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Newark (N.J.). City Hall

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Newark City Hall collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Nwk City Hall-(Main)
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of brochures, fliers and plaque related to the Rededication Ceremony of the Newark City Hall (2006), photocopied drawings and photographs of the old City Hall Building in the process of restoration, and memorial buttons.

Dates: 2006

Newark History Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Nwk History-(Main)
Scope and Contents Newark City Hall. "A History of the City Halls of Newark, New Jersey and Report of the City Hall Commission 1836, 1899-1910," Blueprint, Ely, Mowbray & Uffinger, architects. Contract and bond for the construction of the new City Hall (1902); Architectural plans published in American Architecture for City Hall (competition, 1901)History: Paper Ten Cent Note, City of Newark (1862); Indian bill of sale of Newark (1667, typed copy, 1892); Souvenir of Newark, Photo-Gravures...
Dates: 1892 - 2008

Samuel B. Finklestein Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MG NWK Finklestein
Abstract

This collection was donated in March 2021 by Arthur Feller. Feller is the grandson of Samuel B. Finklestein (1894-1982), the compiler of the material. It consists of photos, clippings, plaques, diplomas and other material from the career of Finklestein, who worked for the City of Newark for 50 years before retiring in 1967. For much of the 1930s and 1940s, Finklestein was a clerk in the city's Public Safety department. After 1954, he served as Personnel Director for the City of Newark.

Dates: 1900 - 2016