Music -- New Jersey -- Newark
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Digital: Vincent Bryant Photos
Digital Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Bryant (Digital)
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
Guy Sterling Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Sterling-(Main)
Abstract
This is a collection of papers, theater programs, and epherema donated by Guy Sterling.
Dates:
c. 1901 -2022
Henry F. Mutschler Manuscript
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Mutschler-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
This typescript history, compiled by Henry Mutschler during his retirement, is filled with detailed accounts of the music teachers of Newark and surrounding towns, of music festivals, music clubs and societies, virtuoso performances, music promoters like Joseph Fuerstman, music in the schools, Works Progress Administration (WPA) music programs, theaters and vaudeville houses, and of the craze for movie theaters, with their hard-working piano accompanists. It includes photographs of the...
Dates:
1954
Jamara Wakefield Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Wakefield -(Digital)
Abstract
This collection consists of video and audio oral histories about house music in New Jersey, recorded by Jamara Wakefield.
Dates:
2008 - 2024
New Jersey Music Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NJ Music-(Main)
Scope and Contents
Box #1: Essex County Symphony Society (programs and Symphony Magazines, 1936-47); "Contextual Connections," A Celebration of the Expansion and Renovation of the John Cotton Dana Library and the Opening of a New Facility for The Institute of Jazz Studies (1994, program); Orchestra (The Irvington Symphony Orchestra, program, 1984; New Jersey Youth Symphony, 1982; South Orange Community Orchestra, Annual Spring Concert, 1966; The Nutley Symphony Orchestra, 1958 and 82), N.J. Opera (Essex County...
Dates:
1915 - 1999
Newark Audio Collection
Collection — In Oversized Photo Drawer, Bottom Second from Left
Identifier: MG Nwk Audio-(Main)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 33.5 rpm and 45rpm vinyl records in 7", 10" and 12" formats. The collection also consists of audio reels.
John L. Brown - "My True Love"; "Baby, Baby" - Moondog Records, Clifton Records, Clifton NJ. 1975, Undated, 7"/45rpm (2 copies)
Traveling Thru New Jersey - Bob Lockwood & Anne McDonagle - "New Jersey - The Beautiful, New Jersey - The Great!",...
Dates:
c. 1950s-1970s
Newark Broadsides Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG NWK Broadsides -(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of eight boxes of broadsides.The documents consist primarily of flyers and notices, interspersed with occasional press releases or statements. The bulk of the items are printed, or are photocopies of typed or hand-written documents; most items are in English, but a few are in Spanish.Organizations represented in the Newark-related portion of the collection include, but are not limited to: educational institutions such as Essex Community...
Dates:
1974 - 2021
Newark Invitations Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Invitations-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
This collection contains invitations received by Charles F. Cummings and, occasionally, other librarians and community members. 2012-2015 invitations were donated by Arnold Cohen and Nancy Zak. The invitations are sorted by year, as follows:Box 1: 1982-1985Box 2: 1986-1988Box 3: 1989-1991Box 4: 1992-1993, 1995, 1996Box 5: 1997-1998Box 6: 1998-2000Box 7: 2000-2002 Box 8 (half box): 2003 to Present,...
Dates:
1982 - 2022
Newark Jazz Festival Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Jazz-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The collection includes brochures and ephemera, meeting minutes, clippings, accounts, photographs, audiovisual material, artist publicity sheets, and notes related to the Newark Jazz Festival from 1991, when it was called the Sarah Vaughan Jazz Festival, to 1996. There are also additional materials related to the jazz scene in the Newark area.
The collection includes three subject folders in addition to folders for each year of the festival.
Box #1: Newark Jazz Festival.
1. General Newark...
Dates:
1991 - 1996