Essex County (N.J.) -- History -- 21st century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
CFCNJIC Documents Collection: Essex County Docs
Digital Record
Identifier: Essex County Docs
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