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Miscellaneous items (I) relating to New Jersey, 1904 - 2001

 Collection — Box: 6

Scope and Contents

Box 6:

Immigration: Certificate of Naturalization (Alois Czvornyek, 1942);

Indians: "The Indians of Bergen County" by Frances A. Westervelt;

Interstate Transportation: "The Port of New York Authority Dedication of Lincoln Tunnel" (invitations, Dec. 21, 1937), Dedication of the George Washington Bridge (Oct. 24, 1931, program), The Holland Tunnel: Toll Rates, Traffic Regulations, Description of Tunnel (brochure, 1927), Port Preparedness Dedication Luncheon (invitation,Apr. 30, 1941), The Ceremony of Breaking Ground for the Vehicular Tunnel between the States of New York and New Jersey (Oct. 12, 1920);

Inventors: Thomas Edison ("A Thomas Edison Centennial Packet," New Jersey Historical Commission, "Voices of History," A souvenir disc of early Edison recordings, released on the 110th Anniversary of the birth of Thomas A. Edison, February 11th 1847-1957, and material relating to Centennial of Light 1879-1979, ), Hannibal Goodwin ("The Preacher Who Beat Eastman Kodak" by Barbara Moran, in American Heritage of Invention & Technology, Fall, 2001), "The Vail Connection with the Telegraph" (April 1972), Archie Frederick Collins (Patents), "How to Fly as a Bird" (by John P. Holland), Thomas A. Edison (Dinner sponsored by the Livingston, North Newark and West Hudson Kiwanis Clubs to honor Thomas Alva Edison and Mrs. Mina M. Edison Hughes, program, 1939), Edison Films (July Supplement, 1904), "Thomas Alva Edison Centennial Dinner" (program, 1947), "100 Years of Industrial Research: Thomas Alva Edison - West Orange Laboratory Centennial" (pamphlet, 1987); "Men of America: Thomas A Edison" (small booklet, Knickerboxer Press, 1928)

Dates

  • 1904 - 2001

Extent

.42 Linear Feet (1 Hollinger box)

Language of Materials

English