Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century

Scope and Contents The Berg Picture Collection contains more than 2,800 photographs, mostly Newark street scenes, taken by Samuel Berg, MD between 1960 and 1968. The bulk of the collection consists of fifteen binders of black and white, 4" x 3" prints and a one-volume index. The index lists the images by roll and exposure number, and by unique image number. Also included is the date the photograph was taken and a very specific description of the image; for example, photograph #1165, roll 47, exposure 14, taken...

Scope and Contents Box 1: includes a folder of typed copies of correspondence to and from Martland, some of it relating to radioactive fallout (1945-1960); research materials, consisting of articles and notes on radioactivity (1960s-1972); an article, "Occupational Poisoning in the Manufacture of Luminous Watch Dials," by Harrison S. Martland (Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 92, no. 9, 1929); 4 rolls of film; and a draft of a book-length manuscript by Samuel Berg entitled "Harrison Stanford...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of 15 boxes, 12 are archival cartons, 3 are flat boxes.Series 1 contains correspondence. The first subseries is Sam Berg's correspondence by date, followed by specific files Berg kept on specific correspondants. The remainder of Series 1 contains correspondence by Ethel and Mote, as well as unsigned letters and letters not involving any family member. The correspondence series makes up a powerful story of the lives of the three siblings. There are many...