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		Historic structures, such as the art deco concrete tower erected in Edison to commemorate Thomas Edison's discovery of the electric light, are crumbling.
		Scholars' voices are seldom heard in New Jersey, and therefore their work is seldom disseminated to the public, in contrast to the situation in states such as Massachusetts and South Carolina where the greatest number of scholarly publications per capita are produced.
		When New Jersey history is taught in U.S. history courses on the high school level, teachers use it as a metaphor illustrative of major topics such as early European settlement, the American Revolution, industrialization, immigration, political reform, and labor history.
	www.newjerseyhistory.org /taskfor_t.html (10587 words)

	Potteries of Trenton Society--Stoneware Symposium
		The New Jersey/New York region was critical in the development of the stoneware industry in the United States during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
		The New Jersey Historical Society (jerseyhistory.org) is a state-wide, private, non-profit historical museum, library, and archives dedicated to collecting, preserving, and interpreting the rich and intricate political, social, cultural and economic history of New Jersey to the broadest possible audiences.
		Slightly later in the mid-18th century, Captain James Morgan, a key figure in the history of New Jersey stoneware and owner of substantial clay-bearing acreage, opened a stoneware manufactory in Cheesequake, where he trained the next generation of stoneware potters in the region, among whom were his son, General James Morgan and son-in-law Thomas Warne.
	www.potteriesoftrentonsociety.org /events/stone.html (1811 words)

	Digital Antiquaria - New Jersey Historical Society - Complete NJ Listing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1782, Trenton, New Jersey, was selected as the meeting-place of a Court of Commissioners appointed by the Continental Congress to hear and determine a controversy which involved a claim by Connecticut to the ownership and jurisdiction over a considerable portion of northern Pennsylvania.
		The history of the emancipation of slaves in New Jersey is divided into three periods: the first, that of the Proprietary Colony, 1664-1702; the second, the Province of the Crown, 1702-1776; the third, the era of the State of New Jersey.
		Southern New Jersey had a plentiful supply of forage and food, but it could not be taken to Valley Forge because of the scarcity of horses and wagos for the long haul necessary to avoid the enemy in Philadelphia, and who controlled the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers near Philadelphia.
	www.digitalantiquaria.com /NJHS/All.html (9846 words)

	Slavery in New Jersey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		New Barbadoes Slave History - A brief summary regarding slavery in the now defunct town of New Barbadoes from the 1876 Atlas of Bergen County (Archival Material from the Collections of the Bergen County Historical Society).
		Negros in NJ – A booklet chronicling the lives of several important African Americans from New Jersey (Archival material from the collections of the New Jersey Historical Society).
		Historical Notes on Slavery and Colonization with Particular Reference to the efforts which have been made in favor of African Colonization in New Jersey, Elizabeth-Town, Printed by E. Sanderson, (1842) (Published Primary Source from the collections of the David and Lorraine Cheng Library, William Paterson University).
	www.bergen.org /Resources/slavery.html (2660 words)

	History: New Jersey Genealogy
		New Brunswick, N.J. : Genealogical Society of New Jersey, 1999.
		Most New Jersey naturalization records are available from the office of the County Clerk in the county in which the naturalization was recorded.
		New Jersey census records for the first four federal census--1790, 1800 (except for Cumberland County), 1810, and 1820--have not survived.
	newark.rutgers.edu /~natalieb/gen.htm (5452 words)

	New Jersey Societies and Archives
		State Archives and Societies are usually much larger and better organized with much larger archived materials than their smaller county cousins but they can be more generalized and over look the smaller details that local societies tend to have.
		Much New Jersey information is also to be found in the periodical literature of its neighbors such as The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Publications of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania and its successor The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, and The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography.
		The New Jersey Historical Society is one of the two depositories for the state's DAR compilations and houses much manuscript material, including maps, cemetery and church records, family Bibles, and genealogies, as well as thousands of other original documents and papers.
	www.mynewjerseygenealogy.com /nj_repository.htm (1043 words)

	Local Historical Societies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The New Jersey Historical Society is a state-wide, private, non profit historical museum, library, and archives dedicated to collecting, preserving, and interpreting the rich and intricate political, social, cultural and economic history of New Jersey to the broadest possible audiences.
		The aims and objectives of the Cumberland County Historical Society shall be to stimulate and encourage general historical research, and particularly with reference to the history of Cumberland County and to that end collect and store...a library for historical and genealogical research and preservation..."
		The result has been an historical museum that many believe to be unique and without equal in the United States and a library that draws genealogical researchers from all areas of the country.
	quiltedtreasures.netfirms.com /local1.htm (585 words)

	New Jersey
		Brace, Frederic R. Brief Sketches of the New Jersey Chaplains in the Continental Army and in the State Militia, During the War of Independence.
		Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, New Ser., 10 (October 1925), pp.
		Griffith, J. "William Maxwell, of New Jersey, Brigadier General in the Revolution." Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, 2d Ser., 13 (May 1894), pp.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/reference/revbib/nj.htm (1718 words)

	Civil Rights in New Jersey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		New Jersey, like many other states in the 1960's, faced the difficult task of ending institutionalized racism that had previously violated the rights of so many African Americans.
		While New Jersey experienced success of school integration programs and laws to end discriminatory hiring, it also witnessed hundreds of organized protests and tragically experienced the violence and destruction of race riots.
		Inspired by the Historical Society's upcoming exhibition, Contested Memories: American Urban Unrest in the 1960s, the one-day conference with subsequent publication explored issues related to race, economics, the media, culture, politics, and the urban environment in post-war New Jersey.
	www.bergen.org /ourstory/Resources/civil_rights/CivilRights.htm (539 words)

	The New Jersey Historical Society
		One of New Jersey's most influential and controversial figures of the early 20th century is singer, actor, civil rights activist, scholar, athlete and author, Paul Robeson.
		Abbie Greiger was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1810.
		Based on the work of New Jersey commercial photographer William F. Cone, this exhibition explores the history of a city interpreted through the lens of a photographer hired to shoot images of the people, places and events of his era.
	www.jerseyhistory.org (1602 words)

	Westfield, New Jersey * Westfield Historical Society * Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One of the earliest accomplishments of the Society was to assist the Miller-Cory Volunteers with its purchase of the historic Miller-Cory House at 614 Mountain Avenue.
		The Westfield Historical Society has also made contributions to the rehabilitation of the Revolutionary Cemetery, the restoration of the Town Clock, the structural restoration of the Presbyterian Church steeple, and the replacement of the Boulevard areas historic mosaic street signs.
		The Society has been responsible for a variety of publications related to the history of the Town (books, historical maps, aerial sketches and a series of postcards of old Westfield) all of which are available for purchase at various places around town.
	www.westfieldnj.com /history/facts.htm (1215 words)

	New Jersey County Church & Cemetery Record Descriptions
		Many New Jersey church records have been published in state historical and genealogical journals, such as The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey.
		Original and transcribed material is to be found at the New Jersey Historical Society (including the DAR collection), Rutgers, the Glouster County Historical Society, and elsewhere, and in New York, Delaware, and Pennsylvania sources and libraries, particularly in the Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania.
		Another large collection of cemetery records is that gathered by the New Jersey DAR chapters, with copies deposited at the New Jersey State Library and the New Jersey Historical Society.
	www.mynewjerseygenealogy.com /nj_records/church.htm (494 words)

	Salem County Historical Society\| Official Web Site 79-83 Market Street Salem NJ 08079 (856) 935-5004...
		The Salem County Historical Society is housed in four interconnected historic houses, the centerpiece of which is Alexander Grant's Mansion House (1721).
		Salem County Historical Society receives General Operating Support from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of Cultural Affairs in the Department of State.
		The Society’s exhibitions and programs are supported by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Dept. of State, and the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of Cultural Affairs in the Department of State, both through the Salem County Cultural and Heritage Commission/Salem County Board of Chosen Freeholders.
	www.salemcountyhistoricalsociety.com (318 words)

	New Jersey Women's History: Home Page
		NEW JERSEY WOMEN'S HISTORY is a resource for students, teachers, and all interested people who want to know more about the history of women in New Jersey.
		Because New Jersey women's history is a young field, it is constantly growing and changing.
		This website was created by the Women's Project of New Jersey (WPNJ) in collaboration with the Margery Somers Foster Center, Special Collections/Archives, the Scholarly Communications Center at Rutgers University Libraries in New Brunswick, the Alice Paul Institute, and the New Jersey Historical Society in Newark.
	www.scc.rutgers.edu /njwomenshistory (193 words)

	New Jersey Historical Society
		He was born in Newark, and his father served as the second president of the College of New Jersey, which became Princeton University.
		Burr, who was raised after his parents died by relatives in Elizabeth, graduated from the College of New Jersey at age 16.
		The portrait of Aaron Burr presented to this Society by John Chetwood, Esq., was found in Milburn in this County.
	www.jerseyhistory.org /news_detail.php?recid=68 (1371 words)

	Battleship New Jersey Historical Museum Society
		The purpose of our Society is to assist and support the battleship New Jersey in the territorial waters of the State of New Jersey.
		USS New Jersey (BB-62) is one of the four battleships of the
		In 1975, a number of enthusiasts founded the Society as a statewide non-profit organization whose purpose was to bring the ship to a place of honored retirement in her "name" state.
	www.bb62museum.org (251 words)

	New Jersey Historical Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The New Jersey Historical Society is a historical society and museum located in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
		It was founded in 1845 at Trenton by intellectual and business leaders of New Jersey, most prominently Joseph C. Hornblower, Peter D. Vroom and William Whitehead.
		The Historical Society's library is housed in the old squash courts of the Essex Club.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Jersey_Historical_Society (263 words)

	Trenton Historical Society
		The Trenton Historical Society, founded in 1919, is a non-profit, tax-exempt volunteer organization dedicated to studying and interpreting Trenton's history, preserving its historic buildings, and informing the general public about New Jersey's capital city and its illustrious past.
		Various other documents about Trenton, its history and the historical society are also available through this website.
		More information about the City of Trenton is available through pages on buildings, our historic districts, a detailed historic resources survey of the North Ward, and information on how Trenton streets got their names.
	www.trentonhistory.org (533 words)

	Princeton, New Jersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		New Jersey's State capital is the city of Trenton, approximately 13 miles away, but the Governor's official residence has been in Princeton since 1945, when Morven became the first Governor's mansion.
		In 1912, Woodrow Wilson, a former professor (and University president of Princeton) and Governor of New Jersey, was elected President of the United States.
		The school operates under a charter granted by the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey (1460 words)

	Jazz 88.3 FM WBGO - News
		Adele Oltman is a historian and has been working at the New Jersey Historical Society since March 2002.
		Adele's radio journal piece for WBGO is culled from oral histories of New Jersey - Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue team, the first USAR team on the scene after the attacks.
		Before coming to work at the New Jersey Historical Society, Adele taught United States History at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, Rutgers University in New Brunswick and Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York.
	www.wbgo.org /news/aoltman.asp (162 words)

	Other Area Railroads
		The New Jersey Midland traces its roots back to the 1830's when the first thoughts of building a railroad from the Paterson area to the coal fields around Scranton came about.
		The New York, Susquehanna and Western reached Stroudsburg, PA in 1882, the old Midland route from the main line at Beaver Lake, NJ to Middletown became a branch (cut back to the state line when the Middletown, Unionville and Water Gap lease was dropped in 1913).
		he New York Susquehanna and Western is a non-profit educational and historical society dedicated to the preservation and history of the New York Susquehanna and Western Railway.
	www.nyow.org /railroads.html (819 words)

	Trenton Historical Society, New Jersey
		The first newspaper published in the city was the New Jersey Gazette which moved here in 1778.
		The 1800-1900 index was created by WPA workers in the 1930's; recently the work of indexing has been resumed by volunteers, at first, for the Old Mill Hill Society and, now, for the Trenton Historical Society.
		The Trenton Historical Society will, for a fee of $5 per obituary, supply copies of obituaries that appeared in a Trenton newspaper, if you supply the date.
	www.trentonhistory.org /Obits.htm (675 words)

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		"The Agricultural Economy of Early New Jersey, 1600-1800," (Lenape Indians and the First Economy, Settlement and Population Growth to 1800, Agricultural Economy), pp.
		In An Ecological History of New Jersey, by Charles A. Stansfield, Jr.
		"Society in a Traditional Province, 1660s to 1770s," (Frontier Disciplines, Labor on a Raw Frontier, A Diverse Society, a New Confidence, Social Class on the Eve of the Rev-olution), pp.
	www.newjerseyhistory.org /society12_t.html (258 words)

	NJDARM: New Jersey State Historical Advisory Board (SHRAB)
		The State Historical Records Advisory Board was established in 1975 to serve as the central advisory body for historical records planning in the state, and as a conduit and review body for grant projects funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) in support of archival and records management programs.
		In October 2001, the board published its Strategic Plan to Improve the Preservation, Collection, and Use of New Jersey Historical Records, culminating a sixteen-month planning process, funded principally by NHPRC.
		The project collected data on record repositories throughout the state, conducted public hearings and focus-group sessions for interested parties, and ultimately produced a five-year strategic plan for improving the conditions and access of historical records in the state.
	www.state.nj.us /state/darm/links/shrab.html (1507 words)

	New Jersey National Guard Bibliography
		Benedict, William H. "Origin and Sketch of the 'Jersey Blues.'" Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, New Ser., 9 (October 1924), pp.
		Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, 70 (1952), pp.
		Jersey Blues: Civil War Politics in New Jersey, 1854-1865.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/ARNG/NG-NJ.htm (599 words)

	New Jersey Midland Railroad Historical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Railroadians of America, founded in 1939, were one of the oldest railroad historical organizations in the country, dedicated to gathering, preserving, writing and publishing railroad history.
		Society Events will list all current activities that the Society is involved in, such as our right of way hikes and meetings.
		Membership in the Society is open to all and we encourage you to join.
	njmidland.railfan.net (532 words)

	SpiralBridge News
		The SpiralBridgePoets in the Classroom Project comes alive with The New Jersey Historical Society and Mario J. Drago School #3.
		Under a new initiative of its annual Adopt-a-School program, The New Jersey Historical Society, in collaboration with poets of the Montclair-based nonprofit organization SpriralBridge, is creating lessons that combine poetry with primary sources from the historical society's archives and library.
		While learning how a museum exhibition is put together, and designing their own exhibit based on primary sources, including poetry by NJ poets and archival photographs, the students are using poetry to tell stories of the past, express their responses to history and relate more personally to those events.
	www.spiralbridge.org /news.asp (324 words)

	Listings New Jersey: Historical Organizations & Info - Complete List
		High Bridge The original area, known as West New Jersey, was inhabited by a division of the Lenape Indians and settled around 1700.
		The History of New Jersey Website Click on a county to get to the municipality of your choice, or view the alphabetical list of towns to determine which county to click on.
		Mercer County occupies a central geographic location in New Jersey and has played a key role in the history of this state and the nation.
	listingsnewjersey.com /Society/Historical/complete.asp (1640 words)

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