Biographical Sketches Posthumous Recognition

This subseries consists of biographical information, mostly on Newark and New Jersey residents, including many members of the African-American community. Material types include obituaries, publications, pamphlets, papers and clippings. Obituaries and funeral programs were moved from this subseries only if a name file existed on the person elsewhere in the collection (i.e. for William Ashby see Series 2, for Alma Flagg see series 3). Material is filed alphabetically by type of material or subject. Of note, is the extensive collection of funeral programs and obituaries for African-American residents of Newark.

Funeral program (* MAY ALSO BE a Funeral card or newspaper obit) names: George Alford 2000, Brianna Allen 1997, Gerri Allen 2017, James Aloupis 2006, Gladys Anderson 2007, Beatrice Anderson 2007, Raymond Andrews 1994, Esther Azure 2004, Alma Baeza 2011, Marie Bagby 2003, Marion Banks 2004, Amiri Baraka 2014, David Barker 1994, Beverly Barker 2008, Bernice Bass 2000, Julia Bates 2003, Talley Beatty 1996, Hajjah Daphne Bennard 2015, Brook Benton 1988, Anita Bland 2014, Gretta Louise Blanton 2011, Irvin Booker 2005, Doryce Bradley 1996, George Branch 2009, Carl Brinson 2015, Hadda Brooks 2002, Gertrude Brown 1991, Vernestine Bullock 2007, Mary Burch 2001 (SEE ALSO: Box 6 Folder 2), Eleta Caldwall 2017, Ora Caldwelll 2015, Joyce Carter 2011, Mary Ann Carter 2004, Juanita Carter 2004, Benny Carter 2003, Doris Champion-Pitts 1992, Doc Cheatham 1997, Ronald Christian 2015, James Churchman 2014, Ada Harris Cole 2016, Rueben Cole 1975, Russell Coleman 1999, Anetta Coles 2005, Ellie Cooper 2009, Johnny Copeland 1997, Violet Cornelison 1994, Angelo Cortinas 1999, Bernice Cross 2011, Anna May Crumidy 2013, Charles Cummings 2008, Billy Daniels 1988, Theresa David 2004, Kandice Dickinson 2000, Hattie Dillahunt 2008, George Dittes 2004, Mary Elizabeth Dorsey 1991, Ann Drinkard-Moss n.d., Jamal Duke 2005, Thomas Eason 1993, Louise Epperson 2002, Millicent Fenwick 1992, Emma Fields 1989, Gail Fisher 2001, Alma Flagg 2018, Leslie Ford 2015, Gertrude Foushee 1997, Walter Fuller 1994, Wyman Garrett 2018, Althea Gibson 2003, Bertha Gibson 1994, Muriel Gibson 1983, Althea Gibson 2003, Daniel Gibson 2000, Thelma Gillis 2003, Larry Goldston 2011, Dorothy Gould 2015, Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant 2018, Jerome Greco 1999, Jerome Greco 1999, Chuck Green 1997, Grace Gregory 2007, Carl Gregory 2009, Grace Gregory 2007, Thomas Guy 2002, Beatrice Hall n.d., Lawrence H. Hall 2004, Flora Hamlett 2014, Earl Harris 1988, Mildred Helms 2002, Jeanne Heningburg 1990, Verner Henry 2013, Eddie Heywood 1989, Gladys Hillman Jones 1998, Wilnora Holman 1994, Rayshon Holmes 2003, Arthur Hooper 1998, Willie Belle Hooper 1999, Calvin Hughes 2006, Phyllis Hyman 1995, Nora Iroka 2007, Herb Jaffe 1995, Irene James 2006, Maxine James 2009, Norman Jeffries 2006, Wilbert Jeter 2000, C.B. Douglas Johnson 1999, Benjamin Johnson 1992, Charles W. Johnson 2011, Nora Johnson 2008, Evelyn M. Johnson 2011, Bernice Johnson 2001, Walter E. Johnson 2002, Earl L. Johnson 2002, Gail Y. Johnson 2015, Milton Jones 1999, Arthur Jones 1992, Milton Jones 1999, Anna Jones 1987, Delores Jones-Hicks 1996, Alyce Jones-Simmons 2002, Barney Josephon 1988, Thomy Joyner 2014, Dorothy King 2009, Breya Knight 2016, Andrienne Knox 2003, Dorothy Kyle 2018, Joyce Lambe 2018, Dorothy Latta 2014, Zebedee Lawton 2000, William Lee 2008, Lucye Bell Harrington Lee 2000, Dorothea Lee 2007, Jeroline Lee 2002, Henry Lewis 1996, William Linder 2018, Clara Little 2009, Eddiemae Livingston 2016, Alma Love 2004, Chequita Lumzy-Wiggins 2009, Helen Mack 2018, Jesse Wendell Mapson 2007, Charles Matthews 1968, Eloise McDaniel 2003, Bessie McDonald 2004, Butterfly McQueen 1995, Carmen McRae 1994, James Melvin 1995, Harold Mitchell 1998, James Moody 2010, Bessie Morize 2001, Annie Moore 2015, Bessie Morize 2001, John Moses 2006, Stanley Myers 2016, John Nickas 2008, Robert Nixon 2005, Red Norvo 1999, Timothy O'Brien 2005, John P. O'Rourke 1998, Walter O'Toole 1989, Marguerite Page 2009, Patricia Palmeri 2012, Thomas Parks 2003, James Parrott 1997, Terry Patrick 1995, Deloris Patterson 2000, Leonard de Paur 1998, Tony Peele 2004, Harold Van Pelt 2016, David Peniston 2009, Gwendolyn Perkins 2000, William H. Pitts 1990, Eloise Pitts-McDaniel 2003, Constance Pitts-Speed 1996, Nathaniel Potts 2016, Charles Powell 1994, Robert C. Queen 1996, Ernest Ransom 1994, Diana Reddick 2011, Dwayne Reeves 2005, Larence Curtis Roberts 2008, Betty Roche 1999, Rose Rollins 1989, Elena Scambio 2008, Beverly Scott 2011, Eugene Seals 2008, Woody Shaw 1989, (John) Henry Shorter 1989, Alyce Simmons 2002, Norman Simpson 2009, William G. Simpson 2007, Lucy Elliott Sims 1987, Shisizwe Sithebe 2007, Jabbo Smith 1991, Florence Braxton Smith 1998, VonCecile Smith 2013, John Franklin Smith 2000, J. Harry Smith 2001, James Snead 2003, Grace Spellman 1997, Larrie West Stalks 2015, Stephen F. Stalks 2011, Frederick Stalks 2002, Jerry Joe Stebbins 2011, Edna Sturm 1987, Maxine Sullivan 2015, Tally Talbot 1996, Hortense Tate 2003, Katherine Kitty Taylor 2008, Willis Taylor 2004, Millard Terrell 1986, Philip Thigpen 2013, Grace Smith Thomas 1989, Charles E. Thomas 2005, Curtis Everett Thomas 2005, Joe Thomas 2017, Joseph Thomasberger 2018, Steven Anthony Tillman 1993, Aneatha Todd 1998, Charles Tolson 1990, Helen Townes 2012, Victor Turman 1989, Edward Verner 2008, Alma Waldon 2013, Harry Webber 1991, Elisabeth Welch 2003, Audrey West 2003, Janet White 2004, Leonard Wilkinson 2006, Frederick Isaac Williams 1990, Catherine Eleanor Williams 2009, Harold Chink Wing 1993, Stanley Winters 2011, Mary Grace Woodley 2004, Sam Woodyard 1988, Arem Irene Yearwood 1995, Geneva Turman Yuill 2004