New Jersey Digital Highway - News & Updates Blog

Digitization Basics Workshops Available

NJDH — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:50:25 +0000

Program will help NJ institutions get started in development of a digital program.

9:30am – 3:30pm on these dates/locations:
April 9, 2013 – Morris Museum, Morristown
April 10, 2013 – Monmouth County Archives/ Monmouth County Library
Headquarters, Manalapan
April 23, 2013 – WheatonArts, Millville
April 24, 2013 – Free Public Library of Hasbrouck Heights, Hasbrouck Heights
Registration Fee: $25
Speaker: Thomas F.R. Clareson, Senior Consultant, Digital & Preservation Services, LYRASIS.
For additional program information and to register visit
http://www.cvent.com/d/jcq4yw

Questions? Call CCAHA at 215.545.0613, or email us at pso@ccaha.org

Digitization Basics is part of New Jersey Collections Care Network
training programs, part of a two-year initiative to address urgent
collections care needs in New Jersey through educational programs and
training. Intended to reach collections care professionals and
volunteers, these programs will encourage the use of best practices,
support targeted fundraising and marketing, increase the use of existing
resources, and accelerate the development of collaborative strategies.

Garden State Legacy Revealed in Cultural Artifacts

NJDH — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:13:51 +0000

Prized Artifacts of the Garden State … museums, archives, historical sites and libraries that have identified their most-prized, historically significant artifacts for a marvelous publication. Kudos to Gordon Bond! But this is a continuing project. Organizations are encouraged to artifacts highlighted in the forthcoming book that honors 350th anniversary of the state. Send and email to gordon@gardenstatelegcy.com with the word “Artifacts” in the subject line.

Public History Internships and the General Internships

NJDH — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:26:29 +0000

A new listing of Public History Internships and General Internships offered to undergraduate history majors at Rutgers. Contact: Internships Coordinator, Gary Saretzky.

Objects of our Affection: Are artifacts still necessary in a Digital Age?

ddavis — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:05:45 +0000

The 19th Annual History Issues Convention will explore how history organizations are adapting to the Digital Age. The convention will be held on March 30, 2012 at the Trenton War Memorial.

Register at http://www.njhistoryadvocates.org/history_issues.html before March 5 to receive the Early Bird discount! The registration fee for the conference includes all conference events, including continental breakfast, lunch, exhibits and presentations.

Teachers: Professional development credit is available. Call 609-943-3307 or email: niquole.primiani@sos.state.nj.us.

The event is co-sponsored by:
Advocates for New Jersey History
League of Historical Societies of New Jersey
New Jersey Historical Commission
New Jersey Historic Trust
Preservation New Jersey

For general information call 609-296-8868 x107 or email: nickw@tuckertonseaport.

SECC trustee John Fuyuume receives the Order of the Rising Sun

ddavis — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:48:35 +0000

John Fuyuume, Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center (SECC) trustee and former Project Director, was honored with the Order of the Rising Sun, with Gold and Silver Rays at a joint SECC and Japanese American Citizens League Boards and Volunteers Dinner on September 7, 2011. SECC is a valued NJDH partner.

The Order of the Rising Sun is the highest decoration awarded by the Japanese Government. It is reserved for civilians and non-heads of state. Mr. Fuyuume was conferred the award for his outstanding contributions to preserving and promoting the history and culture of the Japanese American community and for promoting mutual understanding between Japan and the United States.

All Aboard: Railroads in New Jersey Exhibition Opens on Thursday, October 27

ddavis — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:21:39 +0000

All Aboard: Railroads in New Jersey, 1812-1930 , a major exhibition at the Rutgers University Libraries, will open on Thursday, October 27 , 2011, and will be on display at the Special Collections and University Archives Gallery until January 6, 2012.

The exhibition features rare broadsides, pamphlets, and images documenting the history of railroads in the Garden State from Rutgers University Libraries’ collections. Lorett Treese, author of Railroads of New Jersey (2006) will speak at the exhibition opening, which will be held at 5:00 p.m. in the Remigio U. Pane Room at the Archibald S. Alexander Library in New Brunswick.

For more details about the exhibition and program or to RSVP, see http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/news/11/09_nj_railroads.shtml

Save The Date! New Jersey in the Crucible of the Civil War

ddavis — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:43:20 +0000

The impact of the Civil War was felt throughout New Jersey, profoundly affecting communities, politics, schools, businesses, neighborhoods and families. On November 19, 2011, the New Jersey Historical Commission will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the war with its 28th Annual Conference. The event will be held at Princeton University. Keynote speaker Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, will examine the events and experiences that shaped Lincoln and his attitudes toward slavery. Exhibits, lectures, and panel sessions will explore the effects of the conflict throughout the state. To end the day, Nell Irvin Painter, Princeton University’s Edwards Professor of History, Emerita, will present a plenary lecture titled “Black American Artists Limn Slavery and the Civil War.”

Program and Registration Information are available at www.newjerseyhistory.org.

Co-Sponsors:
Historical Society of Princeton
Rutgers Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience
New Jersey Civil War Heritage Association
New Jersey Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee

VISIT NJDH ON RUTGERS DAY, APRIL 30

csalomon — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:58:03 +0000

On Rutgers Day, April 30, 2011 from 10am-4pm , bring up to 5 photographs of your family, house, community or local events to the 4th floor, Alexander Library, 169 College Avenue for inclusion in MyJerseyRoots (see Spotlight at left), a digital collection offering New Jersey citizens an opportunity to document the everyday life of our cities, small towns and rural communities from past to present. The first 25 participants will take home a free USB flash drive with their digital images, and as part of the formal launch of MyJerseyRoots, members of the Libraries staff will select the three most striking photos brought in on Rutgers Day. The owners of these photos will each receive a free framed print of their image. Visit the Rutgers Day website to find out more about this and other events.

From Slavery to Freedom in New Jersey

csalomon — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:50:33 +0000

Read the exciting and heartbreaking saga of Peter Still and his family who fled slavery in Maryland for freedom in New Jersey. First Peter’s parents and younger sisters, and then many years afterward Peter, and then his wife and children, escaped or bought their freedom and made their way north. Read the full article here in New Jersey History e-journal.

The Peter Still Papers Collection in the Rutgers Special Collection and University Archives (an NJDH partner) contains letters, including one from Harriet Beecher Stowe, relating to Peter’s efforts to raise funds to purchase his family’s freedom.

Remembering Laye Ikeda Nagahiro

NJDH — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:50:22 +0000

Office picture of Laye Nagahiro, Irene Kaneshiki, and John Fuyuume at the Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center.

All of us at NJDH mourn the passing of Laye Ikeda Nagahiro on July 14, 2009. Laye was tireless in her efforts to develop the Seabrook Farms collection for the New Jersey Digital Highway, which chronicles the experiences of Japanese Americans working at Seabrook Farms in Cumberland County after their release from internment camps. She was an important part of the Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center and helped establish an exhibit at the Millvile Airport Museum honoring Japanese Americans who served in the 442nd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army during World War II. Nagahiro and her family were residents of Salinas, California and were interned in Poston 2 camp in Arizona during World War II.

Donations in her memory may be made to the Seabrook Education and Cultural Center, Box 5041, Seabrook 08302; the Seabrook Chapter JACL, c/o Sharon Yoshida, 4 Mallard Lane, Bridgeton 08302; or to the Deerfield Presbyterian Church, Box 69, Deerfield Street, Deerfield 08313.

View Laye’s images in NJDH