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Over 4,600 images from our photograph and manuscript collections are presented below and in our Documentary Treasures area. Consult the Guide to Reproduction and Research Services, Policies and Fees for information on reproduction of these and other images available from the New Jersey State Archives.

Imaged Collections

Military Activities, Service Records and Portraits


Civil War Cartes de Visite - 402 portraits of New Jersey Civil War soldiers, mostly officers, 1861-1890s

U.S. Colored Troops Service Files - 284 images of service records for New Jersey's black soldiers in the Civil War, 1862-1870s


Spanish-American War Infantry Officers - 40
portraits collected to honor those who served, 1898-1904

Spanish-American War Naval Officers - 26 portraits of officers in the Battalions of the East and West,
1898-1905

New Jersey National Guard - 969 images documenting over a century of National Guard activity, 1863-1973


Gettysburg Monuments - 95 images depicting New
Jersey's monuments and related material, 1885-1888


Photographs of Monuments - 19 views of New Jersey military monuments, in- and out-of-state, 1888-1908


Historic Structures, Transportation and Public Works

Dept. of Transportation Photos by Subject - 322 images related to roads and transportation in New Jersey from the 1920s to the 1970s


Parks & Forestry Photo Collection - 322 images
of state historic sites, structures and parks
from the 1930s-1970s

Morris Canal Views - 91 images showing the canal in
1903, from Jersey City to Phillipsburg

Wanaque Waterworks - 150 images documenting the construction of the waterworks, 1920-1923


Photographs of the Canal - 93 views of the Morris
Canal compiled by Henry B. Kümmel, 1923-1937


Photographs of the Delaware and Raritan Canal -
39 views compiled by Henry B. Kummel, 1935-1936

Early Houses of Burlington County - 110 views
of historic houses photographed by Nathaniel R. Ewan, 1932-1949

State Government Offices, 1938 - 23 images
of buildings in Trenton used by state
government agencies

Governors' Documents and Institutional Records
(including Lindbergh Kidnapping)

Governors’ Oaths of Office – 68 images of the original
oaths of office of governors and acting governors from
1790 to the present

Bordentown Manual Training School - 95 photographs of student activities, staff and school grounds, 1930s-1950s

Governor's War Cabinet - 515 pages of minutes documenting World War II era civil defense in New Jersey, 1942-1944

Lindbergh Kidnapping Evidence Photos – 22 images
of State's evidence from the 1935 Hauptmann trial

Inmate File #17400 - 63 images from Bruno Richard Hauptmann's State Prison file, 1934-1965

County Records
(including Slave Records and Licenses)

Hunterdon County Slave Manumissions – 57 images
of Hunterdon County freedom papers, 1788-1836

Hunterdon County Children of Slaves - 415 birth certificates of children born to Hunterdon County slaves, 1804-1835

66 images of petitions for shopkeeper licenses, 1781
Middlesex County
Essex County

  

Family Papers


Cleveland Family Records - 52 images of letters, photos and memorabilia of Grover Cleveland and his family, 1838-1909

  
Contact Information:
Joseph R. Klett,
Deputy Director for Archives
225 West State Street
P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307

609.292.6260 (general information)
609.292.9105 (fax)
email: archives.reference@sos.state.nj.us
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