Manuscript Group 1287, Mintz Hymen B. (1909 – 1986), New Jersey Assemblyman and Collector Manuscript Collection, 1802 – 1911

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Manuscript Group 1287, Hymen B. Mintz (1909-1986), New Jersey assemblyman and collector

Manuscript Collection, 1802-1911, 0.5 linear feet

Call Number: MG 1287 + Folder number

Summary

• Biographical Note

• Provenance Note

• Container List

Summary:

A largely miscellaneous collection of depositions, subpoenas, promissory notes, bills for court costs, deeds, attorneys’ notes and other material pertaining to legal cases tried in the Essex and Bergen Inferior Courts of Common Pleas.  The bulk of the material pertains to civil and criminal cases tried between 1805-1840.  Some of the depositions included in this collection were taken from witnesses who testified in murder, slander, trespass, and assault and battery cases.  The collection includes the letters and case related material of many prominent New Jersey lawyers including:

Gift of Mrs. Hymen B. Mintz.

Biographical Note:

Hymen B. Mintz (1909-1986) was born in Newark, New Jersey (Essex County).  He was educated at: Lafayette Grammar School, Newark; Central High School, Newark; and at Upsala College where he graduated with an A.B. (1929).  He received a law degree at Rutgers University Law School (1932).  He  was a practicing counselor-at-law, was admitted to the bar in 1933 and became a counselor in 1936. Mintz held public office in the General Assembly as state assemblyman from 1954-1958.  He was an active member of the Essex County Bar Association, the Board of Freeholders (1967-1969), the Upsala College Alumni Association, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Zionist Organization of America.  He was a trustee of Rutgers Law School (1932) and the Boys Club of America.  He was married to Beatrice Altshuler, of Newark, and they had two children, Mark Allen and Joan Ellen.

Provenance Note:

The Mintz Collection was donated to The New Jersey Historical Society on August 4, 1987 by Beatrice A. Mintz (Mrs. Hymen B. Mintz).

Container List:

Processed by Veronica Pena, September, 1998

Rutgers University

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