Click Here for Digitized Yearbooks
Our yearbook collection at Newark Library is small historically did not collect them, however, we have digitized many yearbooks in a partnership with the Newark Public Schools Historic Preservation Committee.
The library accepts donations of Newark school yearbooks – we’d especially love the ones missing from our digital collections. We are also able to scan books and return them to you. Please contact the New Jersey Information Center at (973) 733-7775 or email njreference@npl.org for more information.
For reference questions, research services, and to order copies, call the New Jersey Information Center at (973) 733-7775 or email njreference@npl.org. For more information about all archival holdings click here.
Try the Steps below to find Yearbooks:
- Check our digitized yearbooks
- Check the list of physical yearbooks below.
- Ancestry.com (yearbooks are here, available for use at the library)
- Classmates.com here
- Contact the school: here.
- Try the alumni association.
- Newark Public Schools Historical Preservation Committee
- New Jersey Historical Society.
Missing Books
As far as we know even the schools DO NOT own these yearbooks. If anyone has these yearbooks and would be willing to let us scan and return please e-mail njreference@npl.org. We can scan them and return them to you!
Arts (1950-2020): None
Barringer / Newark High (1876-2019): 1877-1878, 1901-1920, 1922-1923, Jan 1930, Jan 1939, Jan 1945, 2011, 2014
Central High School (1912-2019): more before 1915?, 1915, Aug & Nov 1916-1918?, Jan/Feb and Aug 1919?, Feb 1920, Aug and Nov 1921, Nov 1922, Aug 1923, Nov 1924, Feb 1927, Nov 1928, Nov 1931, Jan 1934, Jan 1954, Jan 1955, June 1958, June 1960, June 1961, June 1962, 1966, 1971-1975, 1982-1984, 1989-1990, 1993, 1995, 2019
East Side High School (1925-2019): Jan 1925?, Jan & June 1926-1934, Jan & June 1936-1937, Jan & June 1944, June 1948, June 1959, 2008, 2017
Science High School (1978-2019): 2016, 2019
Shabazz High School / South Side High School (1920-2019): 1920-1965 (odd pattern, some months seem to be missing for each year, as well as complete years 1921-22, 1925-1930, 1934, 1940, 1943-1944, 1947, 1954-1960), 1967-1968, 1970, 1975, 2018-19
Technology (1996-2019): 1996-1997? and 2015, 2019
Vailsburg (1961-1988): 1961-1962 (?), 1973, 1980
Weequahic High School (1935-2018): None. (Only one book for 1947?)
West Side (1932-2019): Jan 1932, Jan & June 1933, June 1934, Jan & June 1935, Jan 1936 & 1937, Jan & June 1938-1939, Jan 1940, Jan & June 1941, June 1942-1944, Jan 1945, Jan & June 1946-1948, June 1955, Jan 1956, June 1957-1959, June 1963, 1967, 1969-1970, 1972, 1974-1975, 1977-1979, 1982, 1984, 1995-1997, 2005
University (1978-2019): 1977?, 1979-1980, 1983-1987, 1989-1992, 1994-1995, 2001, 2003-2004, 2007-2010, 2012, 2014, 2017-2019
Physical Yearbooks at NPL
| School Name | Years Owned |
| Abington Avenue Elementary School | 1998 |
| Barringer High School |
1927, June 1932, June 1933, Jan 1934, June 1934, Jan 1935, June 1935, Jan 1936, June 1936, 1938, June 1950, 1990, 1996, 1998 |
| Central High School |
Apr 1912, May 1912, May 1913, Sept 1913, Oct 1913, Nov 1913, Dec 1913, Jan 1914, Feb 1914, March 1914, April 1914, May 1914, June 1914, Sept 1914, Oct 1914, Nov 1914, Dec 1914, Jan 1915, Feb 1915, March 1915, April 1915, May 1915, June 1915, Sept 1915, Oct 1915, Nov 1915, Dec 1915, Jan 1916, Feb 1916, Mar 1916, Apr 1916, May 1916, June 1916, Oct 1916, Nov 1916, Dec 1916, Jan 1917, Feb 1917, March 1917, April 1917, May 1917, June 1917, Sept 1917, Oct 1917, Nov 1917, Dec 1917, Jan 1918, Feb 1918, Mar 1918, Apr 1918, May 1918, June 1918, Oct 1918, Nov 1918, Dec 1918, Jan 1919, Feb 1919, March 1919, April 1919, May 1919, June 1919, Sept 1919, Oct 1919, Nov 1919, Dec 1919, Jan 1920, Feb 1920, Mar 1920, Apr 1920, May 1920, Aug 1920, Oct 1920, Nov 1920, Dec 1920, Jan 1921, Feb 1921, April 1921, May 1921, Feb 1922, May 1922, August 1922, Jan 1923, April 1923, Nov 1923, Feb 1924, May 1924, Aug 1924, Feb 1925, May 1925, Aug 1925, Nov 1925, Feb 1926, May 1926, Aug 1926, Nov 1926, May 1927, Aug 1927, Nov 1927, Feb 1928, May 1928, Aug 1928, Feb 1929, May 1929, Aug 1929, Nov 1929, Feb 1930, May 1930, Aug 1930, Nov 1930, Feb 1931, May 1931, Aug 1931, Jan 1932, June 1932, Jan 1933, Jun 1933, Jan 1934, Jun 1934, Jan & June: 1935-1938, Jan 1939, Jan & June: 1940-1949, Jan 1950, Jan 1959, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967-1970. Begins as literary magazine, later issues have functions of a yearbook |
| East Side High School |
1951, 1968-2006 |
| Essex Catholic | 1968 |
| Essex County College | 1970, 1975, 1977 |
| Newark College of Engineering (NJIT) | 1937, 1940, 1949 |
| Newark School of Physical Education | 1923 |
| New Jersey State Normal School (now Kean) | 1932-1937 |
| Prospect Hill Country Day School | 1956, 1958, 1961-1966, 1968, 1970 |
| Rutgers Newark Law School | 1966 |
| Rutgers Newark University | 1948, 1966, 1971 |
| Seton Hall Prep | 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 |
| Malcolm X. Shabazz High School (previously South Side) |
June 1917, Jan 1920, May 1923, Feb 1924, March 1924, May 1924, June 1924, Oct 1924, Nov 1924, Dec 1924, Nov 1928, Nov 1931, Dec 1931, Feb 1932, May 1932, Nov 1932, Dec 1932, June 1933, Oct 1934, Feb March April May October 1935, Jan 1936, Feb 1936, Mar 1936, Apr 1936, Oct 1936, Nov 1936, Dec 1936, Jan 1937, Jun 1937, Oct 1937, Nov 1937, Dec 1937, March 1938, June 1938, Jan 1939, Jan 1948, 1962. |
| St. Benedict’s Prep | 1922?, 1956, 1958, 1968, 1976 |
| St. James High School | 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 |
| St. James Prep | 2002 |
| St. Vincent Academy | 1932 |
| Vailsburg High School | 1987 hard copy |
| Weequahic High School | 1937-1938, 1942, 1944, 1979, 1985 |
| West Side High School |
June 1932, Jan 1944, June 1951, Jan 1952, Jan 1953, Jan 1954, 1974 |