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Donald M. Karp Newark Miscellaneous Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Karp
Abstract

This small collection consists of an eclectic mix of Newark-related documents, photographs and ephemera amassed by Donald Karp, a history buff and long-time Newark booster, who spent the bulk of his career as an attorney and banker in Newark.

Dates: c. 1850s - c. 2012

Donald M. Karp’s Broad National Bank Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk BNB-(Offsite)
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises Federal Bank Examiner’s reports, newsletters, scrapbooks, photographs and ephemera related to Broad National Bank and its antecedents.

The collection is divided into six series: Series 1: Union National Bank, 1926-1959, 1971-1977 Series 2: Broad National Bank, 1929, 1956-1999 Series 3: Photographs, 1950s-2003 Series 4: Subject Files, 1931-2003 Series 5: Audio / Visual, 1996-2004, Undated Series 6: Ephemera, 1833-1987, Undated

Dates: 1925 - 2004; 1833

Fred Means Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Means-(Main)
Abstract

This collection consists of papers documenting Fred Means career and activism.

Dates: 1965 - 2018

Gus Heningburg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Heningburg
Abstract

This collection consists of documents pertaining to Gus Heningburg, a Newark , NJ, based civil rights and community activist, and former head of the Greater Newark Urban Coalition.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1968 - 1978; 1967 - 2000

Harrison S. Martland Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Martland-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents Box 1: includes a folder of typed copies of correspondence to and from Martland, some of it relating to radioactive fallout (1945-1960); research materials, consisting of articles and notes on radioactivity (1960s-1972); an article, "Occupational Poisoning in the Manufacture of Luminous Watch Dials," by Harrison S. Martland (Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 92, no. 9, 1929); 4 rolls of film; and a draft of a book-length manuscript by Samuel Berg entitled "Harrison Stanford...
Dates: 1929 - 1979

Librariana

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Librariana
Abstract

The records of the Newark Public Library, known as Librariana, include manuscript and printed materials, photographs and graphics, and other materials. The bulk of it covers the years from its founding in 1889 to the present. It is arranged alphabetically for the most part.

Dates: 1846 - 2019

Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Gibson-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents Box 1: contains 1 folder of copies of 3 personal photographs of Gibson: as a young child with his brother, as a young child with his mother, and in his Army uniform; and 4 folders (ca. 1970-ca. 1980) of mostly black and white, 8" x 10" publicity photographs of Kenneth Gibson, members of his administration, and events in Newark. The bulk of the photographs reflect his official duties. Subjects include ground-breaking, swearing-in, and award ceremonies, and other events; group photographs of...
Dates: c. 1930s-1986

Norman-Thomas-Riot Police Records

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Thomas -(Main)
Abstract

Newark Police Department records from the investigation surrounding a riot in Military Park at a speech of Socialist Norman Thompson.

Dates: 1938

Wilbur B. Driver Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MG Driver Co.-(Offsite)
Abstract

This collection comprises various internal documents and photographs relating to the Wilbur B. Driver Company (“WBD”), a manufacturer and developer of heat-resistant metal alloy wires, ribbons, and other materials.

Dates: Circa 1900-1920 to 1985

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Gibson, Kenneth A. 3
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AMAX Specialty Metals Corporation 1
Addonizio, Hugh J., 1914-1981 1
Alrutz, Thomas J. 1