Guide to the Ronald T. “Rocky” Sorrentino Papers 1957-1999 MG 1540
TABLE OF CONTENTSDescriptive Summary Container List New Jersey Turnpike Authority Documents and Personal Documents, 1957-1999 |
 1957-1999 52 Park Place Newark, New Jersey 07102 Contact: NJHS Library Phone: (973) 596-8500 x249 Email: library@jerseyhistory.org URL: https://www.jerseyhistory.org © 2004 All rights reserved. The New Jersey Historical Society, Publisher Inventory prepared by Stephen Yautz. 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.
Biographical NoteRonald Sorrentino, a resident of Cliffside Park, New Jersey, was employed as a toll collector for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority from 1957 to 1988. During his tenure with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, he served as Grievance Chairman for the New Jersey Turnpike Employees’ Union, Local 194. Additionally, Sorrentino was Safety Representative for the Northern Division of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. He also owned a business, Art ‘N’ Things by Sorrentino, located in Fairview, New Jersey. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe papers consist largely of Ronald Sorrentino’s personal documents, artifacts, and photographs. The items are of various dates, covering approximately the years 1957 to 1999. The documents pertain mostly to Sorrentino’s employment and subsequent retirement from his position as a toll collector for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Included are citations for his thirty years of service to the Turnpike Authority, and two issues of Pike Interchange, an internal newsletter, which mention Sorrentino’s retirement in February 1988. Also included is a life membership certificate (with letter) to the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Home, dated July 13, 1990. The collection also contains a 1999 catalogue from Sorrentino’s collectibles business, “Art ‘N’ Things by Sorrentino”. The catalogue mainly lists products for sale such as antique and reproduction model kits, lead soldiers, Aurora repro boxes, action figures, and war memorabilia. Of particular interest in the catalogue is an article from Kitbuilder. magazine, which highlights Sorrentino’s handmade diorama of the George Washington Bridge (which, incidentally, is listed for sale in the same catalogue for the sum of $25,000.00). There are also photo albums containing personal photographs, which for the most part are unidentified. Some photographs are stamped with dates such as “November 1969” and “February 1972”. Items and photographs from Sorrentino’s retirement celebration in May 1988, as well as additional loose miscellaneous photographs are also included in the collection. Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationCustodial HistoryThis collection is the gift of Ronald T. “Rocky” Sorrentino, September, 1999. Preferred CitationThis collection should be cited as: Manuscript Group 1540, Ronald T. Sorrentino Papers, The New Jersey Historical Society. Return to the Table of Contents Container List |
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