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1: Alford Family Papers (1944 - 1991)
Repository NameNewark Public Library, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center
Collection Size2 boxes, one oversize
Collection Description This collection consists of personal and professional material relating to George and Roberta Alford and their family, and especially to their involvement in the Newark ...
2: Amiri Baraka Papers (1945 - 2014)
Repository NameColumbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Collection Size219.5 linear feet (151 boxes)
Collection Description Amiri Baraka (Everett LeRoi Jones) was born on October 7, 1934 in Newark to Coyt Leverette and Anna Lois Jones, a postal supervisor and a social worker. ...
3: Amsterdam News Photograph Archive [preliminary description] (ca. 1930s - 1990s)
Repository NameCornell University Library, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections [preliminary]
Collection Size189 cubic feet
Collection Description Founded in 1909 by James H. Anderson, the New York Amsterdam News is one of the oldest African-American owned and run newspapers in the country. Initially ...
4: Autograph Collection (1776 - 2019)
Repository NameNewark Public Library, Special Collections Division
Collection Size3 file drawers and one oversize box
Collection Description This open collection consists of signed letters, postcards, and documents, as well as autograph cards and autographed photographs of artists, authors, businessmen, clergy, educators, lawyers, ...
5: Barbara Kukla Papers (1901 - 2012)
Repository NameNewark Public Library, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center
Collection Size11.26 linear feet (15 document boxes and 3 oversized boxes)
Collection Description Barbara J. Kukla was born in Kearny, NJ in 1940 and grew up in North Arlington, NJ. Her interest in journalism began when she was twelve ...
6: Batcheler, Hartshorne and Sahlins Family Papers (1798 - 2007)
Repository NameHistorical Society of Pennsylvania
Collection Size40 linear feet
Collection Description This collection documents four generations of the Batcheler, Hartshorne, and Sahlin families, with branches in Sweden and the U.S. The material mostly relates to ...
7: Biography Index (Biographical Vertical Files)
Repository NameNew Jersey Historical Society
Collection Description The Biography Index (Biographical Vertical Files) is an open, artificial collection of files arranged alphabetically by name. Many men and women who lived and/or ...
8: Brendan Byrne Papers (1960 - 1982)
Repository NameSeton Hall University, Msgr. William Noe Field Archives and Special Collections Center
Collection Size55 linear feet
Collection Description Brendan T. Byrne was born April 1, 1924 in West Orange, NJ, the fourth of Francis A. Byrne (1888-1973) and Genevieve (Brennan) Byrne's five children. He graduated ...
9: Business and Industrial Coordinating Council (BICC) Collection (1967 - 1973)
Repository NameNewark Public Library, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center
Collection Size2 boxes
Collection Description Newark's Business and Industrial Coordinating Council (BICC), at 46 Branford Place, was established in 1963 to address inequities in job opportunities (especially apparent in the predominantly white ...
10: Central High School Collection (1913 - 1993)
Repository NameNewark Public Library, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center
Collection Size23 volumes
Collection Description Central Commercial and Manual Training High School, on High Street between New and Summit Streets, was dedicated on January 31, 1912. Rabbi Solomon Foster gave the invocation, ...