NJDH Features

MyJerseyRoots

csalomon — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:28:39 +0000

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.

The NEW Electronic New Jersey

csalomon — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:40:21 +0000

Thomas Edison at his desk

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.

The Paterson Messenger (Il Messaggero) and Chronicle

csalomon — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:59:00 +0000

Il Messaggero, later The Messenger

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.

Trentoniana Historic Map Collection

csalomon — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:37:09 +0000

1874 Sanborn Insurance Diagram of Trenton

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.

Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center

csalomon — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:31:15 +0000

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.

Clarence Dillon Public Library – Anne O’Brien Historical Room Collection

csalomon — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:06:33 +0000

1906 postcard of Bedminster street scene

This collection contains material from the Anne O’Brien Historical Room collection of photographs and postcards depicting Bedminster, Far Hills and Somerset Hills areas, dating from the late 19^th century through the 1980s.

Jersey City Free Public Library

NJDH — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:21:55 +0000

This collection presents material relating to the first wave of European immigrants, the Dutch, who established the settlements that would become Jersey City. Highlights from the Collection include the Dutch Reformed Church, Dutch Recipes, and Records of Slavery.

Maps from Rutgers University Special Collections

NJDH — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:21:35 +0000

A growing digital collection of maps depicting New Jersey, its regions, counties and municipalites, throughout its history.

South River Historical and Preservation Society

NJDH — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:21:12 +0000

Work, family, church, home – images of life as it was in the 19^th and early 20^th century in South River. Thanks go out to SRHPS for testing and developing the first NJDH.

Grover Cleveland Birthplace Historical Site

NJDH — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:20:38 +0000

The collection includes a variety of material from the birthplace of Grover Cleveland. Born in Caldwell, New Jersey in 1837, Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th President of United States of America.