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New Jersey -- History -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 98 Collections and/or Records:

Jerseyana Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MG Jerseyana-(Main)
Scope and Contents The collection consists of 8 scrapbooks of "Jerseyana" that contain clippings of Beck's and Augustine's articles (1957-1968), and an additional volume, entitled "New Jersey Newspaper Clippings" (1949-1952). Volumes 1-8 contain very little, if any, material on Newark. Newark-related material in the ninth volume includes articles, by a variety of authors, on: the Passaic River between Newark and Passaic, band concerts in Branch Brook Park, trolley cars, baseball, breweries,...
Dates: 1949 - 1968

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.

Kenneth F. Lockwood Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Lockwood-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents Box 1: contains several binders of Lockwood's correspondence, mostly relating to the League (1918-1944); a large binder of biographical material and copies of clippings on Lockwood, the League and wildlife conservation in New Jersey compiled by Elizabeth Lockwood Coombs in 1970; "Monthly Reports NJFGCL (1940, 1944, 1945)"; Lockwood's Deputy Fish and Game Warden certificate and badge (1924); a copy of the League's magazine, "The New Jersey Sportsman" (December 1922), with an article by...
Dates: 1865 - 1970

Lars DeLagerberg Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG DeLagerberg-(Fileroom)
Abstract

This collection consists of material gathered by architectural historian Lars DeLagerberg for his book, "New Jersey Architecture: Colonial and Federal" (privately printed by Walter Whittum, Inc., 1956). The book consists mostly of drawings and photographs by DeLagerberg, with brief identifying captions.

Dates: 1911 - 1957

Lillian von Qualen Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Von Qualen-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a scrapbook containing clippings of Qualen's published articles and correspondence (1930-1970s), a binder titled as "Upton 'Who's Who,'" including photographs, correspondence and bios of the individuals related to Camp Upton Service Club (where she worked during WWII), a manuscript ("Madame, are you the game keeper?"), and Van Qualen Family-Tree book (1226-1981).

Dates: c. 1930-1981

Mahony & Troast Construction Company Photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Mahony-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents This collection comprises 2 Hollinger boxes : Box #1 contains bound photos titled as "L. Bamberger & Company Store Building, Morristown, N.J. (1948)," "Wor Radio Transmitter Station, Carteret, N.J. Bamberger Broadcasting Service, Inc. (1934). J.R. Popple, Chief Engineer, Voorhees, Gmeln & Walker, Architects," "30 ft. Flight Propeller Test Cells - Plant No.1. Wright Aeronautical Corporation, Paterson, N.J. Albert Kahn, Associated Architects & Engineers, Inc.," and "Moto Packing...
Dates: 1934 - 1948

Mary L. Dyckman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Dyckman -(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents The Dyckman collection consists largely of reports, research files, statements, printed material, photographs, clippings, and a small amount of correspondence related to the work of the Consumers League of New Jersey and only a small amount of biographical material on Dyckman herself. Although there are some records from the 1940s and 1950s, when the League was based in Newark, the bulk of the collection dates from the 1960s-1980s, when the League had relocated to Montclair....
Dates: 1925 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1960s - 1984

Minute Man Periodical Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Minute-(Main)
Abstract

The Minute Man Periodical Collection consists of bound volumes of The Minute Man, a magazine published by the New Jersey Division Association Against the Prohibition Amendment.

Dates: 1922 - 1928

Miriam Studley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Studley-(Main)
Abstract

The Miriam Studley Collection includes articles from Studley’s Newark Sunday News column “When Newark Was Younger”, as well as related articles. The collection also includes clippings from Studley’s series of newspaper articles about New Jersey inventors.

Dates: 1949 - 1952; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1951

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