New Jersey -- History -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 100 Collections and/or Records:
Morro Castle Shipwreck Scrapbook Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG NJ Morro
Abstract
The Morro Castle Collection consists of one scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings, brochures, and photographs concerning the Morro Castle shipwreck disaster of 1934.
Dates:
1934 - 1935; Majority of material found in 1934
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....
Dates:
1823 - 1994
New Jersey Architecture Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG NJ Architecture-(Main)
Scope and Contents
Historic American Building Survey (The Brandt House, The Coeyman House, Dr. Samuel L. Ward House, The House of General Alexander Macomb, U.S.A., The Rose Cottage, The Daniel Dodd House, The Manse First Presbyterian Church on-the -Green, Grover Cleveland Birthplace, The John Cory House, The Peter Van Nese Farmhouse, The Jacobus House, Thomas A. Edison House; Edison National Historic Site, Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Personett House, The Peter Speer House, The Henry Osborn House, The Henry...
Dates:
1941 - 1994
New Jersey Associations Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NJ Associations-(Main)
Scope and Contents
BOX #1 A-F:"A Listing of New Jersey Associations and Executive Officers" (1971);The Academy of Medicine of Northern New Jersey (20th anniversary, 1941, brochure); American Institute of Architects, New Jersey Chapter, lecture program, (1901-1902); American Legion Irvington Post 16, membership and event cards (1919-1922); Association for Cape May Geographic Society Sixth Annual Bulletin, June (1952); Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions Newsletter (1975); Association...
Dates:
1801 - 2024
New Jersey Authors Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG NJ Authors- (Main)
Scope and Contents
Cunningham, John T. (Tercentenary Tales, 1962-63; Manuscript of rev. Newark History, 1987); Barbara Faith Kalik, state assembly proclamation, 1991; Sanderson, Ivan T. (1911-73, bio. material); Henderson, Daniel (editor of Good Housekeeping, personal Christmas cards, verses, 1940's, 50's); Letters of William Nelson (1910); English, Thomas Dunn (poems); NJ WPA (catalog, 1940).
Dates:
1910 - 1991
New Jersey Biography Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG NJ Biography-(Main)
Scope and Contents
Box #1:
Chester Barnard (biographical sketches, obituary clippings); Archie Frederick Collins (copies of articles from the Newark Evening News, Clipping File; various periodicals; research paper (copy); Crane Family (Crane anecdotes 1800-1850 by Elizabeth Coombs, photocopy of text, 1968); Garis (Family) (unrevised proofs from book My Father Was Uncle Wiggily, McGraw-Hill, 1966); Mary Philbrook (Articles from news clippings, Newark News);...
Dates:
1817 - 2022
New Jersey Chapter Special Libraries Association Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG NJSLA -(Offsite)
Scope and Contents
Organized in 1 Hollinger box and 6 Paige boxes: Hollinger box #1: NJSLA Bulletin (print edition, February, April, July, November (2004), March, August (2005), January, May (2006) ; NJSLA Bulletin (blog edition, Posts from Feb. 3, 2008 through Aug. 5, 2009) ; Misc. documents. Paige Box #1. Bulletins (1955-2003), Membership Directories (1937-1983) ; Paige Box #2. Miscellaneous financial records ; Paige Box #3. Miscellaneous financial records, and...
Dates:
1934 - 2008
New Jersey Churches Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG NJ Churches-(Main)
Scope and Contents
Baptist: Cherryville Baptist Church (1849-99); "Minutes of the 30th Annual Meeting of the Morris & Essex Baptist Association of N.J. (1924). Episcopal: Christ Church, Shrewsbury, N.J.; 125th Anniversary Trinity Episcopal Irvington (1966); Christ Church in Short Hills, Program (2023)Methodist Episcopal: The Methodist Episcopal Church in Orange, N.J. (Photo, 1930); South Orange M.E. Church (Program of the Epworth League presentation of "Patriotic Ministries," March...
Dates:
1857 - 2023
New Jersey Churches Scrapbook
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MG NJ Churches SB-(Main)
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings related to churches in New Jersey, with a few on churches outside the state. An inscription at the start of the volume, "Ex Libris Nova Caesarea Chapter Newark New Jersey Organized April 15, 1891," indicates that it once belonged to the Nova Caesarea [New Jersey] Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). A letter dated March 1938 states that it was compiled by Helen S. Tennyson in memory of Grace L. Ward. The...
Dates:
1900 - 1938; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1938
New Jersey Cities and Towns Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NJ Cities-(Main)
Abstract
This artificial collection consists of a variety of materials relating to cities in towns in New Jersey. Cities and towns included are: Amwell Township, Asbury Park, Atlantic City, Bernards, Blairstown, Bound Brook, Budd Lake, Burlington County, Cap May, Chatham, East Orange, Elizabeth, Harding Township, Harrison, Hightstown, Hoboken, Irvington, Jersey City, Kearny, Lakewood, Lawrence, Levittown, Livingston, Maplewood,
Montclair, Morristown, New Brunswick, North Arlington, Nutley, Oakland,...
Dates:
1703 - 2025