| Background Documents for NJDH Collections |
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The documents below provide background and context for collections in the New Jersey Digital Highway:
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| American Labor Museum / Botto House collection | Top |
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Additional information on Sol Stetin, a Polish Jewish immigrant to New Jersey, labor leader, and a founder of American
Labor Museum/Botto House in Haledon, NJ:
- Musem-in-a-Suitcase Educational Activities. Educational activities from the American Labor Museum/Botto House, focusing on Sol Stetin and on the experiences of laborers in the early 20th century.
- "Nothing to do with You" an anecdote told to folklorist David Taylor by Sol Stetin, in Folklife Center News, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, vol. 27, no. 2 (Spring 1995)
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| Borough of Roosevelt / Jersey Homesteads Collection | Top |
- Jersey Homesteads National and State Historic District. Bibliographic References Cited In Nomination Form for National Register of Historic Places Inventory. Books, periodicals, government documents, maps, etc. about the Jersey Homesteads historic district, Borough of Roosevelt.
- Jersey Homesteads Website in Electronic New Jersey. A history of Jersey Homesteads, along with a discussion of the key issues confronting the settlement-immigration, assimilation, etc. Student activities are included.
- Shapiro, Arthur, Ed.D., Notes on the History of Jersey Homesteads Historic District and the Jersey Homesteads Historic District Advisory Council. An historical essay profusely illustrated with photographs of the period.
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| Seabrook Farms Collection | Top |
- 1949-1999: Fifty Years of Estonians at Seabrook. Information about the Estonian experience at Seabrook, prepared by the Seabrook Farms Cultural Center.
- Kuida, Jenni "Emiko," Seabrook Farms 1945... Thai Garment Workers 1995. The author describes the experiences of her grandparents, who worked in Seabrook and then after the war, in the garment industry.
- Moore, Julie R., Japanese-American Internment Resources This comprehensive bibliography focuses on the experiences of Japanese-Americans who came to Seabrook Farms from WWII internment camps. Julie R. Moore, a librarian formerly at Rutgers University Libraries, has prepared an excellent resource guide to the Japanese American Internment Experience.
- Seabrook, John. "The Spinach King" in The New Yorker (February 20 & 27, 1995). A personal memoir by the grandson of the founder of Seabrook Farms, on the occasion of a bittersweet Seabrook Farms reunion. Requires password for access. Click here.
- Seabrook at War An audio documentary in two parts, each half an hour, is narrated by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.; it was written and produced by Marty Goldensohn and David Steven Cohen. A co-production of WWFM, Trenton and the NJ Historical Commission.
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