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Essex County Documents, bulk 1880-2010

 Collection

Scope and Contents

This open collection consists of documents issued by various bodies related to the government of Essex County. The files are arranged alphabetically by the name of the issuing bodies, including but not limited to the following: the County Board of Freeholders, the County Board of Education, the Election Board, the Welfare Board, the Medical Milk Committee, and committees or other bodies concerned with Parks, the County Penitentiary, and the Youth House.

Searchable by card file.

BASEMENT SHELF INCLUDES DOCS FROM THE FOLLOWING DEPTS:

Essex County Division on Aging, Aging Office, Board of Education Employees Pension Fund, Building Commission, Clerk, Committee on Education, Elections Board, Employees Retirement System , Essex County College SEE ALSO MG ECC, Dept of Economic Development, Training and Environment, Engineer, Executives Office SEE ALSO MG Shapiro and MG Essex Co., Finance, Board of Freeholders, Institutions: Overbrook Hospital, Isolation Hospital, Sanitorium, Juvinielle and Domestic Relations Court, Juvenille Clinic, Medical Examiner, Medical Milk Commission, Mosquito Extermination Commission, Office of Comptroller, Office of Public Information, Parks Commission SEE ALSO Parks News and MG Misc P and Microfilm files for Parks Commission, Parks Centennial Corp, Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs, Penitentiary Committee, Planning Department, Probation Department, Prosecuter's Office, Public Road Board, Public Welfare Commission, Register, Schools Superintendent, Sheriff, Social Service Bureau - Member of the Welfare Federation of Newark (2 Hollinger Boxes SEE ALSO Newark Q), Supervisor, Taxations Board, Treasurer and Sinking Fund Commission, Vocational Schools, Weights and Measures, Welfare Board, Youth House

FILE DRAWER:

Board of Education Employees Pension Fund: Financial Reports 1936 and 1941

Building Commission: "The Essex County Court House", "Programme of a Competition for the Selection of an Architect for the Cout House"

Committee on Education: White House Conference on Children and Youth 1959

County Clerk: 1990s-early 2000s Guides and Directories

County Engineer: Annual reports (2 folders) large and fragile 1930s and 1940s

Elections Board: Instructions to Members 1936, Information on Permanent Registration (undated), sample ballot Nov 2, 1937

Employees Retirement System: Submitted reports 1940s

Essex County Exec: fliers, brochures, early 2000s

Essex County Freeholders (FRAGILE): Reports Essex County Roads, Plant Road Bridge, Bridge Street Bridge, County Government in Essex, Specifications for Overlook, A Look Back 1982 Calendar, Specifications for Hackensack River Bridge, Specifications for Highway Bridge over Passaic, 1906 Rules, 1979 and 1981 Directory, Report of Special Committee on Lunatic Asylum; Catalog of Courthouse Library, Installation Ceremony 1978, 1962 rules, A Master Plan for the Essex County Highway System (1947), Officials Listing 1994, Letter 1996, Act of Powers and Duties 1874, law manual 1881

Finance: "General Info Concerning Sale of Bonds Bids to Be Received April 11, 1963"

Juvenielle and Domestic Relations Court: "An Analysis of the Juvenielle Conference Committees (1962), Court Dispositions 1935, opinion of court West Orange Schools, annual report 1936, statistics for 1936 (1937), "A Family Conservator" (1932)

Juvenile Clinic: 1943 Annual report

Medical Milk Commission: scattered reports 1907-1917

Parks Commission:

SEE ALSO: We have full run of Essex Parks Annual Reports in microfilm next to Scrapbooks.

"Possibilities for a Cherry Blossom Festival in April 1955", Minutes 1979, "Commemorating Benches" (Branch Brook Park), Act of Legislature to Organize (1899), Report of Commissioners (1894), Retrospective Report 1976-1977, A Sketch by Alonzo Church, Eagle Rock Memorial Brochure, Centennial Celebration (1994-1995), Experience the Arts (2007), misc fliers and brochures (early 2000s including Branch Brook Park Alliance), "The Land the People the Future", "Your Essex County Parks", Essex County Parks and Rec Advisory Council, 1981 Friends of Branch Brook Park, 1921 Ordinance, 1915 Report on Parkway, Report of Olmsted Brothers on Proposed Parkway System, very fragile envelope possibly Branch Brook plans DAMAGED; Newsletter Fall 2012 (Cultural Affairs)

Penitentiary (Essex County Jail): Scattered annual reports 1913-1939

Planning and Economic Development: Newsletters, "Outlook" Oct and Nov 1981, "Recycling and Resource Recovery Report" (Sept 1981)

Public Welfare Committee: Outline and history of work, Citizen Cooperation (1915), 1913 annual report, brochures, 1913 statement, Record 1911-1915, Infant Mortality Report 1912

Register: Report 2017

Sheriff: "Teamwork Can Prevent Drug Abuse", 1936-1937 Report

Superintendent: Directories of Public Schools 1920s-1960s, Essex County Educational Services Commission 1981-1982, School Enrollments 1972

Taxation Board: Ratables etc. scattered c. 1930s-1997

Vocational Schools: Annual reports scattered 1930s-1950s, misc bulletins and brochures including WWII and Women, employment guidance including occupational trends and service agencies, school plan 1980

Welfare Board: 25th anniversary report, annual reports 1944 and 1946, misc mostly talks by Philip K Lazaro 1960s-1971, caseload 1957

Youth House: board description 1972

Dates

  • bulk 1880-2010

Extent

38 Linear Feet (1 file drawer, 12 shelves)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

In basement, small amount remaining items in Documents drawers.

Repository Details

Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository

Contact:
3rd Floor
Newark Public Library
5 Washington St.
Newark NJ 07102 United States
973-733-7775