DescriptionThe City of Newark partnered with Self-Reliance, Inc. (SRI) of Washington, D.C., in 1983 to examine waste products and practices in order to reduce waste while stimulating economic development...
DescriptionThis is a case study of Newark's experimental resource recovery program, begun in 1975, six years before the region began solid waste planning. Through this program, Newark developed several...
DescriptionA presentation by Mildred Davis reviews the history of Staten Island including the Dutch and English settlers, up through the present period with special emphasis on the bridges of Staten Island.
DescriptionPresentation by Dorothy Strong in January 1949 on her trip to China, combining travelogue and personal impressions. Includes brief descriptions of Honolulu and Hong Kong.
DescriptionThe paper posits that the earliest Moslem architecture was inspired by Byzantine-Christian architecture. Highlighted are the Mosque of the Sultan
Hassan in Cairo and the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul...
DescriptionPeg Campbell presents a view of Mallorca as seen by Frederic Chopin and George Sand when they arrived to spend a winter there, due to Chopin's illness. She describes the Mallorcan countryside, the...
DescriptionA summary of he Spanish colonization in the United States, from the early missionary settlements in 1539 to the date of this paper (1926), when a Spanish theatrical company performed in Manhattan. ...
DescriptionPeg Campbell presents an overview of Chinese and Japanese immigration into the United States from a 1930 point of view. She highlights America's need for both of these pools of labor but notes that...
