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

 

Folder

 

Title

 

Dates

 

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

 

2 Ledger
index
3 Ledger
index
4 Ledger
index
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
7 Bank
books: American Trust Co. of NJ
1872-1878
8 Bank
books: Newark Banking & Insurance, Essex County National Bank 
1851-1856,1880-1885

 

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
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
6 Correspondence
regarding NJ Historical Society
June-October
1900
7 Correspondence
regarding NJ Historical Society
November-December
1900
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 Librarian’s
reports
1857-1865
2 Librarian’s
reports
1866-1887
3 Librarian’s
reports
1888
4 Librarian’s
reports
1885-1889
5 Inspectors
of Election
1851-1860
6 Election
reports
ca.1865-1869,
n.d.
7 Treasurer’s
reports
1857-1860
8 Treasurer’s
reports
1861-1863
9 Treasurer’s
reports
1864-1869
10 Treasurer’s
reports
1870-1872,
1895
11 Treasurer’s
reports
1880s
12 Treasurer’s
reports
1887-1888
13 Treasurer’s
reports
n.d.
14 Treasurer’s
reports
1913
15 Treasurer’s
reports
1914
16 Treasurer’s
reports
1915
17 Treasurer’s
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
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
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
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?)
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

 

16 1 Library
catalogue
n.d.
17-49 Oversize
boxes – Newark Library Association

 

 

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