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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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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 Evolution of the Modern Urban Core: The Implications of Newark's Late Nineteenth-Century Housing and Population Patterns
AuthorForresta, Ronald A.
Date Created1976
DescriptionThis paper by Ronald A. Foresta, a geography Ph.D. candidate from Rutgers University, is from 'New Jersey's Ethnic Heritage: Papers Presented at the Eighth Annual New Jersey History Symposium,...
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TitleNewspaper advertisement from Jersey Homesteads Tripod Coat and Suit, Inc., to promote the ladies garments factory
Date Created1936-1937
DescriptionThe federal government created Jersey Homesteads as part of a New Deal initiative. It was unique because it was the only community planned as an agro-industrial cooperative that included a farm, a...
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Title'Comments' on Charles Stephenson's 'Process of Community' and Ronald Foresta's 'Evolution of the Modern Urban Core' - from the 8th NJ History Symposium
AuthorScheiner, Seth M.
Date Created1976
DescriptionThis comments paper by Seth M. Scheiner, an Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University, is from 'New Jersey's Ethnic Heritage: Papers Presented at the Eighth Annual New Jersey History...
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TitleReport of Governor Johan Rising, 1655, on New Sweden
AuthorRising, Johan
Date Created1655
DescriptionGovernor Johan Rising reports to the Swedish government and royalty on the status of New Sweden (present-day New Jersey). He also reports on other Swedish colonies in the area. He asks that single...
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TitleLetter of Johannes Bogaert to Hans Bontemantel, 1655
AuthorBogaert, Johannes
Date Created1655
DescriptionJohannes Bogaert, Dutch clerk of New Amsterdam (present-day New York), reports to Holland on the Dutch takeover of New Sweden. He accounts how the Dutch travelled to New Sweden and took over Fort...
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TitleTranscripts of interview with Fritz Schade of Free Acres
Date Created1996
DescriptionFritz Schade, a German immigrant and a member of the Free Acres community in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, is interviewed about his memories at Free Acres. He recalls that many of his fellow Germans...
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TitleRelation of the surrender of New Sweden, by Governor Johan Clason Rising, 1655
AuthorRising, Johan
Date Created1655
DescriptionGovernor Johan Rising of New Sweden reports to Sweden on the August 1655 Dutch attack on New Sweden's Fort Christina. The Dutch traveled from New Amsterdam (present-day New York) and easily captured...
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TitleReport of Governor Johan Printz, 1647, on New Sweden
AuthorPrintz, Johan
Date Created1647
DescriptionGovern Johan Printz, the governor of New Sweden (later to become New Jersey), reports on the status of the colony and the settlers. Many freemen have arrived to settle in New Sweden, but the...