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City NAACP Installs Slate; Hazelwood Returns to Presidency; Housing Assistant Heard
1957-01-11
The Newark Evening News reports that Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943 has been elected president of the Newark branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1957. Hazelwood previously served as president of the branch…
First Negro Magistrate: Hazelwood Is Named; Lohman Also Picked, Jacobs Dropped
Baglivo, Angelo
1958-10-19
Article in the Newark News reports that Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943 was nominated by Mayor Leo P. Carlin to serve as a municipal magistrate. Hazelwood became the first African American to serve as a municipal judge in Newark. The article includes a…
Harry Hazelwood Heads Colored Unit
1947-12-31
The Newark Evening News reports that Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943 was elected president of the Newark branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1947.
Harry Hazelwood Jr. update in the alumni magazine
1945-10
The October 1945 issue of the Rutgers Alumni Monthly magazine provides an update about Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943, who is graduating from Cornell Law School.
Harry Hazelwood Jr., senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1943
Senior photo of Harry Hazelwood Jr. with a biographical note, printed in the 1943 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Hazelwood Credo: Devotion to Duty
Hallam, George
1969-12-12
Profile of Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943 in the Newark Evening News at the time of his appointment as acting chief magistrate of the Newark Municipal Court.
Letter to Cornell Law School, regarding Harry Hazelwood Jr.
Metzger, Fraser
1943-05-21
Letter from Fraser Metzger, Dean of Men, to Cornell Law School, providing a reference for Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943. Hazelwood would go on to obtain a law degree from Cornell in 1945.
Letter to Dean Fraser Metzger about progress at Cornell Law School
Hazelwood, Harry Jr.
1944-05-16
Letter from Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943 to Frazer Metzger, Dean of Men, written on May 16, 1944, providing an update about Hazelwood's progress at the end of his first year at Cornell Law School. Dean Metzger sent a reply to Hazelwood on May 19, 1944.
Letter to Don Jacoby regarding the death of Arthur M. Johnson
Hazelwood, Harry Jr.
1967-07-10
Harry Hazelwood Jr. '43 writes to Don Jacoby '43 about the death of Arthur M. Johnson '43. Hazelwood was informed of Johnson's untimely death by fellow African American alumnus Leroy Darkes '46. Hazelwood enclosed photocopies of Johnson's obituary…
Letter to Harry Hazelwood Jr. at Cornell Law School
Metzger, Fraser
1944-05-19
Letter from Fraser Metzger, Dean of Men, to Harry Hazelwood Jr. RD1943, written on May 19, 1944, about a year after Hazelwood graduated. This is Metzger's reply to Hazelwood's letter of May 16, 1944, in which Hazelwood provided an update about his…
Letter to the Leopold Schepp Foundation, regarding a scholarship for Harry Hazelwood Jr.
Metzger, Fraser
1944-05-01
Letter from Fraser Metzger, Dean of Men, to Lucia Temple, Secretary at the Leopold Schepp Foundation, regarding a scholarship for Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943 to study law at Cornell. Metzger writes that Hazelwood is "of the Negro race" and discusses…
Memo: Harry Hazelwood Jr.'s phone call regarding his son's incident with Campus Patrol
Pawa, Irving
1974-03-18
A memo by Irving Pawa, Acting Director of Alumni Relations, regarding his phone conversation with Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943. On March 18, 1974, Hazelwood (who was a judge in Essex County) called Pawa to discuss an incident involving his son's…
Photograph of Harry Hazelwood Jr. several years after Rutgers graduation
Teele, Trevor
1945 approx.
Professional headshot of Harry Hazelwood Jr. (RC 1943). A stamp on the back of the photograph indicates that it was taken by Trevor Teele at 306 N. Aurora St., Ithaca, New York. Hazelwood likely sat for this photo while he was attending Cornell Law…
Photograph of Harry Hazelwood Jr. with Leo P. Carlin and Howard J. Devaney
1957-02-12
Photograph of Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943 with Newark Mayor Leo P. Carlin and Howard J. Devaney in 1957.
Photograph of Harry Hazelwood Jr. with Thurgood Marshall and David M. Litwin
1950-10-30
Photograph of Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943 with Thurgood Marshall and David M. Litwin at an NAACP event in Newark. Hazelwood served as the president of the Newark branch of the NAACP. This photograph appeared alongside an article titled "NAACP Counsel…
Woman, Negro Appointed to Newark Court Posts
1970-01-15
New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News reports that Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943 has been elevated to chief magistrate in Newark.
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Removal of Dinah to Louisiana, sold by slaveholder William Van Deursen to Jacob Klady
Middlesex County Clerk
1817-08-30
This is a record of Dinah's removal from the state of New Jersey to Louisiana. Dinah was a young woman enslaved to Dr. William Van Deursen (Queen’s…