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Amiri Baraka / Leroi Jones collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Baraka-(Main)
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 2 folders of photocopies of articles and clippings relating to Amiri Baraka (1964-1984), "A Checklist to Primary and Secondary Sources Related to Amiri Baraka" (1971), and 18 folders of printed material. The printed material consists largely of writings of Baraka published by the Newark-based Jihad Productions and other publishers, and material by others published by Jihad Productions. Items by Amiri Baraka include: "The Dead Lecturer" (1964),...
Dates:
1961 - 1984
Barbara J. Kukla Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Kukla
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the collected papers of Barbara J. Kukla, who has worked in Newark for over fifty years as an author and reporter. These materials were collected by Barbara, both through her work and for personal interest. Some of the significant topics represented in these files are: music, theater, poetry, fine arts, books, African-American heritage and history, African-American life, women’s issues, women’s history, public schools, charter schools, universities, colleges,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970 - 2012; 1901 - 2018
D.J. Henderson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk DJ Henderson-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
In addition to personal correspondence and papers, the collection reflects the breadth of the Hendersons’
interests with materials on engineering, the preservation of their house, and many organizations with which
they were involved.
A copy of an earlier inventory of the collection can be found in Box 10.
Dates:
1936 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1970s & 1980s
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
Harold A. Lett Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG Lett-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, addresses, articles, reports, clippings, and audio related to Lett's career.Box #1:One folder of biographical information including a list of selected addresses and papers, a list of federal agencies served, transcripts of Newark News articles, and biographical sketches (1940s-1973). Also included is a report of Lett's activities, March-April 1960.Two folders of addresses and articles by Lett regarding police and...
Dates:
1927 - 1973
Hughes Allison Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Allison-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the collection are as follows:Box 1: a folder entitled "Playbills and Theater Programs" consists mostly of material on New York productions, but also includes a program for a concert by Kirsten Flagstad at the Mosque Theatre (December 21, 1938) and the "Symphony Magazine" of the Essex County Symphony Society, Stadium Festival Concerts series (June 1940), announcing the program for the first concert, which featured Marian Anderson (June 3, 1940); a small folder of...
Dates:
1930 - 1981
Johnny Saxton Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Saxton-(offiste)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of autographed photographs, newspaper clippings, brochures, fliers, medals, plaques, and awards, pertaining to Saxton's boxing career.
Dates:
c. 1947-2008
Krueger-Scott Mansion Cultural Center Project Records
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk KSMCC
Dates:
1990 - 1999
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
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