Essex County (N.J.) -- History -- 20th Century

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1 archival box contains correspondence (1974-75), calendar (1989), photocopies of a manuscript titled as "Belleville Today," and a booklet titled as "Interesting Review of Belleville."

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5 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to the townships of Belleville and Nutley in Essex County, N.J. : v. 1 (12/1949-10/1950), v. 2 (10/1950-10/1951), v. 3 (10/1957-01/1959), v. 4 (12/1960-08/1962), and v. 5 (08/1962-12/1963).

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...

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These subject files of newspaper clippings have been prepared by NJ Room Staff.

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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.

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This small scrapbook contains articles about the 1907 Essex County Grand Jury.

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Photographs of the Essex County Overbrook Hospital, Essex County Penitentiary, Essex County roads and bridges, and Essex County Hospital for Contagious Diseases.

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Photos of Essex County Parks.

Scope and Contents These files created by the Office of County Executive under Peter Shapiro are organized in 27 Hollinger boxes and 2 Paige boxes : Box #1. Documents dated from 1980 ; Box #2. Files labeled as "Ethics Board (1979-81)," "Fleet Management (1979)," "Freeholders," "Essex Tercentenary (1983)," "Essex County College (1982)," "Police," "Grand Prix," "Jail Annex (1981)," "JINS (1981)," "Judiciary (1979)," "Juvenile Justice (1979-82)," "Jail (1982)," "Hospital Center,"...