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Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 83 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

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

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

National State Bank of Newark Meeting Books

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NWK Bank-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 2 meeting books : v.1 (1812-1837) ; v.2 (1839-1883).

Dates: 1812 - 1883

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

New Jersey Land Conveyances Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG NJ Land Conv-(Fileroom) 
Scope and Contents This collection consist of 63 folders, each of which contains a document, or occasionally documents, related to land conveyances, including boundary line settlements, quit claim indentures and releases, bonds, etc. The folders are arranged chronologically.The bulk of the material relates to property transactions that occurred in Essex County; Newark related material includes, but is not limited to:An indenture for the sale of property in Newark from David Ward to...
Dates: 1761 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1761 - 1899

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 Population Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG NJ Population-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents

This small collection consists of photocopies of printed abstracts of census data for counties and townships in New Jersey, including Newark by ward (1850, 1855, 1860, 1865, and 1875); the categories of data for adults include: native or foreign, gender, and white or colored, and for children (between the ages of 5 and 16) include: gender, and white or colored. Also in the collection is a typescript table "Population of NJ Counties --1790-1915," which includes Essex County.

Dates: 1851 - 1876

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 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