Essex County (N.J.) -- History -- 20th Century

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...

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...

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...

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):...

Scope and Contents This collection includes documents from the government of Essex. This open collection consists of documents issued by various bodies related to the government of Essex County. The files are arranged alphabetically by the name of the issuing bodies.They include the Board of Chosen Freeholds, the County Executive, historical departments of Essex County including the medical examiner, finance, parks, engineer, etc. This section includes non-departmental agencies: Essex County...

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This open collection of printed documents contains material from a variety of Essex County organizations including hospitals, associations, clubs and non-profits. Although the organizations represented or served all of Essex County, many were based in Newark, and many files contain Newark references.

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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.

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The scrapbook is comprised of clippings documenting the USO Campaign of June-July 1941.

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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)