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BOX 13 - N: Newark Downtown District - Newspapers

 Series — Box: 13
Identifier: MG NWK Misc. (Main)

Scope and Contents

BOX #13:

Newark Downtown District: Newark Downtown District: Folders of handouts

Newarks of the World: "Newarks of the World" (a booklet prepared by Public Information Office of the City of Newark, N.J., Mayor: Sharpe James), and "Other Communities Called Newark" (mimeographed material on history of Newark, SD; and postcard from the library of Newark, CA). A folder of correspondence, mostly with Douglas Eldridge, Aide to the Mayor of Newark; a list of "Newarks"; photocopies of historical material on various towns; and a pamphlet on Newark, CA, contact information for various Newarks (1987-1988); Newarks Of the World List and Trivia compiled by Brad Small, Newark Library

Newspapers – Luso Americano: Luso-Americano, Portuguese-American brochure 50th anniversary (1989); folder from Luso Americano (1996) with demographic information

Newspapers – Misc: Newspapers Newark Student, newspaper of the Newark Student Movement, Unit of American Student Movement, "under the leadership of the Central Organization of U.S. Marxist-Leninists" [Maoist] (Vol.1, no.1, Oct. 18, 1976; 2 copies, with NSU flyer); The Newark Patriot, Newspaper of Afro-Asian-Latin American Peoples Solidarity Forum [Maoist] (Vol. 2, no.1, Sept. 20, 1976); "Making Every Minute Count" (Star Ledger Newspaper Education Project")

Newspapers - Newark Ledger: Circulation Promotion Department Certificate and Envelope (1927)

Newspapers – Newark News: "The History of Newark News" (1950); : "A Memoir of The Newark News, 1883-1972," by Alan Branigan (typescript, 1985); North Jersey Local 173, American Newspaper Guild, flyers, "Support Labor's Fight against The Newark News," "Who Misses The News?" etc. (1971); "Newark's Fallen Giant: Euthanasia or Murder?" by Richard Reeves (Columbia Journalism Review, Nov./Dec. 1972); "The Rise and Fall of The Newark News: A Personal Retrospection" by Douglas Eldridge (typescript, 1984); "Newark Newspaper Repository: A Century of Record," a consultant's report by Pearce S. Grove (ca. 1985); PIC, Public Interest Committee Newsletter (1976); The Newark News Telephone Directory (Nov. 5, 1967); "Teach Yourself the Latest Dance Steps" published by Newark Evening News (1940); "Learn to Dance the Photo-Footprint Way" published by Newark Evening News (1941); Newark Evening News Telegraph for Credit Line Change (1941); Newark Evening News Blank Envelopes (c.1958, undated)

Newspapers – Newark Star / Neawrk Star Eagle / Newark Star Ledger: typescript of article by Charles Cummings on Gordon Bishop's "Gems of New Jersey" series for the Star-Ledger and accompanying exhibit at the Newark Public Library (with cover letter from CC, 1984); The Newark Evening Star, "A Book of Several Thousand Authentic English Proverbs".

Dates

  • 1784-2023

Extent

.417 Linear Feet (Hollinger Box)

Language of Materials

English