Turner Captures Ward Machine (April 26, 1959)
Clipping from an unmarked newspaper on April 26, 1959, reporting on Councilman Irvine Turner’s takeover of the Central Ward Democratic Committee. — Credit: Newark Public Library
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History of Charles P. Gillen- Oct 27, 1939 (WPA Interview)
Profile written in 1939 of Irish immigrant Charles P. Gillen, who immigrated to Newark in the late 1800s and later became a City Commissioner and member of the Newark Housing Authority. The profile was written by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a New Deal program that employed millions during the Great Depression through projects such as ethnological surveys of major cities like Newark. — Credit: New Jersey State Archives
