The American Labor Museum Botto House National Landmark in Paterson, NJ is currently commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 1913 Paterson Silk Strike with a year long series of events.

February 2013’s winter storm Nemo had us digging out, to be sure!  But as the over-hyped event fizzled, Jerseyans went about their winter ways, shoveling, snowman-building and skating.  But before the days of named storms and obsessive Weather Channel watching, what did New Jerseyans do during the winter? See our cyber-gallery of NJ winters past

This collection opens in honor of the congregation of First Reformed Church, which dedicated their second sanctuary building September 27, 1812. The collection includes historical sermons, a manuscript record book covering 1717-1794, and contemporary photographs of tombstones in the historic cemetery and of the church during a recent restoration project.

The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943) barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States.  This exhibit, “Chinese Exclusion in New Jersey: Immigration Law in the Past and Present,” documents the effects of exclusion on Chinese individuals and communities in New Jersey.

History is not just about “important” people, and the MyJerseyRoots collection documents everyday life in our state. On Rutgers Day, April 30, 2011, we digitized New Jersey photographs and memorabilia donated by individuals and families.

Electronic New Jersey, now part of the New Jersey Digital Highway Educator’s portal, debuts this month. The redesigned site provides students and teachers with access to  curriculum units on New Jersey history using source materials drawn from the Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives and New Jersey libraries, museums and historical societies.

Il Messaggero, originally published in Italian, evolved into The Messenger, in English.  It began publication in 1904, primarily serving the second-generation Paterson Italian-American community.  The Sunday Chronicle, originally a weekly newspaper, suspended publication in 1942 and began again in 1951 as a weekly magazine, the only one in Northern New Jersey.

The Trentoniana Historic Map Collection, part of the Trentoniana Collection of the Trenton Free Public Library, contains over 100 digitized maps of Trenton and its surrounding areas dating from the early 1800s through the 1930s.

The Seabrook Farms Collection contains the photographs, letters and oral histories of Japanese Americans who worked in Cumberland County, New Jersey during and shortly after World War II.  This collection chronicles their experiences working for Seabrook Farms and living in Cumberland County following their release from the internment camps.