“Portugal to Newark” -- clippings [1956-2003], 2003

The majority of the material in this series is related to exhibits with which Cummings was involved, but the series also contains material from exhibits that pre-dated Cummings’ tenure at NPL, and exhibits that were created by other staff members of NPL, including William Dane. Dan Schnur was responsible for the installation of many of the exhibits in this series.

The bulk of this series consists of labels and narratives for exhibits. Also in this series are notes and research materials, clippings, and press releases; exhibit catalogues and other printed materials; and a few photographs. Individual items in the series that may have been exhibited include: “Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine,” Premier Issue (NJ Literary Hall of Fame exhibit, 1997); and in over-size box 41: six large pencil portraits of [New Jersey writers?] by William “Bil” Canfield, who worked at the Newark News, and later the Newark Star-Ledger as a cartoonist and staff artist; sheet music, with covers, for two songs related to the 250th anniversary of Newark’s founding: “Come to Newark and Have a Jubilee,” and Take Me Back to Dear Old Newark,” both 1916; photographs and sketches of Mary Higgins Clark (as a child), John Cunningham (a snapshot as a young reporter), and Belva Plain.

The material is arranged chronologically by exhibit.