CFCNJIC Documents Collections

Collection

Identifier: MG Documents

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes documents published by the state, county, and city. It also includes "Quasi" collections which are documents from non-governmental organizations including non-profits and other associations, institutions, and clubs.

Series I: Newark City Documents contains documents published by Departments within the City of Newark.

Series II: Newark Quasi Documents contains documents published by non-governmental Newark agencies including hospitals, non-profits, and clubs. Overlaps with items in the archival collections (see Related Materials).

Series III: Essex Co. Documents contains items published by Departments within the County of Essex.

Series IV: Essex Co. Quasi Documents contains documents published by non-governmental county agencies including hospitals, non-profits, and clubs. Overlaps with items in the archival collections (see Related Materials)

Series V: NJ State Documents contains items published by State of New Jersey governmental departments.

Series VI: NJ Quasi Documents contains documents published by non-governmental Newark agencies including hospitals, non-profits, and clubs. Overlaps with items in the archival collections (see Related Materials)

Series VII: NJ Commissions contains temporary and permanent commissions and committees of the State of New Jersey.

Dates

1852 - 2025

Creator

Newark (N.J.). (Organization)

Biographical / Historical

The Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center is a research level collection at the Newark Public Library. It has been part of the New Jersey document depository system since 1968 and collects Newark, Essex and New Jersey related documents.

Historically, the librarians in the New Jersey Information Center divided documents into seven groups, which have been numbered for the purposes of this finding aid.

Extent

TBD Linear Feet (Linear feet estimated: One aisle Main, 4 aisles Fireroom, 4.5 drawers, 5+ aisles offsite)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

Newark City Documents: Aisle 2 of (Main), Drawers (Main)

Newark Quasi Documents: Aisle 2 of (Main), Drawers (Main)

Essex County Documents: Aisle 7 (Fileroom), Drawers (Main)

Essex Quasi Documents: Drawers (Main)

New Jersey State Documents: Offsite

New Jersey Quasi Documents: Aisle 5-7 (Fileroom)

New Jersey Commissions (TC and PIC): Aisle 4-5 (Fileroom)

Accruals

The repository continues to add materials to this collection on a regular basis.

The CFCNJIC automatically receives all non-legislative state publications (most are now digital). Newark and Essex County documents are added as they are received. New born-digital documents are also collected, mostly within the City of Newark.

Related Materials

Newark Quasi documents overlap with the Newark Associations Collection and Newark Public Health Collection

New Jersey and Essex Quasi documents overlap with the New Jersey Associations Collection.

Some documents are also cataloged as books and can be found by searching the main catalog (Newark Quasi are also in this catalog).

Processing Information

Much material is lightly processed.

New born digital documents are stored in the Google Drive until fully processed and added to our digital collections.

Most Newark Quasi documents have been housed in envelopes and entered into the main catalog.