R.C. Jenkinson Collection, 1892-1930.

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R.C. Jenkinson Collection, 1892-1930.

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Box #1. Books and pamphlets: Old South High Street, Old Broad Street, Apalachicola, Origin of Writing, The Protestant Heritage, Newark, The Overplus of Blossom, High Street Presbyterian Church, In Praise of Omar, Man Without a Country, Seth Boyden, Newark Illustrated, Get Together, Elementos de Geografia de la Isla de Puerto Rico (1896), Newark Photo-Gravures (1897), Abraham Lincoln, Narratives of Newark, Florida, Vermont; letters: File of letters, mostly sent by Jenkinson to Margaret Skillman, his granddaughter (ca.1920), and other relatives including some before the family came to U.S., Condolence letters - on deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Jenkinson, Gutzson Borglum (sculptor), Wedding announcement, misc. correspondence. Box #2. Manuscripts: Emily Jenkinson's trip abroad (diary - 1892); Richard Jenkinson: automobile from Newark to Montreal (typed manuscript - 1919); Letters (relatives, condolence, misc.); Government letters: Grover Cleveland (note), Elihu Root (Secretary of War), Mayor Haussling, various senators, representatives, judges, etc.; Photographs: Jenkinson at different ages and with several relatives; Newspaper and magazine clippings: The Mentor, Newark Women, Obituary notices of Jenkinson and his wife, misc. clippings.

0.83 linear ft. (2 Hollinger boxes)

Newark Public Library, Main Library

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Newark Public Library, Main Library

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Newark Public Library. New Jersey Reference Division

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Jenkinson, Richard C., 1853-1930

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Richard C. Jenkinos was born in Newark, N.J., 1853. He founded R.C. Jenkinson & Co. in 1878. In 1898, Jenkinson entered public life as President of the Newark Chamber of Commerce, and for the next thirty years he held a unique position in the public life of New Jersey. Jenkinson was President of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library, and also served as a member of the Board for 33 years. To the Newark Public Library in 1925, Jenkinson presented his collection of books illustrative of t...