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The Beer Industry in Newark

From Ballantine to Anheuser-Busch: The Beer Industry in Newark
Program sponsored by the Newark History Society and the New Jersey Catholic Historical Commission, February 10, 2014. Panalists: Tom McCabe, Samantha Boardman, Louis Parrott, Jr., and Milt Rosko.

New Jersey Breweries

North Jersey Beer: A Brewing History from Princeton to Sparta
Chris Morris. Charleston, S.C., American Palate, 2015. Available?

Register of U.S. Breweries

The Register of United States Breweries, 1876-1976
Manfred Friedrich and Donald Bull. Trumbull, Conn., 1976. Available?

Anheuser-Busch

Anheuser-Busch, Newark Brewery: 50th Anniversary.
Newark, N.J., Anheuser-Busch, 2001? Available?

Ballantine

P. Ballantine & Sons, Brewers and Maltsters, Newark, N.J., 1840-1933.
Charles Bradley. Newark, N.J., 1933. Available? (NPL)
Guests of an Old Time Inn: Presenting Seven Character Sketches, Anno Domini 1840, With a Few Words About Ballantine's Ale.
Newark, N.J., P. Ballantine & Sons, 1910. Available?
100 Years of Ballantine's
Available? [NPL]
Politics of Beer: The History of Three Beer Brewing Families in Newark and Their Impact on Politics and Power in New Jersey, 1840-1940.
Louis Parrott. Thesis (B.A.), Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, 2007. Available?
Deeds, P. Ballantine & Sons
Record of deeds and maps for properties acquired by P. Ballantine & Sons from 1842 through 1917. Newark Museum Library.
Resource of Outdoor Advertising Descriptions (ROAD): Ballantine Beer
The ROAD digital collection at Duke University has photographs of Ballantine "outdoor" advertising (billboards, posters, transit advertising) from 1936 to the 1980s.

Feigenspan

Behind the Scenes in a Great American Brewery
Newark, N.J., Christian Feigenspan Brewing Company, 1939. Available? (NPL)
Politics of Beer: The History of Three Beer Brewing Families in Newark and Their Impact on Politics and Power in New Jersey, 1840-1940.
Louis Parrott. Thesis (B.A.), Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, 2007. Available?

Krueger

Krueger Brewery Collection (1880)
Two boxes of miscellaneous items. Newark Public Library.
Politics of Beer: The History of Three Beer Brewing Families in Newark and Their Impact on Politics and Power in New Jersey, 1840-1940.
Louis Parrott. Thesis (B.A.), Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, 2007. Available?
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