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New Jersey African Americans Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG NJ AF AM-(Main)
Scope and Contents Box #1. New Jersey Historical Society (Committee on Afro-American Contribution, meetings 1969-74, Mrs. Vera McMillon speech transcripts, 1969), Moslems (photocopies of newspaper clippings, 1935-ca.1947), Prominent Negroes (Biographical information compiled by South Side H.S. students, 1965: lists, letters, index cards, photocopies of newspaper articles), Misc. (N.A.A.C.P. Montclair 50th Anniversary brochure, NJ Urban League invitation to hear the guest speaker, Charles A. Edison,...
Dates: 1823 - 1994

New Jersey Biography Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG NJ Biography-(Main)
Scope and Contents Box #1: Chester Barnard (biographical sketches, obituary clippings); Archie Frederick Collins (copies of articles from the Newark Evening News, Clipping File; various periodicals; research paper (copy)); Crane Family (Crane anecdotes 1800-1850 by Elizabeth Coombs, photocopy of text, 1968); Garis (Family) (unrevised proofs from book My Father Was Uncle Wiggily, McGraw-Hill, 1966); Mary Philbrook (Articles from news clippings, Newark News); William E. Pine ("In Memory of William...
Dates: 1817 - 2022

New Jersey Churches Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG NJ Churches-(Main)
Scope and Contents Baptist: Cherryville Baptist Church (1849-99); "Minutes of the 30th Annual Meeting of the Morris & Essex Baptist Association of N.J. (1924). Episcopal: Christ Church, Shrewsbury, N.J.; 125th Anniversary Trinity Episcopal Irvington (1966)Methodist Episcopal: The Methodist Episcopal Church in Orange, N.J. (Photo, 1930); South Orange M.E. Church (Program of the Epworth League presentation of "Patriotic Ministries," March 14, 1919).Presbyterian: New...
Dates: 1857 - 1976

New Jersey Cities and Towns Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NJ Towns-(Main)
Scope and Contents Box #1. Amwell (Ledger of Town Collector, 1797-99), Chatham ("The Chathams Commemorate the 200th Anniversary of naming the area in honor of Sir William Pitt, Earl of Chatham," The American Revolution Bicentennial Committees of Chatham Borough and Chatham Township, 1973), East Orange (75th Anniversary, 1938; Olden Days Calendar, 1908-09), Elizabeth (Historic Elizabeth 1664-1932: George Washington Bicentennial Edition; "Major-General Elias Dayton 1737-1807" by Abner S. Coriell; "Bi-Centenary...
Dates: 1797 - 1982

New Jersey Libraries Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG NJ Libraries -(Main)  
Scope and Contents Programs, invitations, histories, directories and letters relating to various libraries and library associations in New Jersey (1938-2003).Series 1 contains NJLA items in two subseries. Subseries 1 "General" includes directories, conference programs, handbooks, annual reports, brochures, etc. Of note are several brochures on library aid such as "Do Not Have and Cannot Borrow" (1957). In the conferences file is a letter from Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson welcoming delegates...
Dates: 1938 - 2003

New Jersey Music Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NJ Music-(Main)
Scope and Contents Box #1: Essex County Symphony Society (programs and Symphony Magazines, 1936-47); "Contextual Connections," A Celebration of the Expansion and Renovation of the John Cotton Dana Library and the Opening of a New Facility for The Institute of Jazz Studies (1994, program); Orchestra (The Irvington Symphony Orchestra, program, 1984; New Jersey Youth Symphony, 1982; South Orange Community Orchestra, Annual Spring Concert, 1966; The Nutley Symphony Orchestra, 1958 and 82), N.J. Opera (Essex County...
Dates: 1915 - 1999

New Jersey Nationality Groups Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NJ Nationality Groups-(Main)
Scope and Contents Box #1: "The Italians of New Jersey: A Research Guide" (1983), "History of Ethnic and Racial Groups in Trenton, New Jersey: 1900-1960" (by Dennis J. Starr, submitted to the New Jersey Committee for the Humanities by the Trenton Free Public Library in partial fulfillment of a grant entitled "Ethnic Groups of Trenton, New Jersey: an Index to Source Materials in the Trenton Library with a Brief History and Chronology."), Spanish Speaking (New Jersey En Sus Manos: Directorio Comercial...
Dates: 1938 - 2009