RESEARCH RESOURCES
Rutgers Library Site https://libguides.rutgers.edu/newark
Berg Collection Photographs www.cdm17229.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17229coll6
The Berg Picture Collection contains more than 2700 photographs, mostly Newark street scenes, taken by Samuel Berg, MD between 1959 and 1968.
Most of the photographs are street scenes of residential (houses), commercial (stores), and factory sites all over Newark. There are many images of old buildings, schools, parks, cemeteries, and churches. Some images are of Newark Airport, the Morris Canal, and the railroads.
The Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center (New Jersey Room)
The Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center is a research-level collection of materials relating to New Jersey, with a special focus on Essex County and Newark. The collection includes books, maps, clippings, more than 2 million photos, over 1,000 linear feet of manuscripts, and a growing digital archive.
The Information Center is used by genealogists, authors, filmmakers, and scholars. CFCNJIC answers more than 4,000 questions each year.
To arrange assistance at another time, please contact CFCNJIC at: (973) 733-7775, njreference@npl.org | Newark Public Library is located at 5 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102
Krueger Scott Oral History Collection www.kruegerscott.libraries.rutgers.edu
Krueger-Scott is the largest collection of oral history interviews conducted with African-American residents of Newark who came to the city during the Great Migration, as well as those whose local roots stretch back generations. The faculty, staff and graduate students at Rutgers University-Newark who have worked on the collection in collaboration with local cultural institutions are proud to have helped preserve, archive, and make public these remarkable oral narratives that describe an as yet unwritten history of twentieth century African-American life.
Latino Oral History Collection https://cdm17229.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17229coll54
The Latino Oral History Collection is a curated collection compiled by the New Jersey Hispanic Resource and Information Center (NJHRIC). The current selection focuses on histories related to Newark, the city’s communities and major events.
Newark Archives Project www.nap.rutgers.edu
The Newark (N.J.) Archives Project is your comprehensive online source of information about primary materials for all periods and all aspects of Newark history, from Colonial times to the 21st Century.
New Jersey Historical Society www.jerseyhistory.org
The New Jersey Historical Society collects, preserves, teaches and interprets New Jersey history through our archives, research library and educational programs. We do so in the belief that an understanding and appreciation of historical issues, decisions and actions can inform and inspire the people of New Jersey.
The Newark Museum | Library and Archives www.newarkmuseum.org/library-archives
The Library contains more than 50,000 volumes on the fine arts, the decorative arts, and the natural sciences. It is particularly strong in the following areas: American painting and sculpture; African art; Asian art, including a special collection on Tibet; Native American art; Oceanic art; the decorative arts of the United States and Europe; the Classical cultures of the ancient Mediterranean world; numismatics; the Natural Sciences; and astronomy. The Library and Archives are open to the public by appointment, Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.
The Newark Public Library www.npl.org
Main Library: M, T, TH, & Fri: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Wed: 9:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Sat: 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Newark Queer Oral History Project www.queer.newark.rutgers.edu
As a community-based and community-directed initiative supported by Rutgers University-Newark, QNOHP is dedicated to preserving the history of LGBTQ people and communities in Newark, New Jersey
Rise Up North Newark Website www.riseupnewark.com
“The North” is a new educational tool for all people, but primarily for youth in grade school through college and beyond, to enable research and to preserve the record of those people who were “foot soldiers” in the Civil Rights, Black Power and other Movements in the North. It is a means to teach social justice issues through history of the African American struggle for power, and keep these stories alive for generations to come.
Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies www.libraries.rutgers.edu/jazz
The Institute of Jazz Studies is the world's foremost jazz archive and research facility. It was founded in 1952 by Marshall Stearns (1908-1966), a pioneer jazz scholar. The mission of the Institute of Jazz Studies is to collect, preserve, and make accessible the heritage of jazz, an American art form that has been embraced by the world.