I was recently asked what resources Special Collections and University Archives has for Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) students. Here are some of our digital items and some lists of things that are physically in the archives that may be interesting.
Online Resources
- Historical Maps of New Jersey: http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/MAPS.html
- New Jersey Agriculture: a bibliography: https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/scua/nj_agriculture_bibliography.pdf
- New Jersey Historical Maps Portal: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/portals/njmaps/
- New Jersey Newspapers: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?state=New+Jersey&dateFilterType=yearRange&date1=1789&date2=1963&language=&ortext=&andtext=&phrasetext=&proxtext=&proxdistance=5&rows=20&searchType=advanced
- Rutgers Oral History Archive: https://oralhistory.rutgers.edu/
- Environmental History: https://oralhistory.rutgers.edu/social-and-cultural-history/1510-environmental-history
- Medicine, Science, Engineering, and Technology: https://oralhistory.rutgers.edu/social-and-cultural-history/1463-medicine-science-engineering-and-technology
- SC/UA Coloring Pages: https://www.facebook.com/pg/RutgersSCUA/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1000186370055445
- More Coloring pages from other libraries, archives, and museums: http://library.nyam.org/colorourcollections/
- SC/UA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rutgers-University-Special-Collections-and-University-Archives/153990134675077
- SC/UA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rutgers_scua/
- SC/UA Twitter: https://twitter.com/rutgers_scua
- Struggle Without End: New Jersey and the Civil War: https://exhibits.libraries.rutgers.edu/struggle-without-end
- The Art of Healing: Early Herbals from Rutgers University Libraries Collections: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/47112/
- The Targum: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/search/results/?key=root&q1=&q1field=object&q1bool=AND&q2=&q2field=object&rtype%5B%5D=&orderby=relevance&numresults=10&c%5B0%5D=rucore00000002380
Only in the Archive
- A guide to literature about New Jersey maps and mapping: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/41137/
- City Directories: http://go.rutgers.edu/e6r9at2d
- Clark Beck’s “Manuscript Collections on the History of Science and Technology“ (PDF)
- Environmental preservation, agriculture, and medicine: https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/scua/subject-guides/environmental-agriculture-medicine
- New Jersey Bird’s Eye Views: http://bit.ly/2Tkf4MN
- New Jersey Cookbook Collection: http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/snjc/njcookbooksf.html
- New Jersey Master Plans: https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/scua/master-plans
- New Jersey Postcard Collection: http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/snjc/njpostcardsf.html
- New Jersey Restaurant Menu Collection: http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/snjc/njmenuf.html
- Rutgers University Photograph Collection: http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/uarchives/rphotof.html
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps: http://go.rutgers.edu/zst3jjia
- Science, Technology and Transportation: https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/scua/subject-guides/science-technology-transportation
- Women’s History Sources: A Guide: Index of Subjects and Titles: https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/scua/womens-history-resources-subjects
Other sites that show some SC/UA collections
- New Jersey Environmental Digital Library: https://njedl.rutgers.edu/
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps: https://library.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/sanborn/sanborn-web.htm
If you are looking for items within a particular subject, please be in touch with us at scua_ref@libraries.rutgers.edu or on social media.