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Newark Map Collection (ca. 1667 - ca. 2004)
RepositoryNewark Public Library, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center
Sizeca. 500 items
Collection Description
The Newark Maps collection consists of maps and architectural drawings dating from the early 19th century to the 2000s. The maps and drawings are stored in flat-file drawers and are indexed in a card-file drawer in the Reading Room. Among the types of map included in the collection are: maps showing buildings accepted or nominated for New Jersey and National Historic Landmark status; historic maps, showing city layout and boundaries from 1667 on (including a "Map of the Town of New-Ark in the State of New Jersey" [1806, republished 1891], showing properties of the original settlers, ca.1667; and Samuel H. Congar's map of the city as it looked ca.1776-1780 [1924]); the Newark Bureau of Associated Charities map showing the distribution of various ethnic groups in the city (1912); business district; railroad; traffic/highways; port and shipyard; wards and election districts (including City Clerk's Office official maps); city planning, environment, and land use (including Bureau of City Planning and City Planning Commission maps); zoning; Housing Authority; Rutgers-Newark campus; parks; location of schools; Newark Defense Council (World War II); real estate (lots for sale, development, etc., from ca. 1835); family properties (Ward, Sayers, Hedenberg, Nutman, etc.); and a map showing Italian districts of the City (1978). Also included are a large number of general maps of the City and of individual sections and neighborhoods.

Architectural drawings and plans include, but are not limited to, renderings of the following: the Busch Building; New Jersey Bell Building (1 Washington St.); Feigenspan House; Red Cross Building (728 High St.); Ritz Theater, Springfield Avenue; and East Jersey Water Company sites (Clinton and Oak Ridge Gate Houses and other subjects, 1890s). Also indexed in this collection is a large collection of drawings produced by the Historic American Building Survey, 1935-1942 (Pierson House, 10 drawings; David Alling House, 8; David Nichols House, 5; First Presbyterian Church, 16; 3 Clay St., 3; Lloyd House, 23; Rectory of the House of Prayer, 12; South Park Presbyterian, 21; Stephen Crane Birthplace, 16; Sydenham House, 11; Trinity Cathedral, 10; and Chancellor Avenue School, 1).

NOTE: A selection of maps from this collection is available as digital files (disks are catalogued under the call number: 912.74932 N422). For further information and access, consult archives staff. Twenty-nine digitized maps from the collection are available on a web site maintained by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, at: http://archlib.njit.edu/collections/dana/collections/maps/mapsinlittmanlibrary/index.php

under the heading "Courtesy of the Newark Public Library." Among the maps that have been scanned are: the 1806 map of 17th-century Newark, Newark maps surveyed by Stephen Dod and published for Pierson's City Directory (1846-1859), Holbrook's maps, and Robinson's Newark Atlas (Volume 1, 1926).

NOTE: Selected material from this collection has been digitized, and can be accessed at https://cdm17229.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17229coll12
FormatsDigital materials; Graphics; Textual materials
SubjectsArchitecture / Building; Business / Commerce; Colonial Era; Education; Ethnic History; Italian-American History; Literature / Authors; Politics and Government; Property / Urban Development; Religion / Churches; Revolutionary War; Transportation; Water Supply; World War II
Time Periods17th Century; 18th Century; 19th Century; 20th Century
LanguageEnglish
Access policyOpen for research
ProcessedYes
Finding AidYes
Finding Aid URLhttps://newarkpubliclibrary.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/155