); 3 maps noting the...
Dates:
1936 - 2002