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C. Durand Chapman collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Chapman-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of correspondence, photographs, sketches, cut-out picture books, reproductions of art work, clippings, book plates, address books, travel souvenirs, and ephemera related to the Cyrus Chapman's life and career. Also present are family papers and photographs, most of them associated with Caroline Holbrook Chapman.Box 1: contains a copy of a handwritten biographical sketch of Chapman; mock-ups, sketches, and copies of cut-out children's games; a box of...
Dates:
c. 1896-1913
Frank Kingdon Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Kingdon-(Main)
Scope and Contents
Box 1: consists of a scrapbook of pamphlets, reprints of articles, and newspaper clippings, primarily related to Kingdon's involvement in the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, and to his work as chairman of Emergency Rescue Committee (1941); 4 folders of Kingdon's "radio talks" on WOR (1936-1940, 1944); and 1 folder of incoming correspondence, mostly fan letters and requests for copies of his radio talks (1936-1939) Box 2: consists of 3 folders of newspaper...
Dates:
1928 - 1946
Henry W. Wack Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MG Wack-(Offsite)
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 9 scrapbooks of clippings and ephemera related to the 250th Anniversary. celebrations. Subjects include planning, the poster competition, exhibits of the posters in cities across the country, church services, speeches by local and national figures, participation by local organizations, placement of historical tablets, pageants, parades, theatrical and musical performances, sports competitions, etc. Box 1 contains:Volumes labeled 1-3:...
Dates:
1915 - 1916
Ironbound Environmental Justice History and Resource Center
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk ICC-(Van Buren)
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of materials donated by the Ironbound Community Corporation, a group located in
the Ironbound section of Newark. Founded in 1969, ICC works “on a range of neighborhood issues --
from affordable housing and economic development to safe streets, clean air, and educational
opportunities for adults and children,” according to its Web site. ICC is funded by foundations,
government agencies, and contributions from the community.
The Environmental Justice History and Resource...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1978 - 2001
Found in:
Van Buren Branch, Newark Public Library
Newark and New Jersey - In Story and Pictures
Collection — Container: Volume 1
Identifier: MG Nwk-NJ-(Main)
Scope and Contents
The clippings (March 1936-May 1947) in this scrapbook, compiled by Henry A. Schwedes, highlight topics in the history City of Newark; a small amount of material relates to other New Jersey locales. In 1921 Henry A. Schwedes, a graduate of Cornell University (1912) and a resident of Irvington, owned a one-hundred car garage in Newark.Most of the articles date from Newark's centennial year (1936) and are from the Newark Sunday Call and the Newark Evening News. Subjects include:...
Dates:
1936 - 1947
Newark Architecture Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG NWK Architecture
Abstract
This collection contains materials on Newark architecture from Julia Sabine, Donald Geyer, the Historic Sites and Buildings Committee of Newark and miscellaneous other sources.
Dates:
copies from 19th century, 1903-2021
Newark Board of Education scrapbooks
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk BOE-(Main)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 4 scrapbooks of material relating to the Newark Board of Education and to individual schools in Newark. The contents are as follows: Scrapbooks 1 (1923-1925) and 2 (1925-1934): arranged in chronological order, contain local newspaper clippings related to issues, events, activities, and announcements of individual schools, and of the Newark Board of Education. Topics include, but are not limited to, the suitability of hiring married women as teachers...
Dates:
1910 - 1934
Newark Department Stores Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Dept. Stores-(Main)
Scope and Contents
Box #1. Hahnes folder: "My little red Indian book" (children's booklet); Gallery of Fame (leaflet of American heroes); Catalog (1976); KRESGE: Christmas catalogs (1954, 1963); various issues of magazine (1945-46); ad for Christmas folders [n.d.]; L.S. PLAUT: Pocket calendar and stamp case (1 1/2" x 2", 1916); Urban League "nigger brown" case (William Ashby memoirs and letter from L. S. Plaut, 1921); "Home Talk" (July 1899 issue); 40th anniversary celebration, The Bee Hive Musical Monthly...
Dates:
1896 - 1976
Newark Music Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Music-(Main)
Scope and Contents
Box #1: Programs (1850-1900, 1900-1940, 1940- ), Cathedral Concert Series (Vierne Festival Concert, 1976 series), Morris Choral Society (concert, Cathedral of the Sacred Heart), John Weaver and Marianne Weaver (Feb. 1978), Pierre Cochreau concert (Sacred Heart Cathedral, April 2, 1978), Sacred Heart Cathedral (worship & programs of music, 1978-79), The Winchester Cathedral Choir (Sacred Heart Cathedral, Mar. 5, 1979), Michelob Jazz Series (1980, 1981), Ravi Shankar, Sitar (Cathedral...
Dates:
1850 - 2000
Newspaper Photos of Newark's Past: Scrapbooks
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Photos-(Main)
Abstract
The collection consists of two scrapbooks compiled by Walter Edward Blythe and Robert Arthur Illig. They contain illustrations relating to the history of Newark, clipped from local newspapers (the Newark Sunday Call, the Newark Evening News, the Newark Star-Eagle, etc.). The illustrations, cut out and neatly mounted on scrapbook pages, are annotated with the date of publication. The publication dates are mostly in the 1920s and 1930s, but many of the graphics and photographs reproduced date...
Dates:
1890 - 1938
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