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Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge (Passaic River) Blueprints Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG Nwk PRR-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 4 files of blueprints of Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge over the Passic River.

Dates: 1936

Peter Shapiro Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Shapiro-(Offsite)
Scope and Contents The collection consists largely of material documenting Peter Shapiro's political career and interests, both in Essex County and statewide. References to Newark or to political activity and issues affecting Newark, are scattered throughout the collection. Contents are as follows:Box 1: photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles, mostly documenting Shapiro's campaigns and accomplishments in office, arranged chronologically,1975-1982 Box 2: photocopies of newspaper...
Dates: 1975 - 1986

Photos from Mayor Gibson's Publicity Office

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Gibson PO-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents Boxes 1 and 2 contain 6 unlabelled folders (ca. 1970-ca. 1989) containing mostly 8" x 10" black and white publicity photographs of Kenneth A. Gibson, members of his administration, and events in Newark. The bulk of the photographs were taken during Gibson's mayoralty, and in ocnnection with his official duties. Subjects include ground-breakings, inaugurations, swearing-in and award ceremonies, and other events; group photographs of the mayor with dignitaries, council members, and prominent...
Dates: 1970 - 1989

Potter Glass Negatives

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Potter
Abstract

Photos by Harry G. Potter of buildings, churches, and street scenes mostly in the downtown area.

Dates: c. 1900s-1920s

Protestant Foster Home Record Book

 Collection — Container: Volume 1
Identifier: MG Nwk-PFH-(Main)
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a ledger with entries for children numbered 681 through 1151, and for three children without numbers. Each entry includes the child's name, age, dated admitted, parents' names, street address, religion, "nation," occupation, and remarks. The remarks include information regarding the child's health, parents' health (e.g., "consumptive") and habits (e.g., "drinks"), whether the parents will pay board, and dates and details of the child's discharge from the home. Most...
Dates: 1886 - 1911; 1848

Public Service Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MG PSEG-(Fileroom)
Abstract

This collection consists of photographs from Public Service equipment (telephones, substations and buses), operators, and staff groups from 1927-1960.

Dates: 1927 - 1960; 1985

Rachlin and Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Rachlin
Abstract

This collection contains records from the offices of Rachlin & Co., a Newark real estate company (prev. Union Building Company, Alfred Greenfield & Co.)

Dates: Majority of material found within 1904 - 1973

R.C. Jenkinson Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Jenkinson-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents The collection includes some examples of books and pamphlets from Jenkinson's collection, as well as correspondence, manuscript material, photographs, and clippings. Some items relate to other family members, in particular Jenkinson's wife Emily and his granddaughter, Margaret B. Skillman. Box 1: contains two books, Abraham Lincoln, by John G. Nicolay (1902) and Narratives of Newark, by David L. Pierson (1917). Among the many pamphlets in Box 1, the following relate to Newark:...
Dates: 1892 - 1930

Richard Hartshorne Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MG Hartshorne-(Main)
Scope and Contents The collection consists of eight large scrapbooks containing original correspondence and photographs, typescripts, published articles, clippings, legal and legislative material, documents related to various state commissions, conference materials, newsletters, invitations, programs, periodicals, souvenirs of European travel, and ephemera. Clippings relating to court cases and public events in Newark and incoming and outgoing correspondence (to or from Hartshorne's Newark office) from...
Dates: 1890 - 1960

Robert Curvin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Curvin-(Main)
Abstract

This collection consists of papers of historian Robert Curvin.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1954-2015, some copies of earlier material

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Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library 196
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Photographs 78
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African Americans -- New Jersey -- Newark 27
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World War, 1914-1918 4
African American authors -- New Jersey -- Newark 3
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Certificates 3
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DVDs 3
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Gibson, Kenneth A. 7
James, Sharpe, 1936- 5
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 3
Berg, Samuel, ca. 1898-1990. 3
Karp, Donald 3
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L. Bamberger & Co. 3
Newark (N.J.). Board of Education 3
Newark Human Rights Commission 3
Young Women's Christian Association (Newark, N.J.) 3
Addonizio, Hugh J., 1914-1981 2
Ashby , William M. (William Mobile), 1889-1991 2
Booker, Cory 2
Carlin, Leo P., 1908-1999 2
Curvin, Robert 2
Essex County (N.J.). Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs 2
Hahne & Co. 2
Henderson, Elizabeth Baker 2
Housing Authority of the City of Newark (New Jersey) 2
Jihad Productions 2
Manley, Effa, 1897-1981 2
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company 2
New Jersey. Department of Transportation 2
Newark Bears (Baseball team) 2
Newark Garden Club 2
Newark Public Library 2
Rutgers--Newark 2
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 2
Villani, Ralph A. 2
Winser, Beatrice, 1869-1947 2
Zak, Nancy, 1948- 2
A.K. DeLemos and Company Store 1
AHEPA (Organization) 1
AMAX Specialty Metals Corporation 1
Adams, Adam A. 1
After Hours 1
Albert M. Greenfield & Co 1
Alford, George, 1924-2000 1
Alford, Roberta 1
Allison, Hughes 1
Aloupis, James A. 1
Alrutz, Thomas J. 1
American Association for the United Nations. Newark Chapter 1
American Institute of Planners 1
American Legion 1
Angelo, John, 1922- 1
Anthony, Daniel S. 1
Antonius, Nicholas 1
Banister, Arthur C. 1
Banister, Isaac 1
Banister, James A. , 1831-1906 1
Banister, James B., 1860-1943 1
Berg, Ethel 1
Berg, Moe, 1902-1972 1
Bishop, Gordon, 1938-2018 1
Black Mirror News 1
Bodian, Nat G., 1921-2010 1
Bolden, Marion 1
Boyd, Alex, 1939- 1
Branch Brook Park Alliance 1
Brinson, Carl J. 1
Brown, Anne Gadson 1
Bryan, James E. (James Edmund) 1
Burch, Mary B. 1
Byrne, Brendan T., 1924-2018 1
Carteret Book Club 1
Chapman, C. Durand (Cyrus Durand), 1856- 1
Chirgotis, William G., 1910- 1
Cohen, Arnold L., 1948 1
Community Development Block Grant (Newark, N.J.) 1
Cone, William F. , 1874-1966 1
Congress of Racial Equality (Newark, N.J.) 1
Coombs, Elizabeth Lockwood 1
Cummings, Charles F. 1
Cunningham, John T. 1
Dana College (Newark, N.J.) 1
Dana, John Cotton, 1856-1929 1
DeCarlo, Angelo 1
Dinkins, David N. 1
Dorer, Harry, 1885-1962 1
Driver, Wilbur B. 1
Duffy, William T. 1
Dust, Donald T. 1
Eldridge, Douglas 1
Episcopal Church. Diocese of Newark 1
Erber, Ernest 1
Essex County College 1
Essex County Hospital for Contagious Diseases (Belleville, N.J.) 1
Essex County Jail (N.J.) 1
Essex County Overbrook Hospital 1
Essex County Park Commission 1
Farrell, Dorothy, 1912-2008 1
Farrell, Vincent, 1908-1989 1
Flagg, Alma 1
Francisco 1
Francisco, Henry G., 1892-1983 1
Frontiers International 1
G.A.P.A. 1
GOYA (Organization) 1
Galop, Kathleen P. 1
Geyer, Donald W., 1924-1980 1
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