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The New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC) is a government agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its mission is "to enrich the lives of the public by preserving the historical record and advancing interest in and awareness of New Jersey's past". The NJHC offers General Operating Support Grants, Project Grants, County History Partnership ...
Montclair History Center. Coordinates: 40.81187°N 74.22297°W. The Montclair History Center (formerly known as the Montclair Historical Society), located in Montclair, New Jersey consists of a campus at 108–110 Orange Road, Montclair, New Jersey 07042 with three historic buildings. The first building is the Crane House and Historic YWCA, a ...
When it comes to the American Revolution, New Jersey was the epicenter. The Garden State saw more action during the war than any other state. Members of the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the ...
Richard Patrick McCormick (December 24, 1916 – January 16, 2006) was a historian, former university professor of history, administrator, professor emeritus at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and president of the New Jersey Historical Society. McCormick was internationally recognized for his expertise in New Jersey and early ...
The Pluckemin Cantonment was the artillery portion of the second Middlebrook encampment (1778–79), the seasonal encampment of the Continental Army during the American War for Independence near Middlebrook in Somerset County, New Jersey. The site includes part of the ridge of the First Watchung Mountain. Its position provided a natural ...
v. t. e. 1763 home of Thomas Cadmus in Essex County, New Jersey; the loft of the smaller building was used as slave quarters. Slavery in New Jersey began in the early 17th century, when the Dutch trafficked African slaves for labor to develop the colony of New Netherland. [1] [2] : 44 After England took control of the colony in 1664, Britain ...
The Institute of Jazz Studies ( IJS) is the largest and most comprehensive library and archives of jazz and jazz-related materials in the world. It is located on the fourth floor of the John Cotton Dana Library at Rutgers University–Newark in Newark, New Jersey. The archival collection contains more than 100,000 sound recordings on CDs, LPs ...
Designated NJRHP. June 8, 1989. Deacon Andrew Hetfield House, also known as the Hetfield House or the Dutch Oven House, is a historical house in Mountainside, Union County, New Jersey, United States. It was built around 1763 by Deacon Andrew Hetfield, who was a Presbyterian deacon in Westfield. The Hetfield House was nicknamed "the Dutch Oven ...