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,...
DescriptionAfter the Soviets suppressed the Revolution in Hungary in 1956, aproximately 200,000 Hungarians fled the country. Many Hungarian refugees came to New Jersey, some of whom were housed at Camp Kilmer, a...
DescriptionMan on the garment factory floor pulling with his hand an electric cutting machine over patterns drawn on the flat laid fabric. Source: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information...
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945), The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
DescriptionAfter the Soviets suppressed the Revolution in Hungary in 1956, aproximately 200,000 Hungarians fled the country. Many Hungarian refugees came to New Jersey, some of whom were housed at Camp Kilmer, a...
DescriptionAfter the Soviets suppressed the Revolution in Hungary in 1956, aproximately 200,000 Hungarians fled the country. Many Hungarian refugees came to New Jersey, some of whom were housed at Camp Kilmer, a...
DescriptionAfter the Soviets suppressed the Revolution in Hungary in 1956, aproximately 200,000 Hungarians fled the country. Many Hungarian refugees came to New Jersey, some of whom were housed at Camp Kilmer, a...
DescriptionIn this "I remember" memoir, Tei Sasho recalls how he was invited to Seabrook to assist Dick Kunishima with establishing and running a grocery store, a cafeteria, and a baseball team. Mr. Sasho...
DescriptionIn this "I remember" memoir, John Fuyumme recalls working at Seabrook during the summers in between his college semesters. He had many different jobs, including collecting samples of farm production...
DescriptionThis F.B.I. memo discusses the information given by an unnamed informant regarding possible Communist Party activity in the Farmingdale, Lakewood and Toms River areas of New Jersey. The memo describes...