Newark Business Collection (N.J.)
Scope and Contents
Box #1:
Anti-Hydro Waterproofing Co. (slide rule [1947]); Better Finishes and Coatings Inc. (8 appointment calendars [1946-47]); R. Chesler 740 Broad St. (eye glasses & case); Churchman Funeral Service (75th anniversary, pamphlet); Cogswell Realty Group (brochure, 2004, 2005); Down Town Club, 169 Halsey St., (matchbook, undated); J.B. Hanauer & Co. (yield table, 1940); Gustl's Alpine Village, 1000 Broad St.(menu card, undated); Hockenjos (catalogs, advertisements, photos); The Home of Prudential brochure (1917); The Formation and Growth of the Prudential Old Guard brochure (1912?); S.D. Lauter Co. (Musical Home Journal, April 1893); National Newark & Essex Banking Co. 1804-1954 (brochure; blotters (advertisement); letter from the Board of Directors of the National Newark Banking Co. re death of its cashier, Mr. Carter (4 Dec. 1893); The New Jersey Bell v.12, nr.7, Apr. 1929; NJ Bell Telephone postcard [n.d.]; Pharmacist B.Berg (advertisements); Federal Electric Products Co. E-Z Way ACI Switch Selector (1950s); West Side Trust Co. (Steel pens); Whitehead & Hoag (various publications; "Whitehead & Hoag," Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America, v. 47, 1996, nrs. 2-4); 550 Broad St., Newark, NJ (brochure); Gypsum Ebsary Time Book (414 Ogden St); Part of a box from A.W. Faber Company for Janus Rubber Bands [n.d.]; business card for Lewis Roberts Inc., a purveyor of precision offset inks at 72-82 Union Street [n.d.]; One Source Solutions fliers (40 Commerce) c.2020; James Crowell Lumber Company 79th Anniversary broadside (c. 1930)
Box #2:
Ballantine Brewery (correspondence, inter-office notes, publications, c. 1941-42); Board of Trade, Annual banquet (program, 1900-1907); Business cards & advertisements (c. 19th - 20th century); Business forms (19th c); Catalogs & price lists (19th & 20th century); Manhattan Tool Mfg. Co., 38 Van Buren St, (Catalog, c. 1960); Oliver Marsh Newark Clock Maker, "The Marsh Clock" by Orville Hagans, Hobbies Magazine (1968); Newark Center for Commerce and Education (brochure); Exhibit catalogs & directories (19th & 20th century); Hilton Gateway (promotional literature); Newark Loews Sixplex Theater (groundbreaking, June 30, 1992); Newark Mediagroups (file relating to Newark Collaboration Group, 1985); Newark Renaissance Mall (brochure); Renaissance Newark ( historical notes, news releases, brochures); "Translating Transit into Growth" (publication, 1991); Printing samples of the William A. Baker, Printer & Publisher Co. scrapbook; Van Fossan Partnership Awards; flyer promoting rally to protest Reagan policy; "Newark Welcome 'The Million Dollar Streamline'" (advertisement of the United Drug Co., 1936); Connection Communications Corp (cable TV, brochure); Tiffany & Co. (letter to W.J. Keenan from the Tiffany Silver Works, 1898; flyer announcing Newark plant closing, Sept., 1984); St. Joseph Plaza, 233 W. Market St., Newark (brochure); The Star-Ledger (flyers); City Hall Place (office building brochure, 1988); Legal Center [packet of information and press releases, 1989]; card for Automobile Bodies" 126 & 128 Van Buren St (Inc. 1908); Newark MetaMetrics LLC brochuere (n.d.); Santos Tuxedos business card (14 Wilson Ave. 2001); State Floor Carpet Products Co. and Sidco Carpet Sales Co. ad (from Clarence Dillon Library, n.d., "Newark 2"); Newark Regional Business Partnership [NRBP] (Connections, v.8, n.2, April 2013); Public Service: "Rules for Sizing Gas Heating Equipment and Estimating Heating Costs" (Booklet; rev. 1966); S. Peskin & Co., 95 Broadway (Metal ruler, 1955); Correspondence of Charles B. Smith, Wholesale Druggist (1885, from Frances Bertelli); Westinghouse: Lighting Handbook (1958); William Dixon Incorpoated, 32-42 East Kinney St. (Flyer, c. 1958); Advertisements for Peter A. Degnan Manufacturer of Weather Vanes, 330 Bloomfield Ave. (undated); International Terminal Operating Co., Port Newark (corporate history, c. 1962).
Dates
- c. 1800-2005
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers wishing to publish, reproduce, or reprint materials from this collection must obtain permission.
Photocopying of materials is limited and no materials may be photocopied without permission from library staff.
Extent
.83 Linear Feet (2 Hollinger boxes)
Language of Materials
English
- Author
- No finding aid text from catalog entry
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
3rd Floor
Newark Public Library
5 Washington St.
Newark NJ 07102 United States
973-733-7775
njreference@npl.org