HISTORY

American Indians and the Natural History of Newark by Stewart Rafert | 12-13
In the Era of the American Revolution, 1775-1783 by Wade P. Catts
Becoming of “Some Amount,” 1800-1830 by Bruce A. Bendler
Putting the Town into “Some Shape,” 1850-1900 by Bruce A. Bendler | 40-41 | 42-43
Newark Government, 1900-1950 by Jane Dilley
Newark Police Department by Lowell Silverman | 64-65
Lemons and Lemonade: African American History of Newark by Laura M. Lee | 70-71 | 76-77
     Citizen profile: George Wilson by Theresa Hessey
Military Heritage of Newark by Kennard R. Wiggins, Jr.
     Citizen profile: Robert W. Kirkwood
     Citizen profile: Lieutenant General John W. “Iron Mike” O’Daniel
     Citizen profile: First Lieutenant Ruth M. (Haddick) Dorsman
Aviation History of Newark by Michael D. Brock | 90-91
Delaware’s First Fair Housing Law by Leland Smucker
     Citizen profile: Norma Handloff
A-Changin’ Times: SDS in Newark in the Sixties by David Robertson & Hattie Bannowsky

OUR TOWN

A Walk Down Main Street: Louise Staton Johnson | 104-105
Our Historic and Architectural Heritage by Roy H. Lopata | 108-109
     Citizen profile: David Caskey by Theresa Hessey
     Citizen profile: J. Pilling Wright by Theresa Hessey
Stroll Up West Main Street to Quality Hill | 116-117
Growing Up on Main Street: Oral Histories collected by Gail Chickersky | 120-121
The Conscience of Newark: Everett C. Johnson by Judith M. Pfeiffer & Robert C. Barnes
Exploring Newark As a Kid in the Fifties by Kennard R. Wiggins, Jr.
Newark, Delaware on a Tuesday, poetry by Fleda Brown

NATURAL SETTINGS & THE ENVIRONMENT

History of the White Clay Creek State Park & Preserve by Carla Lucas
Along the Fall Line by M.W. Wollaston and G. J. Kauffman
White Clay Creek poem by Jean Henri Sadot
Agriculture in & around Newark by Donald Crossan, Jerry Webb & Susan Baldwin
Farms of the Newark Area by Donald Crossan | 142-143
     Citizen profile: The Steels by Marilyn Minster
Studying the Farm by Susan Baldwin
Newark Parks and Recreation by Joe Spadofino & Donna Draper | 150-151
     Citizen profile: Vic Willis by Theresa Hessey

INDUSTRY & COMMERCE

Curtis Paper by Deborah P. Haskell & Norris Greenplate
Continental Diamond Fibre Company by Paul Bauernschmidt
Dean Woolen Mills Fire, 1886 by Lowell Silverman | 166-167
Shinplasters in Newark: a Story of our Civil War Notes by Robert M. Stark | 172-173
Twentieth-Century Banking in Newark by Alan E. Smith
Tracking the Pumpsie Doodle by Debbie P. Keese | 176-177
Chrysler Assembly Plant by Wilmington News Journal
Main Street McDonald’s by Paul Bauernschmidt
Newark Post by Christine Neff
Family-Owned Businesses by Barbara White | 186-187
     Zephyr Knoll Day Nursery • Kirk’s Flowers • Bing’s Bakery •
     The Newark Shopping Center • Diamond Ice and Coal • Trivits Appliance •
     Trivits Pontiac • Val Nardo’s Barber Shop • Abbott’s Shoe Repair •
     Mervin S. Dale Jewelers • Deluxe Luncheonette •State Theatre • VRS •
     Pilnick’s Shoes • Richards Dairy • Rittenhouse Motors • Fader Motors •
     Wood’s “Woodies” Machine Shop • Angie’s Sub Shop • Herman’s Quality Meat Shoppe
Come Unity, poetry by Victor Rene Sadot

EDUCATION

History of Education in Newark by Robert J. Taggart | 200-201
Newark High School by Brent J. Freccia | 206-207
     Citizen profile: Etta James Wilson by Marie Godfrey
     Citizen profile: John Downes by Theresa Hessey
University of Delaware by Lindsay A. Gift & Robert J. Taggart | 214-215

RELIGION

Newark’s Religious History by Barbara White & Constance J. Cooper
St. Thomas More Oratory by E. Lowell Jacobs

ARTS

A Slice of Newark’s Literary Life in the Nineteenth Century by Steven Leech
History of Dreamstreets by Steven Leech
Chapel Street Players by Scott F. Mason & Rosemary Hickman
Newark Symphony Orchestra by Sue Hastings
Newark Music Society by Byron Mayes
Newark Community Band by Frank A. Hoagey
The Music Scene by Shaun D. Mullen | 254-256
Newark Arts Alliance by Terry Foreman

SERVICE & COMMUNITY

New Century Club by Anita A. Wellner
Newark Aetna Hose, Hook & Ladder by Lowell Silverman
Newark Lions Club by H. Alfred Tarrant, Jr.
Brookside Lions Club by Don & Marie Godfrey
Soroptomists Club by Margaret Catts
League of Women Voters by Jane Dilley
Newark American Association of University Women by Katherine Demedis
     Citizen profile: Shirley Tarrant
Newark Senior Center by Margaret Catts
     Citizen profile: E.C. Gertrude Johnson
Newark Historical Society by Robert Thomas
     Citizen profile: Selena Bing by Theresa Hessey
Independent Order of Odd Fellows by Delaware State Archives
Rotary Club by Robin Broomall