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Colored People's Organization Has Work Made Public
1922-06-22
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about the work of the NAACP, reprinted from a Newark Monitor article originally titled "What is the N. A. A. C. P.?"
Colored Race is Jubilant Because of Dyer Bill Report
1922-07-06
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about the local reaction to Washington reports about the progress on the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill.
Colored Folks Get Edge Pledge to Vote for Anti-Lynching Bill
1922-07-29
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about a recent meeting of the New Brunswick NAACP, a roll-call showing that the organization stands at approximately 200 members. The officers announce that US Senator Walter E. Edge of New…
Colored Advancement Meetings to Alternate Between Two Churches
1922-08-01
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing that the meetings of the New Brunswick NAACP will henceforth alternate between Ebenezer Baptist Church and Mt. Zion AME Church.
Colored Folk Plan Labor Day Demonstration
1922-08-05
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about a recent meeting of the New Brunswick NAACP at Mt. Zion AME Church. Plans and fundraising are underway for a big Labor Day Demonstration.
Colored People Plan Labor Day Mass Meeting
1922-08-24
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about a recent meeting of the New Brunswick NAACP at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. Plans are underway for a mass meeting on Labor Day, where the parent-association is expected to present the…
Anti-Lynching Demonstration at Mount Zion
1922-09-05
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Anti-Lynching Demonstration at Mount Zion; Colored Republicans Endorse Dwyer Bill—Rev. Stiles Urges Recognition of Negro Rights—Rev. Roundtree Speaks."
Colored People Hear Fine Addresses on Advancement of Race at Mass Meeting
1922-09-05
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about NAACP's mass meeting at the Ebenezer Baptist Church.
League for Advancement of Colored Folk to Meet
1922-12-20
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing NAACP's last meeting of the year at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Local Colored People Oppose Extradition of Man in Georgia Murder
1923-12-10
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Local Colored People Oppose Extradition of Man in Georgia Murder; Retain Lawyer Kalteissen to Fight Move Before Governor—Assert Fair Trial in South Impossible."
Hold Hearing in Paremore Case Before Governor
1923-12-17
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.
Colored Congregations Unite in Mass Meeting to Save Southern Negro
1923-12-17
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Colored Congregations Unite in Mass Meeting to Save Southern Negro; Fund of $100 Subscribed at Ebenezer Baptist—Attorney Kalteissen Cheered and Made Deacon."
Maintenance of Mrs. Parmore is Given Kalteissen
1923-12-19
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Maintenance of Mrs. Parmore is Given Kalteissen; County Authorities Turn Colored Woman Over to Local Association; latter satisfied as to treatment."
Lee and David at Wide Variance on Parmore Facts
1923-12-20
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Lee and David at Wide Variance on Parmore Facts; Colored Clergyman Asserts Wife of Accused Southerner Was Hidden; statement coming from Kalteissen."
Parmore's Wife Feels Certain Lynching Would Follow Return to Georgia
1923-12-21
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Parmore's Wife Feels Certain Lynching Would Follow Return to Georgia; Details Trap Set For Husband By Attache of Prosecutor's Office—Confident Defendant Is…
No Trap Laid for Parmore, Is David Assertion
1923-12-22
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.
Petition Put in Circulation for Parmore Aid
1923-12-22
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.
Parmore Writ Argument Goes Off to January 8
1923-12-24
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.
Decision in Parmore Case Is Held
1924-01-08
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Decision in Parmore Case Is Held; Habeas Corpus Hearing in Matter of Georgia Negro, Held for Murder; counsel directed to submit briefs."
How Georgia Newspaper Views Attempts Here to Bar Extradition of Parmore
1924-01-09
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.
Young Parmore, Held as Witness, Is Released
1924-01-10
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Young Parmore, Held as Witness, Is Released; Vice Chancellor Frees Son of Man in Georgia Murder; no decision yet on habeas corpus."
Take Issue with Georgia Paper on Parmore's Arrest
1924-01-10
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.
Parmore Record Made Public by Detective David
1924-01-10
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.
Parmore to Be Sent to Georgia
1924-01-15
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Parmore to Be Sent to Georgia; Negro Loses Fight Against Extradition on Charge of Murder; will take appeal to errors court."
Parmore Appeal Is Put on File
1924-01-16
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Parmore Appeal Is Put on File; Counsel For Georgia Man Declare Case May Go to U. S. Supreme Court; costs deposited at Trenton today."
Two-Year Delay Seen By Lawyers In the Parmore Case
1924-01-19
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.
Make Anti-Lynching Bill a Law Before the Parmore Fight Is Dropped
1924-01-21
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Make Anti-Lynching Bill a Law Before the Parmore Fight Is Dropped; Colored People Make Further Contributions at Meeting—State-Wide Gathering Scheduled for Newark."
Parmore Convicted and Sentenced to Pay Death Penalty; Record Trial in Georgia Court of Negro Arrested Here Several Weeks Ago
1924-07-29
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Record Trial in Georgia Court of Negro Arrested Here Several Weeks Ago; Case Started Yesterday Morning and Ended Early Last Evening; Extradition Was Bitterly…
Silas Paramore, Sentenced to Hang Last August, 'Feeling Fine'
1925-04-23
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.
Paramore to Be Given New Trial
1925-10-09
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Paramore to Be Given New Trial; Colored Man Arrested Here to be Tried in Dawson, Ga.; Kalteissen Wins Appeal Fight."
Acquitted on Second Trial for Murder
1925-11-18
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Acquitted on Second Trial for Murder; Man Arrested Here Found Not Guilty in Georgia and Headed North; Likely to Soon Reappear Here."
Extradition Granted; Habeas Corpus Writ is Still Keeping Negro Here
1923-12-18
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Extradition Granted; Habeas Corpus Writ is Still Keeping Negro Here; Governor Silzer Signs Papers for Return of Silas Parmore to Georgia—Counsel at Once Starts New…
Flag, announcing lynching, flown from the window of the NAACP headquarters on 69 Fifth Ave., New York City
1936
Photograph of a flag flown from the window of the NAACP headquarters on 69 Fifth Ave. in New York City. The flag reads "A MAN WAS LYNCHED YESTERDAY."
Colored Preacher Asks What Is the Matter with New Brunswick
1922-05-29
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Colored Preacher Asks What Is the Matter with New Brunswick; Declares Negro Has Made More Enemies in Times of Peace Than in War—Urges His People to Have Faith in Themselves."
Photograph of Klemmer Kalteissen
1919 approx.
Undated photograph of young Klemmer Kalteissen in a military uniform coat. Kalteissen served in the US Army from November 1917 until January 1919.
Vote for Klemmer Kalteissen (campaign card)
1920s
Klemmer Kalteissen's campaign card for Middlesex County Board of Freeholders in the 1920s. Kalteissen first ran for freeholder in 1923 (unsuccessfully) and then succeeded in getting on the board in 1925. The card includes a portrait of Kalteissen.
Klemmer Kalteissen dies at 89; former N.J. Superior Court judge
1984-04-18
Obituary for Klemmer Kalteissen.
Emma D. Andrews senior photo from Quair yearbook
1949
Senior photo of Emma D. Andrews published in the 1949 Quair yearbook.
Photograph of Evelyn Sermons with fellow HEPS club members
1949
Photograph of Evelyn Sermons along with other members of the History, Economics, Political Science and Social Science Club (HEPS) at the New Jersey College for Women, printed in the 1949 Quair yearbook. Sermons is sitting on left.
Photograph of Emma Andrews with fellow senior class officers
1949
Photograph of three officers of the senior class of 1949 at the New Jersey College for Women, printed in the 1949 Quair yearbook. From left to right: Emma Andrews (secretary), Margaret Wooge (class historian)
Anita Panitch (treasurer).
Anita Panitch (treasurer).
Veronica Mary Henriksen senior photo from Quair yearbook
1944
Senior photo of Veronica Mary Henriksen printed in the 1944 Quair yearbook.
Evelyn Sermons senior photo from Quair yearbook
1949
Senior photo of Evelyn Sermons printed in the 1949 Quair yearbook.
N.J.C. Seniors Receive Top Honors
1949-06-05
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Sunday Times about the Heritage Award presented to Emma Andrews and Evelyn Sermons by the Associate Alumnae of the New Jersey College for Women (later Douglass College). The article contains a photograph of the…
Julia E. Baxter senior photo from Quair yearbook
1938
Senior photo of Julia E. Baxter (later known as Julia Baxter Bates) printed in the 1938 Quair yearbook.
In custody in Middlesex gaol, the following negro men [pickup notice for Adam Hill, Henry Hall, and Isaac Harmone]
1800-01-07
Three black men, Adam Hill, Henry Hall, and Isaac Harmone, were captured and committed to jail in New Brunswick as suspected runaways. The keeper of the Middlesex county jail publishes a notice stating that the three men will be sold by the jailer if…
TO BE SOLD, A Young healthy likely NEGRO WOMAN
1792-05-01
A slaveholder around New Brunswick seeks to sell a young black woman, aged 20, together with her 14-month-old daughter. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply to the printers of the Brunswic Gazette…
TO BE SOLD. A HEALTHY, likely Negro girl
1794-11-11
A slaveholder in the New Brunswick area seeks to sell a 14-year-old black girl in a private sale. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply for more information to the printer of the local newspaper…
FOR SALE, A LIKELY, HEALTHY NEGRO WENCH
1795-10-26
A slaveholder in the New Brunswick area seeks to sell a 35-year-old black woman. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply for more information to the printer of the local newspaper Genius of Liberty, &…
FOR SALE, THE time of an indented NEGRO GIRL
1799-05-28
A master in the New Brunswick area seeks to sell 2 years of a black girl's labor. The girl is 16 years old and is an indentured servant with 2 years left on her indenture term. The seller is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked…
FOR SALE, A LIKELY NEGRO GIRL
1799-05-28
A slaveholder in the New Brunswick area seeks to sell a young black woman, age 19. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply for more information to the printer of the local newspaper Guardian, or, New…
FOR SALE, the time of a BLACK WOMAN
1809-07-13
A master in the New Brunswick area seeks to sell 4 years of labor of a young black woman. The woman is 20 years old and has 4 years left to serve on her indenture. The seller is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply for…
A NEGRO WOMAN FOR SALE
1809-07-20
A slaveholder in the New Brunswick area seeks to sell a black woman, aged 26. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply for more information to the printer of the local newspaper Guardian, or, New Brunswick…
A BLACK BOY NINE years old...for sale
1809-07-20
A slaveholder in New Brunswick seeks to sell a 9-year-old black boy. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply for more information to the printer of the local newspaper Guardian, or, New Brunswick…
FOR SALE, a healthy and active negro girl
1810-05-31
A slaveholder in New Brunswick seeks to sell a 10-year-old black girl for $100. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply for more information to the printer of the local newspaper Guardian, or, New…
For Sale. AT her own request, a strong, healthy NEGRO WOMAN
1815-03-16
A slaveholder in the New Brunswick area seeks to sell a black woman, aged 25, who is a slave for life. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply for more information to the printer of the local newspaper…
FOR SALE, A NEGRO MAN, slave for life...likewise his son
1815-03-16
A slaveholder in the New Brunswick area seeks to sell a black man, aged 30, who is a slave for life, and the man's son, who is 7 or 8 years old. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply for more…
FOR SALE, Or exchange for a Negro Girl, A stout, healthy, Negro Boy
1815-04-13
A slaveholder around New Brunswick seeks to sell a 12-year-old black boy in a private sale or to exchange the boy for a black girl. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply for more information to the…
Cartoon: The Receiving Line
1926-02
A 2-page spread in the February 1926 issue of the Chanticleer, a humor magazine produced by Rutgers students. The spread is titled "PROM-INENT PEOPLE" and depicts a number of characters in connection with the prom. The characters include Ye Deane,…
Cartoon: That makes me laugh
1926-04
Cartoon printed in April 1926 in the Chanticleer, a humor magazine produced by Rutgers students. The cartoon depicts two black characters having a conversation. The caption below the image presents their dialog: "Say—'That makes me laugh.' Bo—'What?'…
Cartoon: Artistic term — two colors clash
1927-06
Cartoon printed in June 1927 in the Chanticleer, a humor magazine produced by Rutgers students. The image depicts two characters engaged in a fight; one character has black skin and the other has a long queue hairstyle. The caption above the image…
Cartoon: Racoon and Lil' Coon
1928-02
Cartoon printed in February 1928 in the Chanticleer, a humor magazine produced by Rutgers students. The image depicts two figures, one large and one small, engaged in conversation; the caption below the image presents their dialog: "Racoon: 'You're a…
Old Gold cigarettes advertisement featuring Eddie Cantor in blackface
1929-02
Advertisement for Old Gold cigarettes printed in February 1929 in the Chanticleer, a humor magazine produced by Rutgers students. The advertisement features the comedian Eddie Cantor in blackface.
Chanticleer magazine cover
1923-06
Cover of the inaugural issue of the Chanticleer, a humor magazine established by Rutgers students in June 1923.
For the record [Veronique Marie Henriksen]
1999-01-18
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Additional note about Veronique (Veronica) Henriksen to supplement the obituary published in the Courier-News the previous day.
Veronica Henriksen high school senior photo
1940
Page 27 of the Plainfield High School yearbook for the year 1940, which includes Veronica Henriksen's senior photo. Henriksen is the third known black woman to attend Douglass College, graduating in 1944.
Fantasy to Aid Repair Fund at Moorland 'Y'
1937-12-27
The Plainfield Courier-News reports that a Christmas fundraiser show will be staged in Moorland Branch YMCA (Plainfield's African American branch of the Young Men's Christian Association). The show will be presented by the Henriksen Kiddies Dancing…
Concert Given by Moorland YMCA Group
1940-08-02
The Plainfield Courier-News reports about the concert of the Summer School Orchestra of the Moorland Branch YMCA (Plainfield's African American branch of the Young Men's Christian Association), for the benefit of the orchestra library fund. Veronica…
Scouts to Present Fashion Show at Branch YWCA
1944-04-26
The Plainfield Courier-News reports about the activities of Girl Scouts of Troop 29 of the East Fifth Street YWCA (Plainfield's African American branch of the Young Women's Christian Association). Genevieve Henriksen, mother of Veronica Henriksen (DC…
Veronica Henriksen Graduating from NJC
1944-06-07
The Plainfield Courier-News reports that Veronica Henriksen graduated from the New Jersey College for Women (Douglass College) on June 7, 1944, with a major in sociology and economy. Henriksen "in two weeks will begin an accelerated two years course…
Girl Scouts Visit New York on Tour
1944-06-26
The Plainfield Courier-News reports about the activities of Girl Scouts of Troop 29 of the East Fifth Street YWCA (Plainfield's African American branch of the Young Women's Christian Association). Veronica Henriksen (DC 1944) and her sister Charmaine…
Social Notes
1951-07-25
The Plainfield Courier-News mentions Veronica Henriksen (DC 1944) in the "Social Notes" section. Henriksen is flying to California for a month-long vacation.
Leaves for Puerto Rico
1954-08-31
The Plainfield Courier-News reports that Veronica Henriksen (DC 1944) departed Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport) in New York for a two-week vacation in Puerto Rico. She also plans to visit St. Thomas and St. Croix in the…
Moorland YMCA Concert Tonight
1940-08-01
The Plainfield Courier-News reports about the concert of the Summer School Orchestra of the Moorland Branch YMCA (Plainfield's African American branch of the Young Men's Christian Association), for the benefit of the orchestra library fund. The…
Veronica Henriksen Wins Scholarship
1942-11-02
The Plainfield Courier-News reports that Veronica Henriksen (DC 1944) is the recipient of a state scholarship.
Edward H. Lawson Sr., photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1908
Junior photo of Edward Howard Lawson Sr. printed in the 1908 Scarlet Letter yearbook, page 64. Additionally, a note about Lawson on page 67, written in the form of a roast.
Paul Robeson, senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1920
Senior photo of Paul Robeson with a biographical note, printed in the 1920 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Photograph of Robert R. Davenport with fellow members of the Rutgers Intercollegiate Prohibition Association
1917
Photograph of Robert Ritter Davenport with fellow members of the Rutgers Intercollegiate Prohibition Association, printed in the 1917 Scarlet Letter yearbook. According to the yearbook, this Rutgers student group was the local branch of the National…
Robert R. Davenport, junior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1920
Junior photo of Robert Ritter Davenport with a biographical note written in the form of a roast, printed in the 1920 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Robert R. Davenport, senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1921
Senior photo of Robert Ritter Davenport with a biographical note, printed in the 1921 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Albert E. O. Lynch, junior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1923
Junior photo of Albert E. O. Lynch with a biographical note, printed in the 1923 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Albert E. O. Lynch, senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1924
Senior photo of Albert E. O. Lynch with a biographical note, printed in the 1924 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Vermont Edward Allen, junior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1924
Junior photo of Vermont Edward Allen with a biographical note, printed in the 1924 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Rutgers class of 1924 group photo, including Vermont Edward Allen
1925
Rutgers class of 1924 group photo, printed in the 1925 Scarlet Letter yearbook. Vermont Edward Allen is seen standing in the back row, directly in front of the large window on the right side of the photograph, his left arm raised and holding onto the…
Vermont Edward Allen, senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1925
Senior photo of Vermont Edward Allen with a biographical note, printed in the 1925 Scarlet Letter yearbook. Allen was known to his classmates by the nicknames "Ethan" and "eight ball." Allen was a commuter student and the only black student in his…
Howard B. Waxwood Jr., junior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1926
Junior photo of Howard Benedict Waxwood Jr. with a verse written about him by the yearbook committee, printed in the 1926 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Howard B. Waxwood Jr., senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1927
Senior photo of Howard Benedict Waxwood Jr. with a biographical note, printed in the 1927 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Daniel J. Winge, junior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1926
Junior photo of Daniel J. Winge with a biographical note, printed in the 1926 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Daniel J. Winge, senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1927
Senior photo of Daniel J. Winge with a biographical note, printed in the 1927 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Weaver O. Howard, senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1929
Senior photo of Weaver Oscar Howard with a biographical note, printed in the 1929 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Reuben R. McDaniel, senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1929
Senior photo of Reuben R. McDaniel with a biographical note, printed in the 1929 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Charles R. Eason, senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1930
Senior photo of Charles Reginald Eason with a biographical note, printed in the 1930 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
John H. Morrow, senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1931
Senior photo of John Howard Morrow with a biographical note, printed in the 1931 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
James H. Boswell, senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1932
Senior photo of James Henry Boswell with a biographical note, printed in the 1932 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Edward H. Lawson Jr., senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1933
Senior photo of Edward Haviland Lawson Jr. with a biographical note, printed in the 1933 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Rodgers C. Birt Jr., senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1937
Senior photo of Rodgers Capus Birt Jr. with a biographical note, printed in the 1937 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Photograph of James Dickson Carr
1892
Photograph of James Dickson Carr (RC 1892), cropped from the group photo of the class of 1892.
Photograph of Howard B. Waxwood Jr. 28 years after Rutgers graduation
1954
Small portrait of Howard B. Waxwood Jr. (RC 1926). Waxwood attached this photo to an alumni biographical information form that he filled out in 1956, thirty years after his graduation. The photograph is dated 1954.