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TitleWhittier House fundraising pamphlet - October 1929

Date Created1929

DescriptionA pamphlet reviewed how prior contributions were spent in support of Whittier House programs, and requested that the recipient donate funds to the organization. Photographs of the children...

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TitlePaul LaTorraca's application for a certificate of arrival and preliminary form for petition for naturalization

Date Created1944

DescriptionPaul (Paolo) LaTorraca emigrated from Naples, Italy, on the Calabria vessel, and arrived at Brooklyn's Pier 29 in New York City, on May 15, 1908. He settled in Newark, New Jersey, where his...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleBirth Certificate for Ernst Wilhelm Graessle

Date Created1885

DescriptionThe Friedrich and Graessle Families papers consist of documentation of the families' emigration to, and life in Newark, New Jersey. Wilhelm Friedrich (b. 1854) emigrated with his wife, Mary (b. 1850)...

Time PeriodThe Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)

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TitleTwenty-Seventh and Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of Whittier House Social Settlement

Date Created1922

DescriptionThe Whittier House Social Settlement, the first settlement house in New Jersey, was established in Jersey City, N.J. in 1894. Founded by Cornelia Foster Bradford, who would remain with the...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleNew Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project Interview with Ms. Sharda Shenoy, Indian-American

Date Created2003

DescriptionThis interview was conducted as part of the New Jersey Historical Commission Grant-funded Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project. The interviewee is Ms. Shard Shenoy. Ms. Shenoy talks about founding her...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970), Contemporary America (1968-present)

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TitleLetter to Henry Ford requesting donation to Whittier House

Date Created1917

DescriptionWhittier House scrapbooks document Whittier House programs, events, and anniversary celebrations through newspaper clippings, lecture fliers, newsletters, event programs, and ticket stubs. Newspaper...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleWhittier House Fundraising Letterhead - February 1928

Date Created1928

DescriptionWhittier House scrapbooks document Whittier House programs, events, and anniversary celebrations through newspaper clippings, lecture fliers, newsletters, event programs, and ticket stubs. Newspaper...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleNew Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project Interview with Ms. Ila Shah

Date Created2002

DescriptionThis interview was conducted as part of the New Jersey Historical Commission Grant-funded Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project. The interviewee is Mrs. Ila Shah. Mrs. Shah came to the United States in...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970), Contemporary America (1968-present)

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Title1927 request for contributions to support summer camp in Pomona, NY for Whittier House children and mothers

Date Created1927

DescriptionThese items, from a Whittier House scrapbook, document aspects of the 1927 fundraising campaign to support the summer camp program in Pomona, NY and day trips in the Jersey City area. The items...

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Title1930 Whittier House summer camp fundraising campaign

Date Created1930

DescriptionThese two items, from a Whittier House scrapbook, offer a contrast between a child's summer in Jersey City, "The Big City and a Boy," and a summer spent at camp in Pomona, New York,...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945), The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)