Photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 146 Collections and/or Records:
William W May Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk May
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photos of Newark Public Schools that Bill May took while working for the district. Schools include: Weequahic, Vailsburg, Peshine Avenue, Newton, Science High, West Side, and Arts.Box #1: All schools alphabetically except Peshine Avenue and Peshine Avenue 1987-1988Box #2: Peshine Avenue 1988-1991Digital material includes photos of all schools, mostly in the 2000s, as well as historical research into the Newark Public Schools and...
Dates:
1900 - 2021; Majority of material found within 1988 - 2010
World War II-MacBrayne Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG WWII-MacBrayne-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a World War II scrapbook of photographs and documents compiled by Nan MacBrayne Eastmond; a few items relating to the donation of the MacBrayne scrapbook to the Newark Public Library; and unrelated documents concerning World War II servicemen Frank McTague of Newark and Joseph Basilone of Raritan, NJ. The McTague document is a power of attorney granted to his wife, Nina Hortense P. McTague, also of Newark (1944). Photocopied biographical and memorial material...
Dates:
1941 - 1945
YMCA/YWCA-Newark scrapbook
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MG NWK YM/YWCA -(Main)
Scope and Contents
Despite the collection title, the single volume that makes up this collection is devoted entirely to material relating to the YWCA of Newark. Contents include letterhead, pledge cards, acknowledgment cards, and business cards; announcements, programs, and tickets for Bible classes, educational activities, gymnastic drills, music programs, dinners, exhibits, meetings, etc.; sample questionnaires to ascertain the numbers, ages, and living arrangements of women employees; and circulars...
Dates:
1907 - 1917
Yoland Skeete-Laessig Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Skeete-Laessig
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of various materials resulting from Yoland Skeete-Laessig’s work on the book “When Newark Had a Chinatown: My Personal Journey”, as well as her fight to save the historical area of Chinatown from being redeveloped as an arena. There is also some material from her career as one of the founders of the art gallery Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Cente.
Dates:
1960-2017, photocopies of earlier material and artifacts from earlier period; Majority of material found within 2000 - 2008
Yoland Skeete-Laessig Collection
Digital Record
Identifier: MG Nwk Skeete-Laessig
Dates:
Majority of material found in Bulk undated
YWCA-Newark scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MG NWK YWCA -(Main)
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 7 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings related to the YWCA of Newark. Subjects of the clippings include staff, funding and fund-raising, programs, and activities. A small number of articles cover the national YWCA, and women's issues in general. The clippings are primarily from Newark papers (the Newark News, the Newark Sunday Call, the Evening Star), but also include a few from New York papers (New York Herald Tribune and the New York Times). Scrapbook 1...
Dates:
1907 - 1936