Series I: Newark City Documents, bulk: bulk 1880-2010, 1858-2025

Collection

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection include documents from city departments. Document types are mostly reports and publications but also include smaller documents like brochures occasionally. The list below contains the files in this collection associated with each department or office in Newark's government:

Department of Administration

Department of Administration

Central Purchases

Personnel

Press Information Office

Office of the City Clerk

City Clerk

Department of Economic and Housing Development

Board of Adjustment

Central Planning Board

City Planning Division

City Plan Commission

Economic Development (Housing and Economic Development)

Land Use Control

Landmarks Commission

Real Estate Commission

Zoning Board

Engineering

Electrical Bureau

Engineering

Division of Traffic and Signals

Finance

Auditor of Accounts

Comptroller

Employees Retirement System

Revenue and Finance

Health and Human Services

Health

Health and Welfare

Homless Services

Public Welfare

Weights and Measures

Law

Insurance Fund Commission

Law

Office of the Mayor and Agencies

Office of Affirmative Action

Citizens Advisory Finance Committee

Fair Employment Practices Committee

Human Rights / Group Relations

License Division

Mayor of the City of Newark [subseries]

Office of Film and Television

Parking Authority

Public Safety

Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Fire Dept / Division

Police Department and related

Public Safety

Public Works

Municipal Sanitation

Sanitation

Shade Tree Division

Public Works

Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services

Baths and Pools Bureau

Neighborhood and Recreational Services

Parks and Public Property

Playground Commission

Recreation and Parks

Recreation Commission

Recreation and Cultural Affairs

Department of Water and Sewer Utilies

Street and Water Commission / Sewer and Water/ Water and Sewer Utilities / Street and Public Improvements / Div of Water Supply

These documents often contain statistics, names, reports. Newer documents are born digital. The largest sections of Board of Education and Mayor's Office have been made subseries.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1880-2010
1858-2025

Biographical / Historical

The current Newark City Government is divided into departments, two offices, and various other agencies.

The departments included currently in the City Government are the Department of Administration, Department of Economic and Housing Development (formerly Department of Development, from 1986-1998), Department of Engineering, Department of Finance, Department of Health and Community Wellness, Department of Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services, Department of Law, Department of Public Safety, Department of Public Works, and Department of Water and Sewer Utilities.

In 1953, the municipal government changed from a board of commissioners system to a municipal council and many departments were reorganized. Again in 1986 and 2016 there were major reorganizations of the government departments.

Parks and recreation was one department that changed names and locations frequently. The term "Parks and Public Property" was used until 1953, when the government was reorganized the Bureau of Parks and Grounds was created in the Department of Public Works. The "Recreation and Parks" department existed by 1972. In 1986, the Health and Human Services Department was created to encompass the previouis Recreation and Parks Dept, as well as Health and Welfare. At this point, the newly formed division was called "Recreation and Cultural Affairs". In 1994, the Department of Neighborhood Services was established with a "Division of Recreation and Cultural Affairs" and a "Division of Parks, Grounds and Shade Trees". In 1998, the department was renamed Department of Neighborhood and Recreational Services. In 2016, Ordinance 6PSF-F created the "Department of Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services", and the "Division of Parks, Grounds and Shade Trees" was moved to Public Works.

The Department of Health or Public Health existed under that name until 1953, when the Department of Health and Welfare was established, containing a Division of Health. In 1986, the Department of Health and Human Services was created including a Division of Welfare and a Division of Community Health. It also included a division of Recreational and Cultural Affairs, but that was moved out of the Department in 1994. In 2007, the Department was renamed the Department of Child and Family Wellbeing. In 2014, the Department was renamed the Department of Health and Community Wellness.

Water and Sewer was previously within the Engineering Department and became its own department in 1994. Public Safety and Public Works were established in 2016. Previous departments included General Services (1979-1994) and Land Use Control (1986-1994).

There are two offices - the Office of the Mayor and Agencies and the Office of the City Clerk.