Letters (correspondence)
Subject
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Found in 94 Collections and/or Records:
Henry G. Francisco Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Francisco
Abstract
This collection was donated in three batches. The original donation, in August 2016, consists of papers related to the World War I military service of late Newark resident Henry G. Francisco. A later donation, in August 2017, contains genealogical information about the Francisco family. In March 2021, a third donation contained miscellaneous materials mostly related to Francisco's life after World War I.
Dates:
1903 - 2016
Hughes Allison Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Allison-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the collection are as follows:Box 1: a folder entitled "Playbills and Theater Programs" consists mostly of material on New York productions, but also includes a program for a concert by Kirsten Flagstad at the Mosque Theatre (December 21, 1938) and the "Symphony Magazine" of the Essex County Symphony Society, Stadium Festival Concerts series (June 1940), announcing the program for the first concert, which featured Marian Anderson (June 3, 1940); a small folder of...
Dates:
1930 - 1981
James M. Reilly Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Reilly
Abstract
This collection consists of records from Mr. James M. Reilly, who was secretary of the Newark Board of Trade from 1892-1920 and was active in many other industrial and other organizations in Newark and surrounding area.
Dates:
1890 - 1935
John Angelo Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG Angelo-(Fileroom)
Abstract
These papers came from Mr. John Angelo of California.
Dates:
Copies of material from 1900-2011, bulk of original material 1980s-2011.
John B. Ehrhardt Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Ehrhardt-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of writings, speeches, and incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence, mostly on aspects of New Jersey history unrelated to Newark. The clippings, notes, and typescripts relate to Ehrhardt's historical work and include texts of talks delivered before local historical societies by Eberhardt and others. Hewark-related items include aA 1966 letter signed "Frank," containing reminiscences of Newark Evening News reporter. There is also an exchange of letters with the...
Dates:
1933 - 1964
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
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
Krueger Brewery Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Krueger-(Offsite)
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of miscellaneous items discovered by John N. Ioannou, a carpenter from Madison, NJ, at the site of a demolition on Belmont Avenue, "near the old Krueger Brewery." According to an undated note from him to Charles F. Cummings, he donated them to the Newark Public Library.
The collection consists of material apparently gathered and buried or hidden on the occasion of the groundbreaking for a new stable for the Krueger Brewery, May 18, 1880. One large document consists...
Dates:
1880
Krueger-Scott Mansion Cultural Center Project Records
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk KSMCC
Dates:
1990 - 1999
Kurt Landsberger Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Landsberger-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection relates to the Save the Mountain organization which Landsberger founded in 1981.
Save the Mountain was established by local citizens to fight to save Kips Castle on First Mountain in Verona
and Montclair, NJ. Initially, they were unsuccessful in convincing county or municipality to obtain the property
for public use. As Essex County moved to sell its former institutions (Overbrook Hospital, Essex Mountain
Sanatorium, and the Jail Annex) in Cedar Grove, Verona, and...
Dates:
1977 - 2010