DescriptionLeaflet giving the program for the celebration of Lincoln's 100th birthday sponsored by the Deutsch Amerikanischen Central Verein of Middlesex County, at the Braga Hall in Perth Amboy, on February 12,...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
DescriptionGerman Language leaflet giving the order of worship for the 75th Anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Egg Harbor City on November 18, 1934.
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
DescriptionDiscussion of the naming practices of Dutch immigrants, with examples from those who settled throughout New Jersey. Challenges in deciphering how spellings changed over time, and patronymics versus...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
DescriptionPictured is a plant truck parked at the scale house at Seabrook Farms. John Fuyuume explains: 'The trucks would drive onto the platform scale to be weighed fully loaded, and [then] after discharging...
DescriptionBeginning with a comparison of Native American and European naming customs, this booklet discusses the derivations of the patronymics found in the index to the "Records of New Amsterdam." Several of...
DescriptionThis is a report on a self-survey of the Housing Committee in the early 1950s. This report demonstrates the problems within the African American community in Trenton, New Jersey, including real...
DescriptionThis is a chart from a study done by Dr. Egerton Elliot Hall of the unequal distribution of employment across races, particularly concerning African Americans and white Americans throughout the 1910s...
DescriptionThis is a chart from a study done by Dr. Egerton Elliot Hall of the unequal distribution of employment across races, particularly concerning African Americans and white Americans throughout the 1910s...