Museum of the Old First Ward: Curator’s Tour

Saturday, September 13 at 10:30am

St. Lucy’s Church, 118 Seventh Avenue, Newark (Visit to interior of St. Lucy’s followed by tour of the adjacent Museum

Curator: Bob Cascella

Wards of Action: Black Women’s Vision for A New Ark, 1966-1970

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 6:00pm

Newark Public Library, James Brown African American Room, 2nd floor

Presenter: Karolina Dos Santos

Contact NewarkHistorySoc@gmail.com for Zoom link.

On Common Ground: St. Benedict’s and Newark

Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 6:00pm

Newark Public Library, Centennial Hall, 2nd floor

Presenters: Father Edwin Leahy and Anthiny DePalma

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Pioneering Newark Women Lawyers

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 6:00pm

Newark Public Library, James Brown African American Room, 2nd floor

Presenters: George Robb and Linda Forgosh

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The Many Faces Of Newark: Revelations from 15 Years of the Newark Archives Project

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 6:00pm

Newark Public Library, James Brown African American Room, 2nd floor

Presenter: Gail Malmgreen

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Newark Archives Project Awarded Grant

The Newark History Society has received a new grant of $6,120 for FY2026 from the New Jersey Historical Commission to fund ongoing work on the Newark Archives Project database. Overall, the Society has raised more than $300,000 for the Newark Archives Project since 2009.

Newark History Society receives Award of Recognition

At the 2012 New Jersey Forum on November 17, 2012, the New Jersey Historical Commission presented its Award of Recognition to the Newark History Society “for Outstanding Service to Public Knowledge and Preservation of the History of New Jersey”. Ronald Becker, Head of Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers in New Brunswick, made the presentation to the Society on behalf of NJHC.