Category: Archives At Home

We know there are tons of websites that show New Jersey Maps and Newspapers.  Today we want to highlight some of the resources you would find in our collections.

Maps: 

• New Jersey Historical Maps Portal:  https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/portals/njmaps/ 

• Historical Maps of New Jersey:  http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/MAPS.html 

Newspapers: 

• Newspaper Blog:  https://blogs.libraries.rutgers.edu/njdnp/ 
• 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 

• 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 

Have any questions?  You are welcome to contact us at scua_ref@libraries.rutgers.edu or on social media.

We have seen lots of museums and galleries showing off their collections and exhibits online, including our friends at the Zimmerli Art Museum showing off their Everyday Soviet exhibit. Here are some of our exhibits that you can explore from anywhere:

Digital Exhibits:

• All Aboard! Railroads and New Jersey, 1812-1930: https://exhibits.libraries.rutgers.edu/nj-railroads 
• Badian Collection: Coins of the Roman Republic:  https://collections.libraries.rutgers.edu/roman-coins  
• Clifford P. Case II: Loyal Son, Scholar, Statesman:  https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/exhibits/case/index.shtml
• Crossroads: Harrision A. Williams, Jr. and Great Society Liberalism, 1959-1981:  https://exhibits.libraries.rutgers.edu/crossroads 
• Education and The Book Arts in New Jersey, or, Preaching What We Practice:  https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/abtlib/danlib/bookarts/ba-hand.htm
• Garden State Harvest: New Jersey’s Agricultural Heritage: https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/exhibits/garden_state_harvest/garden_state_harvest.html
• John Milton and the Cultures of Print: An Online Exhibit of Books, Manuscripts, and Other Artifacts:  https://exhibits.libraries.rutgers.edu/milton 
• Livi at 50: A Celebration of Livingston College’s 50th Anniversary:  https://collections.libraries.rutgers.edu/livingston-at-50
• Miriam Schapiro Pop-Up Exhibit:  https://libguides.rutgers.edu/schapiroexhibit 
• New Jersey INTERNATIONAL Book Arts Symposium: https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/bookarts/photographs/frontpage.html

• On the Banks of the Raritan: Music at Rutgers and New Brunswick:  https://exhibits.libraries.rutgers.edu/music-on-the-banks 
• The Pivotal Right: Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Women’s Right’s Convention at Seneca Falls: https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/foster/pivotal_right/pivotal_right.shtml
• The POP-UP World of Ann Montanaro: https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/montanar/p-ex.htm
• @Rutgers_SCUA: Social Media and Archives:  https://go.rutgers.edu/krgtqw9j
• Struggle Without End: New Jersey and the Civil War:  https://exhibits.libraries.rutgers.edu/struggle-without-end 
• Lynd Ward’s Vertigo: http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/Vertigo/

Exhibit Catalogs:

• All Aboard: Railroads and New Jersey, 1812-1930: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/36150/
• Archival Assemblages: Rutgers and the Avant-Garde, 1953-1963:  https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/42473/
• Benevolent Patriot: The Life and Times of Henry Rutgers:  https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/42477/
• Book Arts in New Jersey: Seven Contemporary Perspectives:  https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/42476/
• Celebrating the Tradition: 30 Year of Queer Activism at Rutgers:  https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/42469/
• Early Roman Coinage of the Republic:  https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/41378/
• Fairweather Occult Collection:  https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/45405/
• “Heaven, Hell, or Hoboken!”: New Jersey in the Great War:  https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/scua/Heaven_Hell_or_Hoboken_Catalog.pdf
• John Milton and the Cultures of Print:  https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/31285/
• New Jersey and the Civil War:  https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/43226/
• On the Banks of the Old Raritan: Music at Rutgers and New Brunswick:  https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/57989/PDF/1/play/
• Philosopher, Engineer, Tycoon: John A. Roebling and his Legacy:  https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/42471/
• Reprise: John Milton and the Cultures of Print:  https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/31285/
• Rutgers University 250th: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/49504/

Exhibit Talks:

• The Art of Healing: Early Herbals from Rutgers University Libraries Collections: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/47112/
• New Jersey and the Civil War:  https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/38692/

As always we are available on social media and email (scua_ref@libraries.rutgers.edu).

With all of the craziness in the world and with so many staying home, Special Collections and University Archives wanted to find a way to bring the archives to you.  Over the next few days, we will be posting fun ways to check out things in our collections, how to access some digital collections, and links to view online exhibits.  We will continue to add to this list!

Today we will focus on the fun.  Below we have our list of social media sites, blogs, and other fun like coloring book pages based on our collections.

• SC/UA Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rutgers-University-Special-Collections-and-University-Archives/153990134675077 
• SC/UA Twitter:  https://twitter.com/rutgers_scua 
• SC/UA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rutgers_scua/ 
• New Jersey Blog: https://sinclairnj.blogs.rutgers.edu/ 

• Newspaper Blog:  https://blogs.libraries.rutgers.edu/njdnp/ 
• Color Our Collections: https://library.nyam.org/colorourcollections/category/institutions/rutgers-university-special-collections-and-university-archives/ (Due to high demand, it seems like this page has some issues loading.  You can google search “Color Our Collections” to find the website or click the link below to get all the SC/UA Coloring Pages.)
• More SC/UA Coloring Pages:  https://www.facebook.com/pg/RutgersSCUA/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1000186370055445

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reach out to us on any of our social media sites or by email at scua_ref@libraries.rutgers.edu.