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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:

Digital: When Newark Was Younger

 Digital Record
Identifier: Information files and 974.932 St9
Dates: 1949 - 1950
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library

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: 1840 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1990
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Donald M. Karp Collection

Elizabeth L. Coombs Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Coombs-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents This collection consists of photocopied manuscripts of Elizabeth L. Coombs's writings. Manuscripts are titled as "Dr. Matthias Pierson (1971)," "Henry William Herbert," "Analysis of the Escutcheon of a Leading Family of Bloomfield, N.J. : The David Oakes Family (1970)," "Translation of Certain Idioms of Importance in the History of the New Jersey Indians (1972)," "A Collection of Tales of the Morris Canal and of the Folks who Lived along it (1971)," "A Lenni Lenape, The Last Yantecaw...
Dates: 1902 - 1970
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Elizabeth L. Coombs Collection

Emma Pruden Kitchel Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Kitchel-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents The bulk of this collection consists of correspondance (folders 3-9, most from 1854-1868, but the earliest letter undated may be as early as 1851), mostly from Emma Kitchel nee Pruden to her sister Phebe (some to other relatives, etc.). Also contains several pages of a diary and verses (folder 2) and miscellaneous items (folder 10) calling card, Civil War flier, photograph). The donor numbered and transcribed the letters, the transcriptions are housed in folder 1 (a few letters are labelled...
Dates: 1851 - 1868
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Emma Pruden Kitchel Papers

Essex County Court House collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG NWK Court House -(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents

"Programme of a Competition for the Selection of an Architect for a Court House to be erected for Essex County at Newark, New Jersey by the Essex County Building Commission" (1901); Letter from Asa Whitehead to General (Isaac) Andruss requesting a copy of the proceedings of the Bd. of freeholders re the location & building of the new court house, May, 1836; Essex County Bicentennial Commission. "Law Day: Essex County Courthouse Dedication, April 30, 1976."

Dates: 1836 - 1976
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Essex County Court House collection

Hahn / Schlacter Family Photo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Hahn-(Fileroom)
Abstract

This collection contains photos from several German families in early to mid 20th century Newark.

Dates: c. 1900-1957
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Hahn / Schlacter Family Photo Collection

In Library Use Only: Banister Collection

 Digital Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Banister
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library

John T. Cunningham Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Cunningham-(Offsite)
Scope and Contents

The collection consists mainly of clippings, brochures, pamphlets, photocopies, and copies of images collected by John T. Cunningham for his many books and articles, primarily about New Jersey. It includes some notes for his books and articles, and the text of many of the talks he gave, as well as typed copies of a few of his manuscripts, and published copies of about a dozen of his books.

Dates: Minimally processed, dates not determined.
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / John T. Cunningham Collection

Kathleen P. Galop Collection

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

Much of the collection pertains to Branch Brook Park, Newark, NJ, including materials related to The Newark Cherry Blossom Festival, Historic Register Nomination, Branch Brook Park Alliance, Essex County Parks Department, and research used in Galop’s co-authored book.

There are also materials on the Essex County Park System as a whole, as well as individual parks and projects. Additionally, Galop collected some materials on preservation in Essex County.

Dates: 1867 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1976 - 2007
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Kathleen P. Galop Collection

Krueger Brewery Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Krueger-(Offsite)
Scope and Contents The collection consists of miscellaneous items discovered by John N. Ioannou, a carpenter from Madison, NJ, at the site of a demolition on Belmont Avenue, "near the old Krueger Brewery." According to an undated note from him to Charles F. Cummings, he donated them to the Newark Public Library. The collection consists of material apparently gathered and buried or hidden on the occasion of the groundbreaking for a new stable for the Krueger Brewery, May 18, 1880. One large document consists...
Dates: 1880
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Krueger Brewery Collection

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