New Jersey -- History -- 19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Joseph T. Hopping Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Hopping-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, 2 small hymn books, account books (1846-1847), bills, receipts, tax records, statements, business cards, etc. Newark-related items include the following: bills from Newark businesses, including clothiers, a stonemason, glass and paint dealers, a wallpaper dealer, a dealer in gardening supplies, and "The Newark Advertiser" (1850s-1860s); and packets of blank checks from the Newark Banking and Insurance Co. (1850s), the Mechanics National Bank of...
Dates:
1846 - 1869
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
New Jersey Associations Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NJ Associations-(Main)
Scope and Contents
BOX #1. General: "A Listing of New Jersey Associations and Executive Officers" (1971); N. J. Associations A-N:
The Academy of Medicine of Northern New Jersey (20th anniversary, 1941, brochure); American Institute of Architects, New Jersey Chapter (lecture program, 1901-2); American Legion Irvington Post 16, (membership and event cards, 1919-1922); Association for
Cape May Geographic Society: Six Annual Bulletin (June 1952); Children of New Jersey ("The Children's Inaugural," 1990);...
Dates:
1801 - 2005
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); William E. Pine ("In Memory of William...
Dates:
1817 - 2022
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)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 14, 1919).Presbyterian: New...
Dates:
1857 - 1976
New Jersey Cities and Towns Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NJ Towns-(Main)
Scope and Contents
Box #1. Amwell (Ledger of Town Collector, 1797-99), Chatham ("The Chathams Commemorate the 200th Anniversary of naming the area in honor of Sir William Pitt, Earl of Chatham," The American Revolution Bicentennial Committees of Chatham Borough and Chatham Township, 1973), East Orange (75th Anniversary, 1938; Olden Days Calendar, 1908-09), Elizabeth (Historic Elizabeth 1664-1932: George Washington Bicentennial Edition; "Major-General Elias Dayton 1737-1807" by Abner S. Coriell; "Bi-Centenary...
Dates:
1797 - 1982
New Jersey Elections Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG NJ Elections-(Main)
Abstract
The collection consists of material relating to New Jersey elections for municipal, county, and statewide offices. Many items relate to Newark candidates and organizations, or were produced in Newark.
Dates:
1865 - 2022
New Jersey History Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG NJ History-(Main)
Scope and Contents
"Battle of Connecticut Farms" (Union County, pamphlet), Civil War (Soldiers' paychecks signed by Marcus Ward, New Jersey State paymaster.for Union Forces during the Civil War, 1863-64, newspaper clippings, letters-1944; "Governor Richard J. Hughes and the New Jersey Civil War Centennial Commission request the honor of your presence at the Rededication of the New Jersey Monument at Gettysburg National Military Park, 1963 & 64; Minutes of the 22nd & 28th Annual Re-union of the Society...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
New Jersey Industries Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NJ Industry-(Main)
Scope and Contents
Box 1:
Armstrong Cork Co. Millville NJ, (c. 1948); Bayonne Oil Refinery, Bayonne NJ, (undated); Beattie Carpets, Little Falls NJ, (c. 1956); Bergen Iron Works, (1814-1888); Breweries in “American Breweriana Journal”, (1993); Campbell Soup Co, Camden NJ, (1952); Colt Mills, (undated); Continental Paper Co. and Alford Cartons, Ridgefield Park NJ, (c.1945); Crocker-Wheeler Ampere NJ, in Powerfax Magazine, (1951); Curtiss-Wright Corp, Wood-Ridge NJ, (c. 1954); Edgewater Assembly Plant Ford...
Dates:
1750 - 2004