Happy Holidays! The #NewarkNJ Board of Education hosted this Christmas Party in December 1945. #History #Holidays

Winter scene Branch Brook Park, 1933.

Happy New Year! From our collection, Senior Citizen New Years Party, City of Newark, 2012. #NewarkNJ

Did you know #NewarkNJ 's paper of record was, until 1972, the #NewarkEveningNews? This chart from this day, 1912 shows that the Newark News reached an average of 72K households per day (there were only about 39K houses in the city at this point). #newspaperhistory #NewarkNJ

From the Al Henderson Photos, digital.npl.org Grady Thomas, born #onthisday 1941 in #newarknj is a former member of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! #musichistory #blackhistory

EVENT CANCELED!! NEW BEGINNINGS: GRAND RE-OPENING OF THE NJ ROOM AT NPL DUE TO THE SEVERE WEATHER FORECAST, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER. #NewarkPublicLibrary #NPL #Newark #NewarkNJ #Event #EventCancellation

The library is closed today to celebrate #MartinLutherKingDay . On March 28, 1968 the Newark Evening News wrote about Martin Luther King's visit to #NewarkNJ

We recently received a collection from Philip S Thomas. Thomas worked with Symphony Hall, NJPAC and the Woodson Foundation and his papers have many programs and fliers for Black theater and music like these. #BlackHistoryMonth #NewarkNJ #BlackTheater #BlackHistory

It's #NationalRightToReadDay. This column by Philip Wylie ran in the Newark Star Ledger in 1947!

It's #NationalLibraryWorkersDay ! Here are some staff members including our own Ingrid Betancourt, who is still employed at NPL, c. 1990.

It's #NationalLibraryOutreachDay ! Here's Curtis with our bookmobile, 1972. #NewarkLibrary #NewarkNJ #Libraries

As #NationalLibraryWeek continues, these library workers in 1938, repair books. At this time NPL had it's on repair department which repaired hundreds of books every year. #Libraries #NewarkNJ

It's #NationalJazzAppreciationMonth ! From our Bill May Collection, this is Grover Washington Jr, jazz saxophonist . Bill May is a photographer who photographed musicians in Newark and beyond.

We're excited to debut the digitized Newark Evening News, scanned for us by @ADVarchives , with help from the office of Cory Booker . This website will include the full run of the News, from 1883-1971. #Newark #NewarkNJ You can access the site at ow.ly/FQI350RhaPx

Today is the birthday of Douglas Eldridge, Newark News reporter and Newark activist who was honored by groups including Newark Landmarks and the NAACP. We have his papers in the NJ room! #NewarkNJ

We are sorry to hear of the death of Congressman Donald Payne Jr., shown here in a photo at West Side High School, from our collections. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

#Onthisday 1938, Newark Housing Authority was founded. Here's Hyatt Court from their 1944 report.

This month's #ArchivesHashtagParty from U.S. National Archives is #ArchivesCampfire . From our archives, in 1942 Branch Brook school had this campfire scene in their graduation play! #Newark #History

This month's #ArchivesHashtagParty from U.S. National Archives is #ArchivesCampfire . From our archives, Weequahic Boy Scout Troop 70 moves into Camp in 1976. #Newark #History