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TitleNew Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project Interview with Vernan Bevans
Date Created1980
DescriptionInterview conducted by Cindy Popolillo for the New Jersey Historical Commission's New Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project. The interview is with Vernan Bevans who was born in British Honduras in...
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TitlePlight of British West Indian and Bahamian Migrants
Date Created1959
DescriptionThis unpublished report by the Workers Defense League describes poor wages, working conditions, and housing among British West Indian and Bahamian contract workers on New Jersey farms. It compares...
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TitleStatement of expenses on the Paterson road, 1827
Date Created1827
DescriptionWages statement : Rough draft ledger listing workers, time worked and wages for work on the Paterson Plank Road. Also notes on some other costs.
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleRecord of Report of Birth of Vivian Elain Harill by Magdalene Kovacs.
Date Created1924
DescriptionWorking as a midwife, Magdalene Kovacs delivered many babies in New Brunswick in the 1920s. Here she records the birth of Vivian Elain Harill, whose mother had emigrated from England.
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TitleThe Swedes and Finns in New Jersey: Bulletin No. 4
Date Created1938
DescriptionThis booklet on the founding of New Sweden (now the present-day New Jersey area) was prepared for use in the public schools by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in New...
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TitleThe Swedes and Finns in New Jersey: Bulletin No. 3
Date Created1938
DescriptionThis booklet on the founding of New Sweden (now the present-day New Jersey area) was prepared for use in the public schools by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in New...
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TitleThe Swedes in New Jersey: Bulletin No. 2
Date Created1938
DescriptionThis booklet on the founding of New Sweden (now the present-day New Jersey area) was prepared for use in the public schools by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in New...
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TitleNational Greek line ship named Byron
Date Created1921
DescriptionByron, built in 1914 in Birkenhead, England for the National Greek Line and originally named the Vasilefs Constantinos. The ship had been launched in June 1914, but completion of construction was...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleCharter to the Town and Freeholders of Bergen, 1668: Regranting of Dutch township under new English colonial governors, copy made 1805
Date Created1805
DescriptionCopy of original English charter, made at the time of the incorporation of the Associates of the Jersey Company - the body which would found Jersey City. In the 1688 Charter, the new English Governor...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
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TitleIsaac Edge's Windmill
Date Created1910
DescriptionThis landmark of old Jersey City, seemingly symbolic of Jersey City's Dutch heritage, was actually built by an English immigrant, Isaac Edge. It was located on the shores of the Hudson at the site of...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)