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The North Jersey History Center has an exceptional collection of New Jersey historical material, historic preservation resources, books about publishing, typography, book illustration and binding, and one of the best genealogical collections on the east coast. We collect with an emphasis on Morris County and New Jersey, but because many New Jersey families migrated to the Midwest in the 18^th and 19^th centuries, we also acquire historical and genealogical material for the eastern third of the United States.

-Published books and unpublished manuscripts of family histories, genealogical records, and state, county, and local histories.

-Journals, magazines and newsletters on New Jersey history, genealogy, book collecting and historic preservation.

-Electronic databases and collections & digitized newspapers.

-Newspapers on microfilm.

-Indexes for many local newspapers.

-Genealogical indexes and resources.

-Indexes to wills and passenger and immigration lists.

-City directories for New Jersey & New York city.

-New Jersey state census schedules on microfilm.

-Vertical files on Morris County surnames, New Jersey towns and counties,  events, organizations and institutions that include newspaper clippings, brochures, correspondence, and other printed ephemera.

-Family papers, personal scrapbooks, and local organizational records.

-Directories, guidebooks and bibliographies.

-How-to books on methods for genealogical research.

-Photographs and postcards.

-Maps and surveys.

-Architectural and landscape drawings.

Special collections:

-Rare books, including material dating from the mid sixteenth century, with select fragments from the late fifteenth century.

-The Tomlinson Civil War Book Collection:  a collection of approximately 1,000 volumes of Civil War research material donated by Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr., supplemented by additional items in the History Center.

-Works by and about New Jersey artists:                  and writers:

  Thomas Nast                                                          Bret Harte 
              Homer Davenport                                                  Dorothy Kunhardt
              John DePol                                                             Michael Aaron Rockland
              Arthur Burdett Frost                                              Frank Stockton
              Annette Hanna                                                       Nathaniel Parker Willis
              Lucille Hobbie                                                        Lee Wyndham
              Shirley Stockman
              Frank Waller
              Grant Wright

For additional information, please send e-mail to Christine.Jochem@mainlib.org or call the North Jersey History Center at (973) 538-3473.