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Schools -- New Jersey -- Newark

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Newark School Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk School Photos
Abstract

Newark School Photographs, originally a Newark Board of Education collection, consists of 18 boxes of prints, plus four drawers of small-format prints, most with matching negatives.

Dates: 1888-1967, additional material added to digital collection through 2018

Newark Schools Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Schools-(Main)
Scope and Contents This artificial collection consists of a variety of materials relating to public, private, and religious schools in Newark.Box #1: Newark Public Schools Ledger (1904-13), Newark High Schools Scrapbook (1903-07, newspaper articles, typed reports, etc.). A ledger with inventories of sewing supplies by school, including the colored school (1904-1913); and a scrapbook of material relating to Newark's Board of Trade and schools, with reports on students in commercial...
Dates: 1809 - 2021

Newark Yearbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Yearbooks-(Digital)
Scope and Contents

The library owns some items in our book collection, but many yearbooks were donated by schools and citizens, scanned and returned.

Dates: 1876 - 2020

School News from Newark Newspapers (1)

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk School News-(Offsite)
Scope and Contents Part 1 of the School News from Newark Newspapers scrapbook collection consists of 39 scrapbooks, arranged in chronological order, of local newspaper clippings reporting issues, events, activities, and announcements of the Board of Education and of individual schools in Newark. In most of the volumes artcles are grouped by topic. Some volumes also contain original correspondence, notes, and memos. Volume 1 (1903-1907), for example, is largely devoted to school reform and expansion and the...
Dates: 1903 - 1946

School News from Newark Newspapers (2)

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk School News-(Main)
Abstract

Part 2 of the School News Scrapbook Collection consists of 26 scrapbooks of local newspaper clippings reporting issues, events, activities, and announcements of relating to Newark schools and to the Board of Education. Each volume, or group of volumes, covers a date-span (usually 2-3 years). Within many of the scrapbooks, clippings are grouped alphabetically by topic.

Dates: 1915 - 1916; 1946 - 1976

Sewing Classes Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Sewing-(Main)
Scope and Contents This collection consists of three scrapbooks created by the Home Economic Department of the Newark Schools: One scrapbook includes materials relating to sewing classes sponsored by the Newark Board of Education from 1912 through 1922. The volume includes patterns and instructions for embroidery; samples of fabric and embroidery thread; and lists of schools, teachers, classes taught, and items sewed.A scrapbook, entitled "Sewing Exhibit, Vol. II" contains samples of...
Dates: 1912 - 1922

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