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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 271 Collections and/or Records:

Newark Senior Citizens Oral Histories

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Valle (Digital)
Abstract

These collection consists of 6 oral histories recorded by Rutgers students.

Dates: 2019
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Newark Senior Citizens Oral Histories

Newark Subway Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG NWK Subway -(Main)
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Newark City Subway Emergency Ventilation Project plan, NERL Lighting Design Options drawing (2000), NERL fact sheets, and Newark City Subway Accessibilities Improvements-Washington Street Station 60% Submission papers (1997), and other architectural drawings.

Dates: 1997 - 2000
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Newark Subway Collection

Newark Theaters Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Theaters-(Main)
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Newark Theatre programs, assorted clippings, and magazine publications related to Newark Theatre productions. Theaters in this collection include: Broad Street Theatre, Shubert Theatre, Colosseum Theatre, Krueger Auditorium, Newark Theatre, Strand Theatre, Proctor's Theatre, Salaam Theatre, Mosque Theatre, Symphony Hall, as well as an assortement of miscellaneous productions from local schools and programs.

Dates: 1850 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1930
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Newark Theaters Collection

Newark Then and Now Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Zhang -(Digital)
Abstract

This collection consists of images of postcards from c. 1916, placed with 2016 images of the same location.

Dates: 2016
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Newark Then and Now Photographs

Newark United Nations Day Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk UN-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents The earliest scrapbook (1958-1967) includes clippings and other printed material, including dinner and conference programs, flyers, press releases, newsletters, correspondence, invitations, and a few photographs related to the programs, events, and outreach work of the AAUN of Newark.The remaining 5 scrapbooks (1967, 1969, 1971-1973) focus solely on United Nations Week in Newark. These volumes contain clippings, press releases, memos, correspondence, programs, menus, recipes, and...
Dates: 1958 - 1973
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Newark United Nations Day Scrapbooks

Newark Yearbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Yearbooks-(Digital)
Scope and Contents

The library owns some items in our book collection, but many yearbooks were donated by schools and citizens, scanned and returned.

Dates: 1876 - 2020
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Newark Yearbooks

Newspaper Photos of Newark's Past: Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Photos-(Main)
Abstract The collection consists of two scrapbooks compiled by Walter Edward Blythe and Robert Arthur Illig. They contain illustrations relating to the history of Newark, clipped from local newspapers (the Newark Sunday Call, the Newark Evening News, the Newark Star-Eagle, etc.). The illustrations, cut out and neatly mounted on scrapbook pages, are annotated with the date of publication. The publication dates are mostly in the 1920s and 1930s, but many of the graphics and photographs reproduced date...
Dates: 1890 - 1938
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Newspaper Photos of Newark's Past: Scrapbooks

Newwork Real Estate Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Newwork-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents Box #1: files labeled as Newark Landmark Sites and Historic Districts (2006), Newark Maps, Program Survey, Newark Downtown District, and other material relating to Newark, NJ. Box #2: Newark Foundation, Newark Museum, Newark Cyber Notes. Broad Street, Urban Enterprise Zone Program. Box #3: CAC of NJ, CACNJ Facilities, Bedminster Medical Plaza, Bedminster, N.J. (2006-2009), Passaic River.The Newark-related contents of the collection are as follows:Box 1: flyers,...
Dates: c. 1990-2010
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Newwork Real Estate Papers

Norman-Thomas-Riot Police Records

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Thomas -(Main)
Abstract

Newark Police Department records from the investigation surrounding a riot in Military Park at a speech of Socialist Norman Thompson.

Dates: 1938
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Norman-Thomas-Riot Police Records

Office of Planning, Zoning and Sustainability Files Clippings Files

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Planning-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents

These binders were in the Office of Planning, Zoning and Sustainability. Clippings, however, are not limited to planning but cover many events, mostly Newark, from 1980-1997.

There are a small amount of planning documents such as a newsletter and a budget mixed in with the clippings. Additionally articles were often pasted on the backs of planning department documents (presumably no longer needed).

Dates: 1980 - 1997
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Office of Planning, Zoning and Sustainability Files Clippings Files

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