Gladys Lody Papers
Title: Gladys Lody Papers
Date: 1910 - 1990
Collection Number: H074
Extent: 2 folders
Repository: Alfred M. Heston Collection, Atlantic City Free Public Library, 1 North Tennessee Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, (609) 345-2269.
Preferred Citation: Gladys Lody Papers, Alfred M. Heston Collection, Atlantic City Free Public Library.
Creator: Lody, Gladys
IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Scope and Content:
The Gladys Lody Papers focus on the history of the Atlantic City Boardwalk. This collection consists of one folder of newspaper and magazine clippings related to the Boardwalk. A second folder is comprised of two pieces of correspondence, various Boardwalk tourist pamphlets, materials from the Boardwalk’s 100th anniversary celebration in 1970, reproductions of Boardwalk images, a listing of the 1956 Boardwalk summer attractions, and Boardwalk Cracks programs from 1937 and 1938.
Biographical information about Gladys Lody, and her relation to the Atlantic City Free Public Library, is unknown. The Gladys Lody Papers were once housed with the ACFPL Scrapbooks Collection (H035). Archival staff at ACFPL disassociated the Gladys Lody Papers from the ACFPL Scrapbooks Collection when the Scrapbooks Collection was processed in August, 2011.
Given the brevity of the collection’s extent, the Gladys Lody Papers are housed in a box along with the Ed Davis Papers (H075), the Bonnie Davis Papers (H076), and the WPG Radio Collection (H077).
OTHER INFORMATION FOR USERS OF THE COLLECTION
Access Points:
Boardwalks--New Jersey--Atlantic City
Atlantic City--History--20th century
Related Materials:
Vertical Subject Files
Boardwalk
Amusements
Processing Note: The collection is processed. Finding aid written by Shannon O’Neill, archivist, January, 2012.
Copyright Notice: While the Atlantic City Free Public Library owns the collection, the Library may not own the copyright for the materials. Researchers wishing to reproduce materials are responsible for obtaining the proper permission.
ITEM LIST
Box 1
Folder 1 Correspondence, Boardwalk History, Reproduced photos, Brochures, Boardwalk Cracks (1937), Boardwalk Cracks (1938), 100th Anniversary Celebration ephemera, 1956 Summer Attractions listings
Box 1
Folder 2 Newspaper Clippings: Atlantic City Daily Press (1910, 1914), Atlantic City Sunday Press (1929), Press of Atlantic City (1941-1980), various newspaper and magazine clippings