Manuscript Group 1538, Guide to the Broad Street Club Papers 1961-1991
TABLE OF CONTENTSDescriptive Summary Container List Diaries, Inventories, Financial Statments, Photographs and Other Documents |
 MG 1538 52 Park Place Newark, New Jersey 07102 Contact: NJHS Library Phone: (973) 596-8500 x249 Email: library@jerseyhistory.org URL: https://www.jerseyhistory.org © 2005 All rights reserved. The New Jersey Historical Society, Publisher Inventory prepared by Jeanette Cafaro. Finding aid encoded by Julia Telonidis. February 2005. Production of the EAD 2002 version of this finding aid was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Finding aid written in English. Historical NoteThe Broad Street Club was an exclusive private dining club of prominent bankers, attorneys, politicians, and businessmen from all over New Jersey. The club catered parties and banquets for various businesses and organizations, which were held in their large dining rooms named after five counties: Essex, Morris, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Bergen. The Broad Street Club began entertaining business executives, lawyers, and bankers in 1955. Music, as well as audio and projection equipment, was available for business meetings and conferences. Members of the club also had full access to a federal, state, law, and tax accounting library located on the fourth floor of the building. The Broad Street Club was housed on the 13th floor of the National Newark Building at 744 Broad Street in downtown Newark, New Jersey. The building was built in 1930 for the National Newark and Essex Banking Company. At the time, it was one of the country’s first skyscrapers and New Jersey’s tallest commercial tower. Membership began to decline in the 1960s when Newark’s cultural and commercial prominence began to decline. The Broad Street Club had three sister clubs in Manhattan: The 200 Fifth Ave. Club, Inc., the 500 Club, and the 60 East Club. The Broad Street Club closed in 1991, the latest date of the records in this collection. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThis collection consists of decades worth of records kept of the Broad Street Club from the early 1960s to the early 1990s. These records consist of various items, such as floor plans of the building, business cards, photographs of guests, menus, matchbooks, and newspaper clippings. Menu suggestions from the restaurant include detailed descriptions of various menu items. Financial statements of the club are the bulk of the collection starting from 1961 to 1985. Within the financial statements are balance sheets, comparative statements of income, and an analysis of the expenses of the Broad Street Club. Store Room inventory books are included in the collection that kept record of different types of beverages and foods purchased from 1988-91. Daily Reminder Books (1986-88) and Standard Diary Books (1986-91) kept record of how many parties were to be held for each day, menu items to be served, and appointments with clients. This collection also contains minutes of annual meetings, correspondence, guest comments, and promotion letters. The Broad Street Club probably closed during the summer of 1991 because there were no written recordings of any operation during this time or after. Return to the Table of Contents Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationThis collection should be cited as: Manuscript Group 1538, Broad Street Club Papers, The New Jersey Historical Society. Acquisition InformationDonated by Dennis L. Frost, October 1999. Return to the Table of Contents Container List |
