New Jersey History Resources

Statewide Organizations for New Jersey History

Advocates for New Jersey History
Archaeological Society of New Jersey
Genealogical Society of New Jersey
League of Historical Societies of New Jersey
New Jersey Historic Trust
New Jersey Historical Commission
New Jersey Historical Society
New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance
Preservation New Jersey
State Division of Parks and Forestry
State Historic Preservation Office

Libraries & Archives with a statewide focus

Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library
New Jersey State Archives
New Jersey State Library
Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University

Statewide Publications

Archaeological Society of New Jersey Bulletin
Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey
New Jersey Heritage
New Jersey History


Books with a Statewide Focus

Cunningham, This is New Jersey (1953 and later editions)
Cunningham, New Jersey: America's Main Road (1966)
 Fleming, New Jersey: A Bicentennial History (1976)
 Green, Words that Make New Jersey History (1995)
Stellhorn and Birkner (eds.), The Governors of New Jersey, 1664-1974 (1982)
Wacker, Land Use in Early New Jersey: A Historical Geography (1995)
Mitnick (ed.) New Jersey in the American Revolution (2005)
Lurie (ed.) A New Jersey Anthology (1994)
Lurie and Mappen (eds.), The Encyclopedia of New Jersey (2004)
Studley (ed.), Historic New Jersey Through Visitors' Eyes (1964)

Programs at NJ colleges and universities

Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University


Online Resources

H-New-Jersey listserv
New Jersey Digital Highway