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BOX 5 - C: Canals - Coast

 File — Box: 5

Scope and Contents

Box #5:

Canals: "The Electrification of the Morris Canal" by Ford Kurtz (1911); Correspondence related to the Morris Canal (1912); "The Morris Canal on Postcards", Garden State Post Card Club Newsletter, compiled by C. Wolff (1975); Copy of bill in state legislature to provide for state ownership of the Morris and Essex Canal (undated);

Cemeteries: The Evergreen Cemetery Dedicatory Address, including Certificate of Incorporation and Rules and Regulations (1853); Walking Tour and Map of Whippany Burying Yard 1718, Brochures (undated)

Civil Rights: "I am sorry you are so upset about Negroes moving in next door. My Negro neighbors saved my life yesterday.", cartoon, reprinted by: New Jersey Division of Civil Rights (undated); "New Jersey Law Prohibits Discrimination in Housing", poster, New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (undated)

Clergy: "A Nation's Right to Worship God", An address by The Rev. J.H. McIlvaine, D.D., Princeton, N.J.(1859); Rev. Mr. Melancthon C. Lockwood, "Pro-Labor Anti-Child Labor Crusade in Paterson, N.J., 1879, written by Elizabeth Lockwood Coombs, Bloomfield, (1972); Testimonial Banquet in honor of Rev. Father João Da Silva Antão, Pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Church of Elizabeth, NJ, program (1973); The Remarkable Trance of Rev. William Tennent Souvenir Bookley (undated)

Coast: Minutes of a Public Hearing Given by the New York Harbor Line Board for Modification of the Approved Harbor Lines on the Westerly Side of Newark Bay Fronting the Cities of Elizabeth and Newark (1916); "Headquarters Coast Defenses of Sandy Hook", Office of the Commanding Officer, Fort Hancock (1924); Tidal Bench Marks State of NJ, Department of Commerce, US Coast and Geodetic Survey (1928); "Headquarters Harbor Defenses of Sandy Hook" Office of the Harbor Defense Commander, Fort Hancock (1930); "Headquarters 52nd Coast Artillery Railway", ffice of the Regimental Commander, Fort Hancock (1937); "National Program for Restoration and Preservation of Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island (1982); "Regulations to Govern the Operation of Drawbridges across Newark Bay, Passaic and Hackensack Rivers and Their Navigable Tributaries" (undated); Articles related to the New Jersey Coast, photocopies (c. 1960-1980)

Dates

  • 1718-2023

Extent

From the Collection: 4.62 Linear Feet (11 Hollinger boxes)

Language of Materials

English