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Miscellaneous items (N) relating to Newark (N.J.), 1875-2019

 Collection — Box: 9
Identifier: MG NWK Misc. (Main)

Scope and Contents

The Newark-Miscellaneous collections include pamphlets, printed ephemera, and occasional manuscript items, relating to the City of Newark, arranged alphabetically by general topic.

Box #9:

Newark Downtown District: Newark Downtown District: Folders of handouts

Newark Misc.: "Presentation to the Citizen of Newark of the All-American City Award for 1954" (February 15, 1955, Council Chambers, City Hall, Newark, New Jersey, pamphlet), Newark's Emerging Developments brochure (2011); "Newark the Land and the Vision" pamphlet (Cummings, Greensward Foundation, 1997?); "Newark We Need a Renaissance for the Rest of Us" (Newark Empowerment Team, c. 2002); "Facts About Newark" page (c. 1977-1978); William Jennings Bryan, invitation and button/badge for Newark reception in his honor (1906); How English Towns are Managed [comparison between English towns with Newark and Jersey City] (1906); Spring Cleanup Flier from Dept of Sanitation c. 1980s.; Newark Library list of famous Newarkers

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 newspaper, brochure and souvenir letter opener, 50th anniversary (1989); folder from Luso Americano (1996) with demographic info

Newspapers – Misc: Industrial Exhibition Bulletin, newspaper of the Newark Industrial Exhibition (October 20, 1875 and October 22, 1875; extremely fragile - consult staff for access); 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 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); 1 page "Rosebud" published Newark NJ (May 16, 1840); "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).

Newspapers – Star / Star Eagle / 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); Newark Star-Eagle souvenir buttons; ); The Newark Evening Star, "A Book of Several Thousand Authentic English Proverbs".

Dates

  • 1875-2019

Extent

.42 Linear Feet (1 Hollinger box)

Language of Materials

English