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Activism -- New Jersey -- Newark

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

In Library Use Only: Ironbound Community Corporation Digitized Videos

 Digital Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk ICC
Found in: Van Buren Branch, Newark Public Library

Miscellaneous items (A) relating to Newark (N.J.), 1881 - 2008

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier:  MG NWK Misc. (Main)
Scope and Contents Box #1: Activism: Newsletter of the New Jersey Political Alliance for Peace and Human Rights (Dec 1967, v. 1 no. 1, "Alliance News", donation of Mr. Daniel Schechter, Manchester N.J.), "Social Action Organizations of New Jersey" (May 1971); New Jersey Peace Action 60th Anniversary Dinner Journal (Apr 2, 2017); Newark Community Union Project reunion invitation and letter; Newsletters: "MAMOC Men Against Murdering Our Children" (Nov 29, 2014, published Newark); The Agitator:...
Dates: 1881 - 2008
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / MG Nwk Misc.-(Main), Newark Miscellaneous Collections

Nancy Zak and Arnold Cohen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Zak-Cohen
Abstract

This collection consists of material from Arnold Cohen and Nancy Zak's careers in community organizing including the Ironbound Airplane Noise Committee, newsletters, photographs, and emphemera. Though there is some overlap this personal material is separate from the Ironbound Community Corporation Collection, part of which exists at Van Buren Branch and the rest of which is set to be archived in 2022.

Dates: c. mid-1970s to 2000s
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Nancy Zak and Arnold Cohen Collection

Robert Curvin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Curvin-(Main)
Abstract

This collection consists of papers of historian Robert Curvin.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1954-2015, some copies of earlier material
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Robert Curvin Papers

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
Found in: Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library / Yoland Skeete-Laessig Collection

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