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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 281 Collections and/or Records:

Mount Pleasant Cemetery Interment records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Mt. Pleasant -(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of printouts from a database compiled by Scott Willman, divided into three binders: A-F, G-M, and N-Z. Entries are arranged alphabetically by name, and each entry contains the following: name, interment number, date of interment, Lot number, and Section number.

The Library also holds 3 disks labeled as Interment Records A-F, G-M, and N-Z, from which the printouts were made.

Dates: 1844 - c. 2000
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Mount Pleasant Cemetery Interment records

Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG MBLI-(Offsite)
Scope and Contents The collection is stored in 4 file cabinets and 3 boxes. Newark-related contents are as follows: File Cabinet 1, Drawer 1: company brochures and pamphlets; clippings and other material on anniversaries and company buildings; biographical files; exhibit material, including many photographs; and videotapes of speeches by Robert Van FossanFile Cabinet 1, Drawer 2: material on new building at 520 Broad St., including correspondence on opening ceremonies; biographical...
Dates: 1845 - 2001
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Collection

Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MG MBLI Records-(Offsite)
Scope and Contents This portion of the MBLI collection is comprised of 160 bound volumes of records. The records date to the founding of the company, and increasingly reflect the nationwide scope of the business. In many cases the place of residence of policy-holders is not noted. The content of the volumes is as follows: 4 Dead Annuity Registers (1951-1980), 6 books of policy forms (1845-1936), 2 cashbooks (1845-1852), 2 Policy Ledgers (1889-1890), 1 Agents Ledger (1845-1847), 4 Insurance Tables (1887-1893),...
Dates: 1845 - 2001
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Records

Nancy Zak and Arnold Cohen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Zak-Cohen
Abstract

This collection consists of material from Arnold Cohen and Nancy Zak's careers in community organizing including the Ironbound Airplane Noise Committee, newsletters, photographs, and emphemera. Though there is some overlap this personal material is separate from the Ironbound Community Corporation Collection, part of which exists at Van Buren Branch and the rest of which is set to be archived in 2022.

Dates: c. mid-1970s to 2000s
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Nancy Zak and Arnold Cohen Collection

Nat G. Bodian Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Bodian -(Main)
Scope and Contents This collection is divided into two series, 7 boxes of background files (or "work files") relating to the online essays and 21 binders (numbered SB 1-21) containing copies of the essays and comments from readers. The background material includes printouts of reference materials, notes, drafts of essays, clippings, printouts of lists of article references found in the New York Times online, correspondence connected to Bodian's research on a particular topic, and e-mails received from readers...
Dates: c. 1920-2009
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Nat G. Bodian Collection

National Newark and Essex Bank - Director's Minutes

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier:  MG Nwk Essex Bank-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents

This post binder contains board minutes from National Newark and Essex Bank from July to December 1950.

Dates: 1950
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / National Newark and Essex Bank - Director's Minutes

Nelson P. Rabone Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Rabone
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials from Rabone's sports career. In Box #1 (main) is a publication "Official Handbook of the Newark Public School Athletic Association" (1915-1916). This booklet contains a photo of Rabone on the soccer team. The original photo is also included. Other photos include 2 photos of an unidentified basketball team -with the same C shaped logo (posing with a trophy), a soccer team photo with a logo that looks like T and B -- identified by Tom McCabe as the True...
Dates: c. 1915-1930
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Nelson P. Rabone Collection

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
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / New Jersey Elections Collection

New Jersey Land Survey

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MG NJ Land Survey-(Main)
Scope and Contents This volume includes ca. 60 maps of various neighborhoods, and towns in Essex County. Most of the maps are photostats or other reproductions, and many are either tax maps or maps of lots owned by realty companies. More than half of the maps are of the Town of Bloomfield. Newark-related maps include: a photostat of an 1896 map, overlaid with another map and notes regarding the Union Building; lots owned by the Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company (1905); Clinton Avenue Heights...
Dates: c. 1920-1925
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / New Jersey Land Survey

New Jersey Oral History: Nursing Transcripts

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG NJ Nursing -(Fileroom)
Abstract This collection consists of interviews conducted under a project entitled "Patterns of Nurse Education and Health Care," administered by Rutgers University's Graduate Program of Nursing (Newark), in 1982. The interviewers were students, supervised by Dr. Ruth Greenberg-Edelstein. The interviews cover nursing education and work experience from the 1920s on, including reminiscences of Depression-era nursing, early midwifery, World War II service, Vietnam War nursing, etc. Most interviews are...
Dates: c. 1982
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / New Jersey Oral History: Nursing Transcripts

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