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Emma Pruden Kitchel Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Kitchel-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents The bulk of this collection consists of correspondance (folders 3-9, most from 1854-1868, but the earliest letter undated may be as early as 1851), mostly from Emma Kitchel nee Pruden to her sister Phebe (some to other relatives, etc.). Also contains several pages of a diary and verses (folder 2) and miscellaneous items (folder 10) calling card, Civil War flier, photograph). The donor numbered and transcribed the letters, the transcriptions are housed in folder 1 (a few letters are labelled...
Dates: 1851 - 1868

Essex County Court House collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG NWK Court House -(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents

"Programme of a Competition for the Selection of an Architect for a Court House to be erected for Essex County at Newark, New Jersey by the Essex County Building Commission" (1901); Letter from Asa Whitehead to General (Isaac) Andruss requesting a copy of the proceedings of the Bd. of freeholders re the location & building of the new court house, May, 1836; Essex County Bicentennial Commission. "Law Day: Essex County Courthouse Dedication, April 30, 1976."

Dates: 1836 - 1976

Hahn / Schlacter Family Photo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Hahn-(Fileroom)
Abstract

This collection contains photos from several German families in early to mid 20th century Newark.

Dates: c. 1900-1957

John T. Cunningham Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Cunningham-(Offsite)
Scope and Contents

The collection consists mainly of clippings, brochures, pamphlets, photocopies, and copies of images collected by John T. Cunningham for his many books and articles, primarily about New Jersey. It includes some notes for his books and articles, and the text of many of the talks he gave, as well as typed copies of a few of his manuscripts, and published copies of about a dozen of his books.

Dates: Minimally processed, dates not determined.

Kathleen P. Galop Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Galop-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents

Much of the collection pertains to Branch Brook Park, Newark, NJ, including materials related to The Newark Cherry Blossom Festival, Historic Register Nomination, Branch Brook Park Alliance, Essex County Parks Department, and research used in Galop’s co-authored book.

There are also materials on the Essex County Park System as a whole, as well as individual parks and projects. Additionally, Galop collected some materials on preservation in Essex County.

Dates: 1867 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1976 - 2007

Krueger Brewery Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Krueger-(Offsite)
Scope and Contents The collection consists of miscellaneous items discovered by John N. Ioannou, a carpenter from Madison, NJ, at the site of a demolition on Belmont Avenue, "near the old Krueger Brewery." According to an undated note from him to Charles F. Cummings, he donated them to the Newark Public Library. The collection consists of material apparently gathered and buried or hidden on the occasion of the groundbreaking for a new stable for the Krueger Brewery, May 18, 1880. One large document consists...
Dates: 1880

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

Listings of African Americans from the Newark City Directories

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG Nwk African Americans-(Main)
Scope and Contents 1.) typed transcripts listing African Americans from Newark City Directories (1869-1889), including listings of African-American churches, with their addresses and the names of pastors; listings of African-American schools, with their addresses and names of principals, and teachers; and listings of African-American residents of Newark, with addresses and occupations2.) a typed transcript of the Newark Negro Directory (1889) with content similar to that of the Newark City...
Dates: 1869 - 1889

Mattia Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Mattia-(Fileroom)
Abstract

The collection consists of glass negatives and minstrel show material from the Mattias, one of the first Italian families in Newark.

Dates: 1887 - 1936

Mount Pleasant Cemetery Interment records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Mt. Pleasant -(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of printouts from a database compiled by Scott Willman, divided into three binders: A-F, G-M, and N-Z. Entries are arranged alphabetically by name, and each entry contains the following: name, interment number, date of interment, Lot number, and Section number.

The Library also holds 3 disks labeled as Interment Records A-F, G-M, and N-Z, from which the printouts were made.

Dates: 1844 - c. 2000

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Branch Brook Park Alliance 1
Bryan, James E. (James Edmund) 1
Carlin, Leo P., 1908-1999 1
Coombs, Elizabeth Lockwood 1
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Dana, John Cotton, 1856-1929 1
Essex County (N.J.). Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs 1
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Galop, Kathleen P. 1
Gibson, Kenneth A. 1
Hahne & Co. 1
Hill, Frank P. (Frank Pierce), 1855-1941 1
James A. Banister Company 1
James, Sharpe, 1936- 1
Jenkinson, Richard C., 1853-1930 1
Kaiser, John Boynton, 1887-1973 1
Karp, Donald 1
Krueger Brewery 1
Longendyck, Catharine 1
Martland Medical Center. 1
Mattia, Peter B., 1869-1953 1
Mattia, Richard F., 1872-1961 1
National State Bank of Newark (N.J.) 1
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Newark (N.J.). Fire Department 1
Newark Cherry Blossom Festival 1
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Newark Fire Department Historical Association 1
Newark Public Library 1
Preservation Possibilities LLC 1
Protestant Foster Home (Newark, N.J.) 1
Prudential Insurance Company of America 1
Schlacter 1
Shein, Bernard 1
Tomkins family 1
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 1
Urban League of Essex County (N.J.) 1
Urban, William L., 1939- 1
Villani, Ralph A. 1
Wack, Henry Wellington, 1869-1954 1
William A. Baker Printing and Publisher Company 1
Winser, Beatrice, 1869-1947 1
Young, Frederick E. 1
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