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Chinese Exclusion in New Jersey

Health Certificate for Chan Kee issued by The Canadian Pacific Ocean Services.

Shedding light on the history of Chinese immigration to New Jersey under the Exclusion laws (1882-1943), this exhibit explores the question: what represents a fair and just approach to immigration?

Invisible Restraints: Life and Labor at Seabrook Farms

Photo of women vegetable sorters removing damaged and misshapen lima beans and corn from large bins. “Vegetable Varieties,” Life, Jan. 3, 1955

By 1950 Seabrook Farms was the largest agribusiness in the United States. This digital exhibit focuses on the relationship between captive labor and capitalism that defined the company's employment practices.

You're U.S.

Oil painting portraits of five individuals by artist Emile B. Klein from his You’re U.S. project.

Artist Emile B. Klein blended oral histories, oil paintings, and short biographical essays to tell the stories of the American people. This collection comprises the New Jersey portion of his You're US project.

NJ Maps Portal

1995 map of PATH railroads in New Jersey

Digital maps of New Jersey including historical maps from Rutgers University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives.

NJ Environmental Digital Library

Purple lavender plants in grassy green field from Mad Lavender Farm in Milford, Hunterdon County, New Jersey in late summer. Photo by Renu Sagreiya.

An open repository of digital information on the New Jersey environment drawn from state governmental organizations, research centers, and academic institutions.

New Jersey Studies E-journal

Logo of New Jersey Studies: an Interdisciplinary Journal.

Peer reviewed journal of original scholarship on all aspects of New Jersey history.

Electronic New Jersey

Old postcard of Market Street in Newark looking East with buildings and trolley.

This portal provides students and teachers with access to content, instructional activities and assessments using source materials drawn primarily from Rutgers University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives, along with other New Jersey repositories.

Digital Exhibits

Official Mail-in Ballot, General Election, Tuesday, November 3, 2020, County of Middlesex, New Jersey

This portal provides students and teachers with access to content, instructional activities and assessments using source materials that are curated from a diverse array of collections within Rutgers University Libraries, and Special Collections and University Archives, along with some of our NJDH partners. Digital exhibits may change from time to time, or be discontinued or added to on a seasonal or periodic basis.

Digital Collections

Colorful art poster from the marche mondiale des femmes 2015. From The Center for Women's Global Leadership Poster Collection.

This site provides a growing list of our online cultural heritage and historical collections. These are long-term collections which primarily contain source materials drawn from Rutgers University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives, along with other New Jersey repositories.