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

Collection

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection include documents from City Departments including the Board of Education, Mayor, Finance, Housing Authority, Central Planning Board, Water Department, and Health Department. Document types are mostly reports and publications but also include smaller documents like brochures occasionally.

These documents often contain statistics, names, reports,

Newer documents are born digital (see Digital Material below).

Dates

Majority of material found within 1880-2010
1858-2025

Biographical / Historical

NAMES:

Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services :

Department of Parks and Public Property (to c. 1953)

Bureau of Parks and Public Grounds, Public Works Department (c. 1954 - c. 1971)

Department of Recreation and Parks (c. 1971-1986)

Division of Recreation and Cultural Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services (1986-1994)

Division of Recreation and Cultural Affairs, Department of Neighborhood Services (1994-1998)

Division of Recreation and Cultural Affairs, Department of Neighborhood and Recreational Services (1998-2016)

Department of Recreation, Cultural Affairs, and Senior Services (from 2016)

SEE ALSO: Recreation Commission, Playground Commission

Health and Community Wellness:

Department of Health / Public Health (to c. 1953)

Department of Health and Welfare (including Division of Health, c. 1953 to 1986)

Department of Health and Human Services (1986-2007)

Department of Child and Family Wellbeing (2007-2014)

Department of Health and Community Wellness (from 2014)

Department of Economic and Housing Development

NAMES:

Department of Development (1986-1998)

CONTAINS:

Board of Adjustment

Central Planning Board

City Planning Division

Landmarks Commission

Zoning Board

The following department names have been unchanged since 1966:

Administration

Engineering

Finance

Law

Public Safety was established in 2016 and the Police and Fire Departments became part of this department.

Public Works was established in 2016.

Water and Sewer Utilities was established in 1994. The Division of Sewers and Water Supply was previously under Engineering.

Departments Abolished

General Services (1979-1994)

Land Use Control (1986-1994)