Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 267 Collections and/or Records:
Rachlin and Company Records
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Rachlin
Abstract
This collection contains records from the offices of Rachlin & Co., a Newark real estate company (prev. Union Building Company, Alfred Greenfield & Co.)
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1904 - 1973
R.C. Jenkinson Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Jenkinson-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The collection includes some examples of books and pamphlets from Jenkinson's collection, as well as correspondence, manuscript material, photographs, and clippings. Some items relate to other family members, in particular Jenkinson's wife Emily and his granddaughter, Margaret B. Skillman. Box 1: contains two books, Abraham Lincoln, by John G. Nicolay (1902) and Narratives of Newark, by David L. Pierson (1917). Among the many pamphlets in Box 1, the following relate to Newark:...
Dates:
1892 - 1930
Richard Hartshorne Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MG Hartshorne-(Main)
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of eight large scrapbooks containing original correspondence and photographs, typescripts, published articles, clippings, legal and legislative material, documents related to various state commissions, conference materials, newsletters, invitations, programs, periodicals, souvenirs of European travel, and ephemera. Clippings relating to court cases and public events in Newark and incoming and outgoing correspondence (to or from Hartshorne's Newark office) from...
Dates:
1890 - 1960
Robert Curvin Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Curvin-(Main)
Abstract
This collection consists of papers of historian Robert Curvin.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1954-2015, some copies of earlier material
Rutgers University Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Rutgers-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 2 copies of "Songs of Rutgers" (published in 1916 and 1963), a booklet titled as "School of Ceramics (1902-1952)," pamphlets regarding Paul Robeson Campus Center Dedication (1972, 1979), a photocopy of "Report to the New Jersey Legislature concerning the recent events and disturbances at the Newark and Camden Campus of Rutgers, The State University (1969)," a brochure from the dedication of Ackerson Hall (1966) and miscellaneous other publications.Also...
Dates:
1916 - 2022
Samuel Berg Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Berg -(Offsite)
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...
Dates:
1898 - 1993
School News from Newark Newspapers (1)
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk School Photos-(Offsite)
Scope and Contents
Part 1 of the School News from Newark Newspapers scrapbook collection consists of 39 scrapbooks, arranged in chronological order, of local newspaper clippings reporting issues, events, activities, and announcements of the Board of Education and of individual schools in Newark. In most of the volumes artcles are grouped by topic. Some volumes also contain original correspondence, notes, and memos. Volume 1 (1903-1907), for example, is largely devoted to school reform and expansion and the...
Dates:
1903 - 1946
School News from Newark Newspapers (2)
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk School News-(Main)
Abstract
Part 2 of the School News Scrapbook Collection consists of 26 scrapbooks of local newspaper clippings reporting issues, events, activities, and announcements of relating to Newark schools and to the Board of Education. Each volume, or group of volumes, covers a date-span (usually 2-3 years). Within many of the scrapbooks, clippings are grouped alphabetically by topic.
Dates:
1915 - 1916; 1946 - 1976
Sewing Classes Scrapbooks
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Sewing-(Main)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three scrapbooks created by the Home Economic Department of the Newark Schools: One scrapbook includes materials relating to sewing classes sponsored by the Newark Board of Education from 1912 through 1922. The volume includes patterns and instructions for embroidery; samples of fabric and embroidery thread; and lists of schools, teachers, classes taught, and items sewed.A scrapbook, entitled "Sewing Exhibit, Vol. II" contains samples of...
Dates:
1912 - 1922
Sgt. William T. Duffy Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Duffy-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
This small collection consists of two folders of photographs, newspaper clippings, and printed material, all possibly removed from a scrapbook.A folder entitled "Photographs" (ca. 1890s-1918) includes candid shots of Duffy, from childhood, with family and friends; photographs of Duffy in training and with his army buddies, and one formal, full-length portrait of Duffy in uniform. A folder entitled "Clippings" (1918-1933) contains clippings and a few cards related to...
Dates:
1918 - 1924