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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
Yoland Skeete-Laessig Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Skeete-Laessig
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of various materials resulting from Yoland Skeete-Laessig’s work on the book “When Newark Had a Chinatown: My Personal Journey”, as well as her fight to save the historical area of Chinatown from being redeveloped as an arena. There is also some material from her career as one of the founders of the art gallery Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Cente.
Dates:
1960-2017, photocopies of earlier material and artifacts from earlier period; Majority of material found within 2000 - 2008
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- Activism -- New Jersey -- Newark 1
- Art museums -- New Jersey -- Newark 1
- Audiocassettes 1
- CD-ROMS 1
- Chinatowns -- New Jersey -- Newark 1
- Chinese -- New Jersey -- Newark 1
- Clippings (information artifacts) 1
- Environmental Justice -- New Jersey -- Newark 1
- Hockey arenas -- New Jersey -- Newark 1
- Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 21st century 1
- Papers (documents) 1
- Parks -- New Jersey -- Newark 1
- Scrapbooks 1 ∧ less
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- Chinese 1
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- Ironbound Community Corporation 1
- Skeete-Laessig, Yoland 1
- Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center 1
- Zak, Nancy, 1948- 1
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