DescriptionThe single strongest predictor of civil war is a nation having had one in the past, and preventing the recurrence of civil war has thus become the critical problem for both scholarship and policy. The...
DescriptionChildren prepare for naptime at Seabrook Child Care Center, in a photo take in the postwar period. Prior to the opening of the childcare center, married Japanese Americans described being assigned...
DescriptionThis 14 by 17 inch July 4th, 1866 State of New Jersey Civil War service testimonial document was issued to Corporal Daniel P. Snedeker to honor his service with Company H, 14th New Jersey Regiment...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
DescriptionThis 9 3/4 by 15 inch parchment commission document for 5th Sergeant Ralph C. Witter, dated August 23rd, 1862 is signed by the regimental commander, Colonel William S. Truex. Regimental Adjutant F....
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
DescriptionDuring the Cold War Fallout Shelters were constructed in urban areas as part of a civil defense effort to protect citizens from radioactive debris ("fallout") in the event of a nuclear war. While most...
DescriptionDuring the Cold War Fallout Shelters were constructed in urban areas as part of a civil defense effort to protect citizens from radioactive debris ("fallout") in the event of a nuclear war. While most...
DescriptionThis 15 1/4 by 19 1/2 inch company roster of Company H, 14th New Jersey lists the original men of the company at the time of mustering on August 26,n 1862. This color lithograph was published by...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
DescriptionHarper's Weekly - July 3, 1886 - President Cleveland is depicted guarding the Treasury from fraudulent pension claims by Civil War veterans and their survivors.
DescriptionInterview conducted by Giles Wright for the New Jersey Historical Commission's New Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral history Project. The interview is with Mildred Arnold, an African-American who was born in...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930), The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945), Postwar Years (1945-1970), Contemporary America (1968-present)
DescriptionThe Friedrich and Graessle Families papers consist of documentation of the families' emigration to, and life in Newark, New Jersey. Wilhelm Friedrich (b. 1854) emigrated with his wife, Mary (b....
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
