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BOX 16 - P: Physicians - Publications

 Series — Box: 16

Scope and Contents

BOX #16:

Physicians: transcript of an interview with Samuel Berg, M.D., with Berg's reminiscences of Roseville (1950s); and two drafts of a manuscript regarding Maria Haring, M.D., who practiced medicine in Newark in the 1870s; genealogical information and articles regarding Henry L. Coit, M.D., an obituary, and the handwritten memorial service address (1854-1917); newspaper clippings, a photograph, and a biographical sketch relating to E. Mae McCarroll, M.D. (1898-1990), first African-American doctor on the staff of Newark's City Hospital (1946-1988)

Poetry: contains poetry collections, including "The Newark Review" (1983) and "Twenty More with Thought and Feeling," by E. Alma Flagg; and manuscripts of poems, many of which were published in the Newark Sunday Call: " Newark Settlers' Thanksgiving Hymn" by F. J. Urquhart (1909), "The Hiker Monument" (1914), "A Song for Newark," and "Military Park," from the City Anniversary Contest (1916), a ballad read at Barringer High School during the unveiling of the memorial tablet (1916), "Newark Bay," by H. G. Dwight" (1916), "The Test of Faith" by Walter Prichard Eaton (1919), "The Sexton's Dream" (1923) by J. F. Fulsom, and "Statues in the Park" by F. Higgins (1980). Misc. fliers Dodge Poetry Festival 2014.

Pollution: Cleaning Up Newark: Rebuilding for the 21st Century (Program, Seton Hall Law School Symposium, 1998)

Population: contains "The First Jubilee of American Independence..." with plans for an Independence Day celebration, a description of the laying of a foundation stone for a monument, and the order of the various tradesmen in the procession; copies of addresses by William S. Pennington and William Halsey; a census of Newark conducted by Isaac Nichols, assessor, enumerating inhabitants by gender, race, age, free or enslaved, and profession, factories by industry, and churches by denomination; a "Description of the Temple of Confederation," and "Semi-Centurial Monument" to be built in Newark; and a plan for and description of a "Tribute to Adams and Jefferson," with an address by Philip C. Hay (Newark: Lyon and Company, 1826) Population 2: "Newark Population by Races and Wards," from the U.S. Census (1940); "Newark Census Now 437,833" (1950); and "Population Trends in Newark," Planning Information Report (1961); contains census data and charts of Newark population by race, ward, and tract (1940, 1950, and 1960); an analysis of the census data published by the Central Planning Board (1964);

Port Newark: Newspaper article regarding the findings of the 1950 census in Newark Port Newark: contains large-format real estate brochures, with maps, descriptions, and images of former government property at the Newark Port for sale at public auction (1920s-1931); and a list of records of shipwreck reports, licenses of vessels, custom house records, etc., compiled by Barbara Lipton (1974), Bookmark, "Port Newark Terminal your best highway to and from the world of rich markets leads through the new port of Newark, N.J."

Public Assistance: contains a copy of "Relief in Newark, 1929-1933," by Warren Grover (M.A. thesis, New York University (1962), "Your Welfare Rights" Scholarship Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality (1967)

Public Safety: contains a dog tag (1934)

Public Utilities: contains "The Works of the East Jersey Water Company for the Supply of Newark," by Clemens Herschel (1893); a program for the ground-breaking ceremony for the Public Service Electric and Gas Company (1978); and Citizens' Gas Light Company bills and advertisements (1892), "The New Public Service Terminal" (1914)

Items stored in Nwk Misc. Ovsz Box 2: Publications: Town Talk Vol. III No. 62 (1891)

Dates

  • 1784-2023

Extent

.417 Linear Feet (Hollinger Box)

Language of Materials

English