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TitleArrest of a fugitive slave
Date Created1845-06
DescriptionAricle from New Jersey Freeman about the attempted arrest of a fugtive slave by the Sheriff and constable of Burlington County, NJ. The story says that the sheriff believed it was his duty by the law...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleBooks, pamphlets, and broadsides printed or published in New Jersey, 1801-1819
Date Issued1980
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TitleObituary of Marian (Schumacher) Sinkey
Date Issued2009-12-02
DescriptionObituary of Marian (Schumacher) Sinkey, published in The Star Ledger on December 2, 2009.
Time PeriodContemporary America (1968-present)
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TitleMap of the Village of Passaic, 1872.
Date Created1872
DescriptionMap from a State Atlas of New Jersey. Based on State Geological Survey and from additional surveys. By and Under the Direction of F.W. Beers. Published by Beers, Comstock and Cline. 36 Vesey Street,...
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TitleWhittier House Boys Club card - Michael Furka (Ukranian)
Date Created1934-1935
DescriptionThis collection of Whittier House Boy's Club membership cards records children's names, parent's names, places of birth, nationalities, family members, occupations, church affiliations, and addresses....
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TitleBridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Prefabricated houses, made from materials not affected by wartime shortages, at the camp
Date Created1942-06
DescriptionToilets installed over pits were among the many sanitary concerns that surrounded living conditions in the migrant labor camps. Visitors to the camp commented on the unbearable smell that emanated...
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
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TitleBridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Single men live in the tents; families live in the houses
Date Created1942-06
DescriptionTent housing at the FSA migrant labor camp was occupied mainly by black workers from the U.S. South. These workers typically received the worst housing accommodations.
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
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TitleBridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Water is piped conveniently through the camp
Date Created1942-06
DescriptionPumps like the one featured here were the sole source of water at the FSA camp. Access to uncontaminated water posed another concern to reformers.
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
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TitleBridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Wash day. In the near future the camp will have a completely modern laundry unit
Date Created1942-07
DescriptionSpecial laundry stations were created by the FSA at Big Oaks, and were served by pumped-in cold water.
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
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TitlePicker and farmhand who lives by himself in the corner of an old barn by himself on a farm.
Date Created1942-07
DescriptionIn 1943, 516 Jamaican men employed by Seabrook lived in the Big Oaks Farm Security Administration camp. Guestworkers entered the US under government contracts that prohibited them from changing jobs.
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)