DescriptionThis interview was conducted as part of the New Jersey Historical Commission Grant-funded Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project. The interviewee is Mr. Upendra Chivukula who is from southern India. He...
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970), Contemporary America (1968-present)
DescriptionThe Whittier House Social Settlement, the first settlement house in New Jersey, was established in Jersey City, N.J. (Hudson County) in 1894. Founded by Cornelia Foster Bradford, who would remain...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
DescriptionCommunity type Tavola di San Giuseppe at St. James R.C. Church Trenton, N.J. With religion such a strong factor in Italian culture, immigrants to the New World, especially New Jersey, often tried to...
DescriptionWhittier House scrapbooks document Whittier House programs, events, and anniversary celebrations through newspaper clippings, lecture fliers, newsletters, event programs, and ticket stubs. Newspaper...
DescriptionWhittier House scrapbooks document Whittier House programs, events, and anniversary celebrations through newspaper clippings, lecture fliers, newsletters, event programs, and ticket stubs. Newspaper...
DescriptionWhittier House scrapbooks document Whittier House programs, events, and anniversary celebrations through newspaper clippings, lecture fliers, newsletters, event programs, and ticket stubs. Newspaper...
DescriptionTavola di San Giuseppe at the home of Giuseppe Immordino in Trenton, N.J. With religion such a strong factor in Italian culture, immigrants to the New World, especially New Jersey, often tried to...
DescriptionWhittier House scrapbooks document Whittier House programs, events, and anniversary celebrations through newspaper clippings, lecture fliers, newsletters, event programs, and ticket stubs. Newspaper...
DescriptionAfrican-American woman working at a loom, Newark, 1917. African-American women worked in the garment trade, which employed mainly Jewish and Italian immigrants in the early 20th century. But because...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
DescriptionEmployees, Hyatt Roller Bearing Company, Harrison, 1923. Few of Cone's photographs include African Americans until the 1920s. This picture indicates how Newark's workforce changed with the start of...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)