Subject
New Jersey--Politics and government.
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Identifier: MC 1190
Abstract:
A lawyer and government official of Bernardsville, Somerset County, New Jersey, Archibald S. Alexander was graduated from Princeton University in 1928 and received a law degree from Harvard University in 1931. He worked for a New York City law firm until 1949, rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, served as Assistant Secretary of the Army, 1949-1950, and as Under Secretary of the Army, 1950-1952. Among his other activities, he was...
Collection
Identifier: MC 996
Abstract:
Dean A. Gallo was a realtor in Morris County, New Jersey. After serving successively in elective offices at the local, county and state levels, he was elected to Congress as a Republican to serve a district that was centered in Morris County. Winning re-election four times, Gallo served New Jersey's 11th Congressional District from January 1985 through his death in November 1994. His Congressional papers (including audio-visual materials and some photographs) span the entire period that he...
Collection
Identifier: MC 1434
Abstract:
The New Jersey Women's Equity Action League existed from 1971 through 1981 as a division of the Women's Equity Action League (WEAL). The New Jersey division worked to end sex-segregated classified advertisements, to increase the number of women students in veterinary schools, to monitor the records of pharmaceutical companies in employing women (as well as their depiction of women in medical journal advertising), to fight discriminatory credit policies, to study the number of women employed...
Collection
Identifier: MC 1419
Abstract:
The Pacific/Asian Coalition, New Jersey Chapter (PAC NJ), is a nonprofit group operating to promote the welfare and highlight the issues of the Asian-Pacific American community in New Jersey. The Coalition was one of the first Asian-Pacific American organizations in New Jersey. The records in this collection represent the work of the Coalition from 1974 to 2007, with the bulk of the documents dating from 1976 to1986. Included among the records are meeting minutes, newsletters, directories,...
Collection
Identifier: Ac. 2248
Repository:
New Brunswick Special Collections
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Willard L. De Yoe Papers
Abstract:
Papers (1858-1941) of the De Yoe-Lydecker family of Passaic and Bergen counties, N.J.; diary (1917-1918); papers (ca. 1930-1962) on politics of Paterson and Passaic County, N.J., and on national issues; notes and articles on the history of Passaic and Bergen counties, N.J., Paterson, N.J. and Rockland County, N.Y.