Manuscript Group 858, Newark Library Association, Newark, NJ, Records, 1789 – 1914
858. NEWARK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, Newark, N.J.
Records, 1789-1914. 9ft.
Letters, financial records, catalogs, scrapbooks, legal
papers,
registration books, and printed matter of the Newark Library
Association, 1847- 1914; minutes, constitution, bylaws,
account
book, borrower’s register, book catalog, and other records of
the
Newark Library Society from 1789 to 1827. The collection
includes
letters of Marcus L. Ward and material concerning The
NewJersey
Historical Society. Elisha Boudinot, Benjamin Coe, Alexander
C.
McWhorter, and other prominent Newark residents were
subscribers to the Newark Library Society.
MG 858 – Newark Library Association/Newark Library
Society, 1789-1914
Box
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Folder
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Title
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Dates
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| 1 | 1 | Minutes of the Executive Committee |
1859-1864 |
| 2 | Minutes of the Executive Committee |
1864-1886 | |
| 3 | Minutes of the Executive Committee |
1855-1859 | |
| 4 | Minutes of the Executive Committee |
1886-1891 | |
| 5 | Scrapbook clippings |
1873-1888 | |
| 6 | Subscription ledger |
1863-1869 | |
| 2 | 1 | Account book |
1814-1827 |
| 2 | Fire agreements |
1868-1888 | |
| 3 | Account book |
1798-1805 | |
| 4 | Account ledger |
1849-1859 | |
| 5 | Ledger book |
1869-1873 | |
| 6 | Ledger | 1874-1885 | |
| 3 | 1 | Account ledger (incomplete); Summaries |
1887-1889;1859-1874
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| 2 | Ledger index |
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| 3 | Ledger index |
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| 4 | Ledger index |
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| 5 | Cash book |
1849-1850 | |
| 6 | Cash book |
1870-1871 | |
| 7 | Cash book |
1872-1874 | |
| 8 | Cash book |
1875-1878 | |
| 9 | Cash book |
1882-1884 | |
| 4 | 1 | Cash book |
1885-1887 |
| 2 | Cash/Account book |
1887-1889 | |
| 3 | Checkbook | 1857-1863 | |
| 4 | Checkbook #4 |
1870-1883 | |
| 5 | Blank checks |
1895-1898 | |
| 6 | Checkbook | 1847-1857 | |
| 7 | Check stubs |
1872-1876 | |
| 8 | Check stubs |
1876-1878 | |
| 9 | Check stubs |
1879-1880 | |
| 10 | Check stubs |
1883-1885 | |
| 5 | 1 | Check stubs |
1885-1888 |
| 2 | Check stubs |
1888-1889 | |
| 3 | Check stubs |
1889-1895 | |
| 4 | Check stubs |
1881- | |
| 5 | Bank book |
1869 | |
| 6 | Bank books: Newark Banking Co., National Newark Banking Co. |
1863-1868, 1879-1888, 1891-1899 |
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| 7 | Bank books: American Trust Co. of NJ |
1872-1878 | |
| 8 | Bank books: Newark Banking & Insurance, Essex County National Bank |
1851-1856,1880-1885
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| 9 | Stock certificate book |
1849-1895 | |
| 10 | Stock certificates |
1895-1930 | |
| 6 | 1 | Stock certificates |
1847-1895 |
| 2 | New Jersey Historical Society Sharebook |
1895-1902 | |
| 7 | 1 | Newark Public Library & Newark Library Society Catalogue, Accounts, Circulation |
1789-ca.1827 |
| 2 | Newark Library Association Constitution, By-Laws, Reports and Catalogue, etc. |
1797-1828 | |
| 3 | Library catalogue |
ca.1808 | |
| 4 | Newark Public Library Circulation Accounts |
1798-1804 | |
| 5 | Circulation register |
ca.1821-1822 | |
| 6 | Library catalogue |
1854-1867 | |
| 7 | Charter & By-Laws, pamphlets |
1885 | |
| 8 | List of life members |
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| 8 | 1 | Correspondence regarding NJ Historical Society |
1860-1888 |
| 2 | Correspondence regarding NJ Historical Society |
1889-1890 | |
| 3 | Correspondence regarding NJ Historical Society |
1890-1898 | |
| 4 | Correspondence regarding NJ Historical Society |
1899 | |
| 5 | Correspondence regarding NJ Historical Society |
January-May 1900 |
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| 6 | Correspondence regarding NJ Historical Society |
June-October 1900 |
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| 7 | Correspondence regarding NJ Historical Society |
November-December 1900 |
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| 8 | Correspondence regarding NJ Historical Society |
1901 | |
| 9 | Correspondence regarding NJ Historical Society |
1902-1914 | |
| 10 | Correspondence and legal documents relating to property holdings of NLA |
1854-1898 | |
| 11 | Abstract or title of Isaac M. Ward, George W. Plummer, & Henry F. Osborne – documents |
ca.1807-1885 | |
| 12 | Miscellaneous legal documents |
1824-1880 | |
| 13 | Miscellaneous | n.d. | |
| 9 | 1 | Librarians reports |
1857-1865 |
| 2 | Librarians reports |
1866-1887 | |
| 3 | Librarians reports |
1888 | |
| 4 | Librarians reports |
1885-1889 | |
| 5 | Inspectors of Election |
1851-1860 | |
| 6 | Election reports |
ca.1865-1869, n.d. |
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| 7 | Treasurers reports |
1857-1860 | |
| 8 | Treasurers reports |
1861-1863 | |
| 9 | Treasurers reports |
1864-1869 | |
| 10 | Treasurers reports |
1870-1872, 1895 |
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| 11 | Treasurers reports |
1880s | |
| 12 | Treasurers reports |
1887-1888 | |
| 13 | Treasurers reports |
n.d. | |
| 14 | Treasurers reports |
1913 | |
| 15 | Treasurers reports |
1914 | |
| 16 | Treasurers reports |
1915 | |
| 17 | Treasurers reports – damaged |
1858-1867 | |
| 10 | 1 | Bills | 1872 |
| 2 | Bills | 1872 | |
| 3 | Contracts | 1867-1874 | |
| 4 | Leases | 1869-1885 | |
| 5 | Specifications to alterations of Library Hall |
n.d. | |
| 6 | Miscellaneous documents |
ca.1847-1901 | |
| 7 | Orange Mountain Cable Co. (Vanderpool) – Day cards and receipts |
1894-1895 | |
| 11 | 1 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1877 |
| 2 | Miscellaneous receipts |
(1877) 1878 |
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| 3 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1877 | |
| 4 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1878 | |
| 5 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1879 | |
| 6 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1879 | |
| 7 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1880 | |
| 8 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1880 | |
| 9 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1881 | |
| 10 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1881 | |
| 11 | Miscellaneous receipts |
(1881) 1882 |
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| 12 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1882 | |
| 12 | 1 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1883 |
| 2 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1883 | |
| 3 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1884 | |
| 4 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1884 | |
| 5 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1885 | |
| 6 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1886 | |
| 7 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1886 | |
| 8 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1887 | |
| 13 | 1 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1888 |
| 2 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1888 | |
| 3 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1889 | |
| 4 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1889 | |
| 5 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1889 | |
| 6 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1889 | |
| 7 | Regarding cancelled certificates of stock |
ca.1847-1887 | |
| 8 | Cancelled certificated of stock |
ca.1847-1885 | |
| 9 | Cancelled certificated of stock |
ca.1847-1885 | |
| 10 | Cancelled certificated of stock – transferred to NJ Historical Society ca.1897 |
1847-1896 | |
| 14 | 1 | Stock transfers by will |
1895-1898 |
| 2 | Capital stock of Obadiah Thayer (1848) |
1930 | |
| 3 | New Jersey Historical Society – Banking |
1898 | |
| 4 | Ernest Coe – Will and stock certificates |
ca.1928 | |
| 5 | NJ Historical Society – Purchase of Newark Library Assoc. stock, and matter regarding NLA & NJHS |
1899-1909 | |
| 6 | Shares and shareholders |
ca.1897-1914, 1930 |
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| 7 | Voting certificates: Transfers of shares to NJHS |
ca.1904-1907 | |
| 8 | NJHS – Certificates/transfers of stock |
ca.1847-1898 | |
| 9 | Certificates of stock to qualify election |
1930 | |
| 10 | Lists of stockholders |
n.d. | |
| 11 | Miscellaneous: Notices |
ca.1891-1900 | |
| 12 | Leases | 1879-1885 | |
| 13 | Merchants Insurance Company Bond |
1887 | |
| 14 | Receipts and bills regarding Library building at West Park St. |
1888 | |
| 15 | Proxies to vote at meetings of NLA |
1898-ca.1920 | |
| 15 | 1 | Bank book (Newark Banking Co.) |
1857-1863 |
| 2 | Cancelled checks / Bank notes |
1852-1859 | |
| 3 | Cancelled checks / Bank notes |
1860-1864 | |
| 4 | Cancelled checks / Bank notes |
1868-1874 | |
| 5 | Cancelled checks |
1876-1881 | |
| 6 | Cancelled checks |
1881-1886 | |
| 7 | Cancelled checks |
1887-1895 | |
| 8 | Subscriptions | n.d. (1929?) |
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| 9 | Miscellaneous receipts |
1888-1898 | |
| 10 | Interest payments to Howard Savings Institution |
1890-1897 | |
| 11 | Salary receipts |
1890-1897 | |
| 12 | List of vouchers received by NJ Art Union |
ca.1850-1851 | |
| 13 | John Cotton Dana – Passport;Deed/mortgage to McGraw Ave. property |
1928-1929;1920
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| 16 | 1 | Library catalogue |
n.d. |
| 17-49 | Oversize boxes – Newark Library Association |
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