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FY 2010-2011 General Operating Support Awards announced

Click here to see the awards approved on 31 July 2009 by the Historical Commission.

Project Grant workshops will be held in August

Tuesday August 11, 2009

2-4 p.m. at the Stickley Museum

Friday August 14, 2009

10 a.m.-noon at Salem County Historical Society

Historical Commission Grants Director Sara Cureton will discuss the best ways to compile an application for NJHC Project Support. (Project Grant applications are due in the Commission office September 15, 2009.) NOTE that all applicants must file an electronic notice of intent to apply by September 1, 2009. Click here to do so.

To register, email sara.cureton@sos.state.nj.us with your name, institutional affiliation (if any), mobile phone number, and email address, and choose one of the two venues (the program will be the same at each). You can also phone 609-943-3306.

Save the date! The Historical Commission's Conference, "New Jersey and the Bill of Rights," will be held in Trenton on Saturday, November 21, 2009.

Click Here to register now.

Click here for more information on the program, and watch this website for updates.

What's this? Click on the image to learn more about New Jersey's role in the history of the US Constitution.

Our Best Practices for History Nonprofits workshop series was held on Ellis Island on July 8, 2009. Joyce Jonat of the New Jersey office of the Nonprofit Finance Fund and Dr. Thomas H. Brown of the New Jersey Historic Trust discussed capital campaigns. More information about the Nonprofit Finance Fund's services for nonprofits, as well as a copy of Ms. Jonat's presentation, "Planning for a Capital Project," can be found here. Questions about this workshop series can be addressed to peter.mickulas@sos.state.nj.us.

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The Historical Commission is now on Facebook! Become a Commission "fan" and keep informed about all NJHC events, publications, and grant deadlines.

New Jersey History online journal

COMING THIS SUMMER!

The journal New Jersey History, founded as the Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society in 1845 and published under the direction of the Society until 2005, will be re-launched under the editorial direction of historians at the New Jersey Historical Commission, Kean University, and the Society. This peer-reviewed journal will be published online twice a year by the Rutgers University Libraries, with a printed edition available from Rutgers University Press. NJH is also supported by the New Jersey Digital Highway, which will provide an additional access point for the journal from its website, and will preserve the digital version of the journal via the RUcore preservation platform.

The editorial staff invites scholars, students, and writers to submit scholarly articles aimed at a non-specialized audience for its forthcoming issues. We welcome essays from all disciplines-for example, law, literature, political science, anthropology, archaeology, material culture, cultural studies, and social and political history-bearing on any aspects of New Jersey's history. We are also interested in documents, photographs, and other primary source material that could be published with annotations. For further details email peter.mickulas@sos.state.nj.us.

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This month in New Jersey history

August 7, 1912 - Woodrow Wilson accepts Democratic nomination for president

August 16, 1973 - Rutgers professor Selman Waksman, recipient of the Nobel Prize for the discovery of streptomycin, dies

August 29, 1864 - George McClellan nominated by Democratic Party to oppose Abraham Lincoln in 1864 election

NJHC Grants Corner

Grants for NJ History!

Welcome to the Historical Commission's Grants Program. You can find all the information you need to apply for Commission funds on this website. Click here for additional details. You are also welcome to phone the Grants Office at 609-943-3306 with your questions.

Historical Commission Awards FY 2009 grants! Click here for a comprehensive list of FY 09 awards.

The Historical Commission now requires that applicants submit a Declaration of Intent online prior to submitting an application for either general operating or project support (mini grant applicants do NOT need to do so). Visit this page for more information.

The New Jersey Historical Commission has issued new grants and prizes guidelines for Fiscal Years 2010-2011.

Full copies of these guidelines are now available here.

Note that we are no longer able to print and mail these documents.

If you encounter difficulty accessing this material contact the grants office

at (609) 943-3306

sara.cureton@sos.state.nj.us

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Highlights

Call for 2009 Award Nominations!

Nominate someone for a Historical Commission award! Click here to find out how and to see a comprehensive list of previous award winners. Nominations due by August 14.

Historical Commission salutes its grantees! Click here to see photos from our March 16, 2009 "Meet your legislator" photo op.

New Jersey History Kids - check out this new educational website for elementary school students and teachers

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Q and A New Jersey -

New Jersey's 24/7 free, web-based question answering service staffed by librarians across the state

Our state history: an overview by Paul Clemens

Looking for a quick look at New Jersey's rich history? Here's a version that will give you some of this state's most significant events: A Brief History of New Jersey, by Professor Paul G. E. Clemens of Rutgers University

Featured grant recipient

The Alice Paul Institute is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. It was founded in 1984 by a group of dedicated volunteers to commemorate the centennial of Alice Paul's 1885 birth and to further her legacy. The organization was operated by volunteers for more than a decade. Today, four staff members, as well as volunteers, oversee the daily business and special events at Paulsdale.

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