Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:
Baker Company Scrapbooks
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Baker Co.-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two scrapbooks of the William A. Baker Printing Company. Volume 1 is a sample book containing examples of printed matter produced by the company. Included are logos, advertisements, invitations, business cards, checks, newspaper clippings, stationery, greeting cards, and novelty items. At the back of the volume are some clippings about the company in general, copies of a "pen sketch" if the "Business Department" office (1889), and clippings, flyers, and...
Dates:
1893 - 1897
Banister Collection
Digital Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Banister
Banister Shoe Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Banister-(Fileroom)
Abstract
This collection consists of records from the James A. Banister Shoe Company of Newark, NJ from 1890-1935, as well as research on the company from 2016
Dates:
1890 - 1935; 2016 - 2019
C. G. Hine Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NJ Hine-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
Box #1: manuscripts titled as "Elizabeth-Morristown," "Middlebrook and Pluckemin," "North-Western New Jersey," "To Princeton and Trenton through New Brunswick and back through Kingston, Rocky Hill and Pluckemin, Washington Treck," "Northern New Jersey," and "George Washington's Itinery covering West of the Hudson River and New Jersey," and miscellaneous papers.Box #2: files including newspaper clippings, photographs, brochures, and brief manuscripts and labeled as "Bibliography,"...
Dates:
c. 1883-1929
CFCNJIC Archival Collections on Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: Microfilm cabinets
Scope and Contents
Black Power Movement Part 1 - includes Amiri Baraka (9 reels) See index in External Documents.
Churchman Funeral Home Records, 1902-1934 (2 reels) See Newark Archives Project in External Documents for more information on this collection. From NJHS Collection. Plus index to volume 2 in Oversized Books collection under title "Churchman". City of Newark Engineering Drawings (6...
Dates:
1723 - 1997
CFCNJIC Archival Material in Book/DVD Collection (Partial List)
Collection
Identifier: Book and DVD Collection
Scope and Contents
Following are a selection of archival items in the Book and DVD collections. Search our catalog for a full list at catalog.npl.org.
[Three Bamberger's videos : Christmas 1926 ; Bamberger parade 1930s ; Bamberger's Thanksgiving parade 1944] / 381.141 T4132
Newark Public Library Biographies on DVD search at catalog.npl.org for author "Voices & Visions Productions" (11 DVDs incl....
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk 1900s-2000s
CFCNJIC City Directories and Phonebooks
Collection
Identifier: City Directories & Phonebooks
Scope and Contents
The CFCNJIC owns hard copy and microfilm city directories from roughly 1835-1980s. Additionally the CFCNJIC owns NJ Bell Telephone Directories on microfilm covering the entire state from roughly 1900-1990 depending on location.The CFCNJIC has hard copy Newark phonebooks through 2019. The CFCNJIC also owns reverse address directories for Newark and Suburban Essex through 2019 (these start in the city directories in the 1920s, and become separate volumes c. 1972). ...
Dates:
Statewide: 1870s - early 1990s (depending on locality)
Newark: 1835-2019
CFCNJIC Documents Collections
Collection
Identifier: Documents
Scope and Contents
This collection includes documents published by the state, county, and city. It also includes "Quasi" collections which are documents from non-governmental organizations including non-profits and other associations, institutions, and clubs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1880-2010
Charles P. Ross records
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Ross-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The Charles P. Ross business records consist primarily of general financial ledgers of daily transactions, and also include lists of real estate for sale, rental records, and bills. The contents are as follows:Box 1 (4 ledgers, and assorted loose records): 1 ledger listing rents received, with an index of the individual accounts (ca. 1897-1905); 2 general ledgers of daily transactions that record rents and payments received and bills paid (1904-1908); a list of "Building Lots,...
Dates:
1887 - 1910
Donald M. Karp Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Karp
Abstract
This large and varied collection of Newark-related ephemera, publications, photographs and artifacts was amassed by Newark attorney and banker Donald Karp, a devotee of Newark history who played an active role in many aspects of the civic and cultural life of the city.
Dates:
1806 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1990