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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

Catherine Zehner Diaries

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG NWK Zehner-(Main)
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the two diaries she kept during those years, as well as material inserted into those diaries. The sales receipts, church programs, news clippings, theater programs, and other items have been removed from the diaries and placed in folders. Included are receipts from Bamberger's, L.S. Plaut, Morrison's, Seguine, Empire Shoe, Stevens & Co., Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Shartenberg's, Goerke Co., W. W. Oppenheim, Fain Knitting Mills, David Straus...
Dates: 1922 - 1923

Current Events in Art Scrapbook

 Collection — Container: Vol. 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Contemporary-(Main)
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of one scrapbook entitled "Current Events in Art" (November 1929 - April 1930). The scrapbook consists of typed lists of monthly "Current Art Talks"; each month's list is followed by clippings, and, in one case, a catalogue for an exhibit of paintings by Emma Fordyce MacRae at the Roerich Museum (1930). These materials document the brief talks given at monthly meetings of The Contemporary of Newark, a cultural club. The scrapbook appears to have been compiled by...
Dates: 1929 - 1930

Elaine Hausmann Collection

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

This collection consists of correspondence, clippings, programs, and other items related to Hausmann's singing career. It includes programs from the Griffith Auditorium and the Mosque Theatre (Symphony Hall), as well as other venues.

Dates: 1944 - 1950

Hazel Bliss Finlay Collection

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

This collection contains materials related to Miss Townsend's School, a private secondary school for girls in Newark. Included are copies of the Sphinx, the school's literary magazine, from 1908 and 1909. Also included are commencement programs and invitations (1906-1909), programs from school plays and recitals, and a booklet of songs written for the school by Frances Leavitt.

Dates: 1905 - 1909