Photos from Librarian, Historian, Teacher, Friend -- Charles F. Cummings
A Celebration of His Life and Legacy
Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Charles F. Cummings, Assistant Director of Special Collections and Statewide Outreach, passed away on December 21 after a brief illness. A valued employee since joining the Newark Public Library on July 15, 1963, he was recognized as the Newark City Historian.

These photos are from The Newark Public Library celebration of Mr. Cummings' life.

Speakers

Trish Morris-Yamba, the president of the Library's Board of Trustees, welcomed the audience to the celebration.

Trish Morris-Yamba - President, Board of Trustees

Colleagues and friends paid tribute and shared their memories of Mr. Cummings, his long career at the Library and his role as Newark city historian.

Wilma J. Grey, Library Director	Mayor Sharpe James

Clement Alexander Price - Library Trustee and Professor of History and Director of the Rutgers Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience	Jim Willse - Editor, Star-Ledger

Philip Roth - Author	Dr. Victor Parsonnet

Richard Grossklaus - Treasurer, Newark Preservation & Landmarks Committee

John T. Cunningham - Author and Historian

Tributes

Tributes to Mr. Cummings included an adaptation of W.H. Auden's poem Funeral Blues by Elizabeth DelTufo, music sung by the Newark Boys Chorus, and a plaque and renaming of the New Jersey Information Center in honor of Mr. Cummings.

Elizabeth DelTufo - Chairperson, City of Newark Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission

Newark Boys Chorus

From left, Wilma J. Grey - Library Director, with John Dwiboroczyn and Daniel Rosati

Audience and Reception

Centennial Hall audience	Overflow seating

Reception