Hilltop Property – Master Plan Study , 1999
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection relates to the Save the Mountain organization which Landsberger founded in 1981.
Save the Mountain was established by local citizens to fight to save Kips Castle on First Mountain in Verona
and Montclair, NJ. Initially, they were unsuccessful in convincing county or municipality to obtain the property
for public use. As Essex County moved to sell its former institutions (Overbrook Hospital, Essex Mountain
Sanatorium, and... the Jail Annex) in Cedar Grove, Verona, and North Caldwell, the group’s focus turned to the
Hilltop property on Second Mountain. Included in the collection are minutes, correspondence, notes,
membership lists, clippings and press releases, flyers, and reports.
In support of the efforts to preserve some of the last open space in Essex County, as well as touching on some
of his other eclectic interests, Landsberger wrote a column published in several local newspapers called
“Hilltop Views”. And once a portion of the Hilltop was saved as parkland, he and others created the Hilltop
Conservancy. Some related materials are included in the collection.
Born in Prague in 1920, Landsberger immigrated to the United States in 1939. In 1946, he and his wife Anny
founded Bel-Art Products a global manufacturer of laboratory equipment. The collection includes one box of
materials unrelated to Save the Mountain.
Dates
- 1999
Extent
From the Collection: 1.7 Linear Feet (4 Hollinger boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Landsberger, Kurt (Person)
Repository Details
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