The Irish in Newark and New Jersey
|
The Library’s exhibition, The Irish in Newark and New Jersey, will illustrate the history of the Irish in New Jersey and the cultural and civic contributions the Irish have made to our city and state from colonial times to the present. Brad Small of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center (CFCNJIC) is the project director and curator. Dr. Dermot Quinn, professor of Irish and British history at Seton Hall University and award-winning author of The Irish in New Jersey: Four Centuries of American Life is the guest curator. The inspiration for this major two-floor show was the late Charles F. Cummings. A generous grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities (a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities) provided major funding for this exhibition. The exhibition is co-sponsored by the CFCNJIC and the Msgr. William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center of Seton Hall University.
The second-floor gallery will feature the Irish in Newark based on several articles Charles Cummings wrote in his “Knowing Newark” column for the Star-Ledger and additional research by the staff of the CFCNJIC. The materials on view will be from the collections of the CFCNJIC and will include photographs from the Library’s Newark Evening News collection, archival material, maps, and more.
Dr. Quinn’s book will be the basis of the show on the third floor. On display for the first time will be many of the original materials from his book that are on loan from Seton Hall University’s Archives and Special Collection Department, with many additional images and ephemera from the CFCNJIC, other public institutions, and private collections.
For additional information on this exhibition, the public is invited to call 973-733-7756 or email Brad Small. To see more photos from this exhibition, click here. Photo credits: The Newark Public Library To listen to a podcast from the opening reception of this exhibition, click here.
|
