Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 271 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
New Jersey Oral History Transcripts
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG NJ Oral History-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
1 archival box contains oral history transcripts (and relevant microfilms and audio tapes) narrated by Harold Lett (1973, 1974), Paul Windels, J. David Stern, Edmund De Long, Albert L. Vreeland (1974), William Halsey Wood Jr. (on the subject of William Halsey Wood, 1972), Frank Harper (on the subject of Thomas Edison, 1973), A. Hicks Lawrence (on the subject of the Volunteer Work at Camp Meritt during World War I, 1974), Edward Brockie (on the Volunteer Work at Camp Merritt during World War...
Dates:
1972 - 1974
New Jersey Postcard Albums Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG NJ Postcards-(Main)
Scope and Contents
The nineteen catalogued albums in this collection contain postcards of New Jersey towns collected by Mr. K. Landsberger of Verona. The cards are arranged geographically, with two albums devoted to Verona, two to West Orange, and smaller numbers representing other locales. One album, "Scrapbook 19 - Newark," contains over 200 postcards of Newark, arranged roughly by subject. Most of the cards date from the first two decades of the 20th century and most are photochrom (or photochrome) -- that...
Dates:
c. 1900-1990
Newark African Americans Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Nwk AF AM-(Main)
Scope and Contents
This collection of miscellaneous material includes the following:"The Arrow" (Black Urban Alliance Newsletter, 1996);"Baraka, Amiri" (clippings);"Black New-ark" (Newspaper Issues: January, May-June, August, November 1973)"Black Power" (1967 Black Power conference: articles, correspondence, etc.); "Black Perspective" (Publication of the Communications Committee of the Black Organization of Students, 1973)"Blacks"...
Dates:
1800s-2017
Newark American Revolution Bicentennial Commission collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NWK Bicentennial
Scope and Contents
Box 1: contains 3 folders of correspondence (1975-1977), much of it consisting of routine letters soliciting donations or proposing projects; some folders of material relating to national celebrations; folders labeled "Newark Bicentennial-Scrapbook," "Bicentennial-Proposals," "Charles F. Cummings," and "Bicentennial Newsletters-Newark"; 7 folders of material related the Freedom Train; and 3 folders of budget material Box 2: contains 2 folders of correspondence (1973-1974); Newark...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1973 - 1977; 1916 - 1998
Newark and New Jersey - In Story and Pictures
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MG Nwk-NJ-(Main)
Scope and Contents
The clippings (March 1936-May 1947) in this scrapbook, compiled by Henry A. Schwedes, highlight topics in the history City of Newark; a small amount of material relates to other New Jersey locales. In 1921 Henry A. Schwedes, a graduate of Cornell University (1912) and a resident of Irvington, owned a one-hundred car garage in Newark.Most of the articles date from Newark's centennial year (1936) and are from the Newark Sunday Call and the Newark Evening News. Subjects include:...
Dates:
1936 - 1947
Newark Architecture Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG NWK Architecture
Abstract
This collection contains materials on Newark architecture from Julia Sabine, Donald Geyer, the Historic Sites and Buildings Committee of Newark and miscellaneous other sources.
Dates:
copies from 19th century, 1903-2021
Newark Associations Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Associations-(Main)
Abstract
Organized in alphabetical order in 3 Hollinger boxes, this collection consists of invitations, programs, brochures, reports, by-laws, constitutions, membership lists, etc. related to various Newark clubs, committees, and organizations.
Dates:
1815 - 1995
Newark Audio Collection
Collection — In Oversized Photo Drawer, Bottom Second from Left
Identifier: MG Nwk Audio-(Main)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 33.5 rpm and 45rpm vinyl records in 7", 10" and 12" formats. The collection also consists of audio reels.
John L. Brown - "My True Love"; "Baby, Baby" - Moondog Records, Clifton Records, Clifton NJ. 1975, Undated, 7"/45rpm (2 copies)
Traveling Thru New Jersey - Bob Lockwood & Anne McDonagle - "New Jersey - The Beautiful, New Jersey - The Great!",...
Dates:
c. 1950s-1970s