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)
DescriptionAs of 1944-03-04, the Central Planning Board of the City of Newark, New Jersey was actively engaged in the development of a comprehensive master plan for the city of Newark and in the preparation of a...
DescriptionIn this press release, the New Jersey Committee for Modernization of U.S. Immigration Law expresses its belief that the immigration laws of the time were too restrictive and outdated. After outlining...
DescriptionBenjamin Franklin Howell (1844-1933) was a member of Congress from New Jersey. While in Congress, he served on the Immigration Commission Subcommittee on Northern Italy, which traveled around Europe,...
DescriptionThis pamphlet was issued to help prepare the public in the United States for the reintegration of the Japanese Americans who had been placed in relocation camps during World War II. It describes a...
DescriptionPhotograph of the American Booksellers Association Board of Directors giving a presentation to President Eisenhower at the White House, 1953. Charles
Reed is third from the right and is mostly...
DescriptionPhotographs of the American Booksellers Association Board of Directors giving a presentation to President Eisenhower at the White House, 1953. Charles Reed is third from the right and is mostly...
DescriptionProgram for unveiling of statue of Peter Stuyvesant (Director-General of New Netherland) in Bergen Square, Saturday October 18, 1913. With picture of statue and transcription of inscriptions on base,...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)