New Jersey Grants
NHPRC Grants by State and Territory
These New Jersey grants span 1976 - 2008.
Records Projects
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
$57,133 to support the processing of the George F. Kennan Papers and the James Forrestal Papers, two important collections of Cold War Era documents. (RP50003-08)
New Jersey Division of Archives and Records Management, Trenton, NJ
$56,642 to support basic activities of the state historical records advisory board and expand the scope of its statewide Connecting to Collections Project. (RC10035-08)
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
$58,652 to support the second year of its processing project for the Papers of American Economists. (RA05606-07)
New Jersey State Historical Records Advisory Board, Trenton, NJ
$9,985 in partial support of the board's administrative expenses for two years. (2006-027)
Princeton University, Princeton, NY
$62,444 to appraise, arrange, and describe 28 collections totaling 1,146 linear feet of personal papers of economists and demographers and the organizational records of institutions involved in international development and finance, monetary policy, population research, public finance, economic policy, and business. (2005-034)
The Newark Museum Association, Newark, NJ
$41,400 for the education at the Newark Museum, to process 200 linear feet of paper records and 3,000 photographic prints that document the institution's educational activities from 1909 to the present. The project team will create at least 10 print- and EAD-finding aids, MARC-AMC records, and numerous database entries in the museum's collections management system. (2004-087)
New Jersey State Historical Records Advisory Board, Trenton, NJ
$19,970 in partial support of the board's administrative expenses for two years. (2004-015)
The Newark Museum Association, Newark, NJ
$51,500 for its Institutional Records Processing Project to arrange, describe, and make available museum records dealing with exhibitions, collections, educational outreach, and marketing. (2003-003)
New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, NJ
$188,220 to arrange, describe, and catalog 435 manuscript collections documenting the state's economic and social transformation, 1750-1860. (99-083)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
$73,556 for a project to arrange and describe the records of Frances R. Grant and Robert Alexander, two individuals involved in U.S. non-government organizations in Latin America. (98-076)
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
$43,500 to host an archival administration fellowship. (98-046)
New Jersey Historical Records Advisory Board, Trenton, NJ
$33,100 to produce a strategic plan for ensuring preservation and access to state historical records. (98-003)
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
$55,206 for an 18-month project to organize, describe, catalog, and provide more effective access to three major collections and seven smaller collections (comprising 631 linear feet) in its Seeley G. Mudd Library relating to Cold War era liberalism. The major collections include the Fund for the Republic Archives, Freedom House Archives, and the records of Franklin Book Programs, Inc. (97-084)
New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, NJ
$41,322 for a one-year project to preserve, arrange, describe, and publicize 60 collections relating to the history of health care in New Jersey. The collections, comprising approximately 160 feet of records, cover a time span of more than 250 years dating from the mid-18th century. (97-061)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
$87,013 to arrange and
describe four collections that document the involvement of women in twentieth-century public
life: the League of Women Voters of New Jersey (73 cubic feet, 1913-1990), the Consumers
League of New Jersey (56 cubic feet, 1896-1979), the New Jersey Welfare Council (61 cubic
feet, 1919-1987), and Mary Roebling (103 cubic feet, 1906-1993). (96-077)
Project Web Site
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
$55,723 to arrange and
describe the records of four New Jersey utopian communities: Jersey Homesteads, Farmingdale,
the Modern School, and Free Acres. The records, dating from 1893 to the present, total
approximately 81 cubic feet. In addition to processing the collections, project staff will enter
records into RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network) and OCLC (Online Computer Library Center). (95-047)
Project Web Site
Princeton University, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton, NJ
$149,106 for a
two-year project to establish a records management program for the records of the American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and to survey, arrange, and describe approximately 6,000 feet of
archival records (ca. 1945-present) currently housed at Princeton and at ACLU headquarters in New York. (93-062)
Project Web Site
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
$83,918 to process the
records of the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine, and Furniture
Workers, AFL-CIO, 1949 to date. (91-136)
New Jersey Division of Archives and Records Management, Trenton, NJ
$40,900 to
develop four units of a series of training modules in archival and records management theory,
methodology, and law for state and local government officials. The modules will integrate a
professionally produced videotape, printed workbooks, and personal instruction. (89-015)
New Jersey Division of Archives and Records Management, Trenton, NJ
$19,238 to
encourage development of municipal records programs throughout the state. The project will
prepare and distribute a manual for local officials and conduct seminars on the administration of
municipal records. (85-126)
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
$5,510 to process the papers of psychologist
and educator Gertrude Hildreth. The project will evaluate the usefulness of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology publication, Appraising the Records of Science and Technology: A
Guide, for appraising social science collections. (85-114)
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
$3,634 for consultation to survey the institute's
historical documents and to plan an archival program. Since its founding in 1930, the institute
has sponsored major research in the social sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics. (85-086)
New Jersey State Historical Records Advisory Board, Trenton, NJ
$25,000 to analyze the
current condition of historical records in the state, identify problems, frame potential solutions,
and outline actions that can be taken. (81-123)
William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
$1,408 to arrange, describe, and microfilm the
papers of William Paterson, New Jersey's first attorney general and a member of the United
States Supreme Court. (81-055)
Monmouth County Historical Association, Freehold, NJ
$17,050 to arrange and describe
the association's manuscript collections. (80-054)
New Jersey State Library, Archives and History Bureau, Trenton, NJ
$9,932 to continue its
survey of New Jersey county records of historical value and to develop improved county records
programs. (79-121)
New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, NJ
$31,215 for a two-year joint project with the
Newark Public Library to survey and selectively accession into New Jersey repositories records
of business firms and labor organizations in Newark. (78-078, 79-095)
Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
$15,553 to preserve photographs in the New Jersey
Picture Collection and to prepare a reference microfilm and finding aid to the photos. (78-066)
New Jersey State Library, Archives and History Bureau, Trenton, NJ
$20,500 to survey
county records of historical value in New Jersey and to develop improved programs for county
records in the State. (78-052)
Subtotal (Records Projects) $ 1,358,330
Publications Projects
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
$55,000 for a fellowship in historical editing at the Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony project. (DF10006-08)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
$1,069,992 for the Papers of Thomas A. Edison. (1989-2008)
Project In Progress
Project Web Site
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
$3,222,834 for the Papers of Thomas Jefferson. (1976-2008)
Project In Progress
Project Web Site
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
$757,326 for the Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. (1987-2008)
Project In Progress
Project Web Site;
Model Edition Partnership Web Site
Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ
$40,000 for subvention support for the Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. (through 2006)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
$55,000 for a fellowship in historical editing at the Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony project. (DF10002-07)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
$1,000 for travel funds for its fellowship in historical editing of the Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. (2000)
Mary K. Trigg (Ph.D., Brown University, Providence, RI), Bernardsville, NJ
$38,400 for a fellowship in historical editing at the Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony project, Rutgers University. The fellowship will provide 11 months' training in historical editing. (95-107)
Joseph Bedford (Ph.D. candidate, Rutgers University), Atlantic Highlands, NJ
$25,000 for a fellowship in historical editing at the Papers of Samuel Gompers, University of Maryland. (1992)
New Jersey Historical Commission, Trenton, NJ
$205,950 for the Papers of William Livingston. (1977-87)
Project Completed
Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
$146,863 for subvention support for the Papers of Woodrow Wilson and the Papers of Thomas Jefferson. (1977-84)
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ
$139,000 for the Papers of Philip Mazzei. (1978-81)
Project Completed
New Jersey Historical Commission, Trenton, NJ
$20,000 for subvention support for the Papers of William Livingston. (1980-81)
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
$36,084 for the Papers of Woodrow Wilson. (1976-78)
Project Completed
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
$6,225 for the Papers of David Avery. (1977)
Project Completed
Subtotal (Publications Projects) $ 5,614,776
TOTAL $ 7,173,106
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