Essex County (N.J.) -- History -- 20th Century
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Essex County Republican Party Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Essex Co. Republicans -(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence (1938-47), flyerss, convention and dinner programs, clippings, and scrapbooks related to the Republican Party in Essex County. While much of the material relates to the suburban towns of Essex County, there are also frequent mentions of chapter officers, delegates, activists, and candidates from the ward of Newark. Several of the folders are labeled, "Alfred Harris Collection." Alfred P. Harris was a graduate of Weslyan University, Vice-President of...
Dates:
1938 - 1959
Kurt Landsberger Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Landsberger-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection relates to the Save the Mountain organization which Landsberger founded in 1981.
Save the Mountain was established by local citizens to fight to save Kips Castle on First Mountain in Verona
and Montclair, NJ. Initially, they were unsuccessful in convincing county or municipality to obtain the property
for public use. As Essex County moved to sell its former institutions (Overbrook Hospital, Essex Mountain
Sanatorium, and the Jail Annex) in Cedar Grove, Verona, and...
Dates:
1977 - 2010
New Jersey Land Survey
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MG NJ Land Survey-(Fileroom)
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
Newark Evening News Morgue & Materials
Collection
Identifier: Microfilm & Indexes
Scope and Contents
The library was given the archives of the Newark Evening News at its closing. This includes:1. Newark News Morgue Subject File (bulk 1920s-1970s, some earlier): 100,000+ subjects of microfilmed clippings files (11 file drawers of microfilm).See "External Links" section below for links to subject file index. 2. Newark News Photo Collection (Bulk offsite, bulk 1930s-1970s, but some earlier):...
Dates:
c. 1900-1972
The Central Tangent
Collection
Identifier: MG NWK-Tangent
Abstract
The Central Tangent is a biweekly pulication that keeps its readers informed of what occurred in Central C. and M. T. High Schools of Newark, New Jersey.
Dates:
1930-03-14 - 1947-12-20
USO Campaign: Essex County, Scrapbook
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MG Essex USO-(Main)
Scope and Contents
The scrapbook is comprised of clippings documenting the USO Campaign of June-July 1941.
Dates:
1941
West Essex Scrapbooks
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Essex West-(Main)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 4 scrapbooks with newspaper clippings related to West Essex of Essex County, N.J. : v. 1 (10/1952-10/1953), v. 2 (07/1954-03/1955), v. 3 (10/1959-06/1961), and v. 4 (01/1963-04/1965)
Dates:
1952 - 1965