Browse Items (616 total)
Situation Wanted - Female
1913-04-21
Mitchell
Tags: wanted ad
COLORED WOMAN wants washing to do
1913-02-22
Tags: wanted ad
WANTED—A competent chambermaid and waitress, colored preferred
1911-10-31
Tags: wanted ad
WANTED—Strong, capable colored woman for laundry work
1911-10-17
Tags: wanted ad
WANTED—Small girl, colored preferred, to attend two small children
1911-07-10
Duryee, Mrs.
Tags: wanted ad
SOUTHERN colored help furnished
1911-05-05
Martin & Co.
Tags: wanted ad
WANTED—At Wells Hospital, a competent colored maid
1911-04-01
Wells Memorial Hospital
Tags: wanted ad
WANTED Two colored housemaids at Wells Memorial Hospital
1910-10-06
Wells Memorial Hospital
Tags: wanted ad
COLORED GIRL wants situation
1910-09-12
Tags: wanted ad
Minutes of the New Brunswick N.J. Common Council
1910
New Brunswick (N.J.). Common Council
COLORED WOMAN wants washing to take home
1909-11-10
Tags: wanted ad
Advertisement for The Clansman: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan
1908-03-25
Tags: advertisement, KKK
Caricature of a mammy figure from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1908
Dygert, Warren Benson, Jr.
Tags: cartoon, Scarlet Letter
Edward H. Lawson Sr., photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1908
SITUATION wanted by competent colored girl at general housework
1905-02-04
Tags: wanted ad
COLORED WOMAN wants washing and ironing to do at home
1904-11-02
Tags: wanted ad
WANTED—Honest, industrious colored boy...Piano Warerooms
1904-07-29
Gibeson, J. Fred
Tags: wanted ad
YOUNG MAN (colored) wants position at general housework
1904-03-09
Tags: wanted ad
WANTED Bright colored boy...to wait on table
1903-12-28
Tags: wanted ad
COLORED young man wants work
1903-11-13
Tags: wanted ad
50 COLORED GIRLS from Virginia want positions
1903-08-07
Tags: wanted ad
WHITE AND COLORED WOMEN...Employment Agency
1903-08-06
Tags: wanted ad
WANTED—Southern colored help furnished
1903-05-19
Martin & Co.
Tags: wanted ad
YOUNG COLORED GIRL WANTED as chambermaid and waitress
1903-04-25
Tags: wanted ad
WANTED—Competent chambermaid and waitress
1903-03-24
Tags: wanted ad
Photograph: Mount Zion AME Church members in the early 20th century
1900s/1910s (reprinted in 1970s)
Tags: Mount Zion AME Church, photograph, portrait
Elizabeth Titus (Mrs. Thomas Titus) photograph
1898 approx.
The following handwritten caption is attached to front of the photograph:
"An Early…
Thomas Titus photograph
1898 approx.
The following handwritten caption is attached to the front of the photograph:
"An Early Member…
Elections in New Jersey; Rioting between Whites and Blacks in New Brunswick
1895-04-10
Ivy Oration
1892-06-22
Carr, James Dickson
Photograph of James Dickson Carr
1892
Colored Boarders Not Wanted
1890-05-06
Tags: Bishop Turner
A Bethel Treat; Rutgers College Students as Minstrels and Actors
1889-11-23
Tags: blackface, Rutgers College
COLORED BOY WHO CAN DRIVE
1889-05-03
Tags: wanted ad
WANTED—A COLORED GIRL for general housework
1889-03-25
Stevens, Thomas
Tags: wanted ad
WANTED—COLORED WAITER MAN
1887-06-14
Tags: wanted ad
White and Black Married. How a Young Farmer Wooed and Won an Old Negro's Daughter
1887-04-09
WANTED—TWO GOOD COLORED GIRLS, cook and nurse
1887-04-05
Tags: wanted ad
Portrait of John Neilson (1745-1833)
1881
Rosenthal, Albert
City of New Brunswick, New Jersey / Packard & Butler Lith. Philada.
1880
Portrait of Henry Rutgers (1745-1830)
1867
Crehen, Charles G.
Tags: Henry Rutgers, portrait
Cabinet card of Sojourner Truth
1864
Truth, Sojourner
Tags: photograph, portrait, Sojourner Truth
Watercolor of Rutgers College
1850s
Doolittle, Theodore Sanford
Bill of sale for Mark for $20 until he turns 25
1838-12-16
Neilson, James
Birth record for Cato Edgar and Martin King, sons of Dihan, reported for the estate of slaveholder John Smalley
1830-02-06
Middlesex County Clerk
Tags: Abraham S. Clark, birth, Cato Edgar, Dinah, John Smalley, Martin King
Birth record for Catherine, James, Lucy, Sophia, and Sarah, children of Phebe, reported by slaveholder Michael Garrish
1829-11-05
Middlesex County Clerk
Birth record for Alfred, Rose, Silvester, and Heman, children of Amy, reported by slaveholder John Van Dike
1829-08-11
Middlesex County Clerk
Birth record for James and Hoace, sons of Susan, reported by slaveholder John Smalley
1829-03-16
Middlesex County Clerk
Tags: birth, Hoace, James, John Smalley, Susan
Birth record for Harry, son of Hannah, reported by slaveholder Robert Boggs
1829-02-06
Middlesex County Clerk
Tags: Abraham Dumont, birth, Hannah, Harry, Robert Boggs
Account of Sabina (a Black woman) and her daughter Rachel
1828-1829
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Johnston (a colored man, the barber)
1828-1829
Dunham, Jacob
Birth record for Jane, Emeline, and Peter, children of Susan, reported by slaveholder Jacob Dunham
1828-10-29
Middlesex County Clerk
Notice [pickup notice for Tom and Frank]
1825-10-26
Bonnington, Joseph
For Sale, A NEGRO BOY
1825-03-02
Davison, John R.
Tags: John R. Davison, slave sale ad
Account of Nean or Nicholas (a black man)
1825-03
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Jasper (a black man at Miles Smith’s)
1825
Dunham, Jacob
$20 REWARD [runaway ad for Peter Cuff]
1824-11-24
Field, Benjamin
Tags: Benjamin Field, Peter Cuff, runaway ad
NOTICE [runaway ad and sale proposition for Betty]
1824-06-24
Day, Amos
Tags: Amos Day, Betty, runaway ad, slave sale ad
Minutes of the Common Council for March 5, 1824
1824-03-05
New Brunswick (N.J.). Common Council
Birth record of Peter, William, and Lewis, sons of Sarah Higgins, reported by slaveholder Garret Voorhees
1823-09-10
Middlesex County Clerk
Tags: birth, Garret Voorhees, Lewis, Peter, Sarah Higgins, William
Notice [runaway ad and warning not to extend credit for Betty]
1823-07-15
Day, Amos
Tags: Amos Day, Betty, runaway ad
$1 Dollar Reward [runaway ad for apprentice James Halfpenny]
1823-04-10
Van Dorn, Cornelius
Six Cents Reward [runaway ad for apprentice Samuel Myers]
1822-11-14
Conover, William
Tags: apprentice, runaway ad, Samuel Myers, William Conover
Seventy Dollars Reward [runaway ad for Dick and John]
1822-10-24
Woodmansee, Daniel
Tags: Daniel Woodmansee, Dick, John, runaway ad
Manumission of John Annin (alias Jack) by slaveholder James Parker
1822-08-08
Middlesex County Clerk
Manumission of Miller by slaveholder Abraham S. Neilson of the firm of James H. Neilson, original certificate
1822-05-18
FOR SALE, A BLACK MAN, Slave for life
1822-04-18
Mundy, Michael
Tags: Michael Mundy, slave sale ad
For Sale or Rent. THAT capital stand for business... also... A Negro Man
1822-02-28
Schureman, James
Birth record for Sally, Anthony, Albert, and George, children of Martha, reported by slaveholder Henry Van Dike
1822-01-17
Middlesex County Clerk
Manumission of Ambo by slaveholder John Neilson, original certificate
1822-01-16
North Brunswick (N.J.). Overseer of the Poor
Manumission of Phillis by slaveholder John Neilson, original certificate
1822-01-16
North Brunswick (N.J.). Overseer of the Poor
For Sale, A Pair of Mules, Waggon, & Wood-Sled. Likewise, A BLACK MAN
1822-01-03
Tags: slave sale ad
Account of Lucy (a woman of color, wife of Van Anglen’s man)
1821-1824
Dunham, Jacob
Manumission of Henry Compton by slaveholder Miles Smith
1821-11-12
Middlesex County Clerk
Account of Phoebe (a free black woman & wife of Mr. Holcomb’s black man)
1821-06-15
Dunham, Jacob
Account of William Correll (a free black man)
1820-1828
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Henry Compton (alias Smith, a black man)
1820-1821
Dunham, Jacob
Birth record for Mark, son of Ambo and Mark, reported by slaveholder John Neilson
1820-05-03
Middlesex County Clerk
Birth record for Ann, daughter of Ambo and Mark, reported by slaveholder John Neilson
1820-05-03
Middlesex County Clerk
Birth record for Eliza, daughter of Ambo and Mark, reported by slaveholder John Neilson
1820-05-03
Middlesex County Clerk
Birth record for Charles, son of Peg, reported by slaveholder Matthew Van Dike
1820-02-01
Middlesex County Clerk
Tags: birth, Charles, Charls, Matthew Van Dike
Permission slip for Phillis to join the African Association
1820-01-01
Neilson, John
FOR SALE, A HEALTHY ACTIVE, Black Boy
1819-06-10
Tags: slave sale ad
Birth record for Peter, son of Sarah, reported by slaveholder Dinah Voorhees
1819-04-22
Middlesex County Clerk
Tags: birth, Dinah Voorhees, Peter, Sarah
Permission slip for Harry to join the African Association
1819-01-09
Staats, Abraham
Account of Clara (a woman of color)
1818-1825
Dunham, Jacob
Manumission of Samuel Lane by slaveholder Andrew Kirkpatrick
1818-08-21
Middlesex County Clerk
Twenty Dollars Reward [runaway ad for Elsy Murray]
1818-05-14
Bogart, Peter
Tags: Elsy Murray, literate, pass, Peter Bogart, runaway ad, slave sale ad
Removal of Phillis and her son Charles to Louisiana by slaveholder Nicholas Van Wickle
1818-04-22
Middlesex County Clerk
Account of Sib (a free Black woman)
1818-04-06
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Robert Clark (a free black man)
1818
Dunham, Jacob
Account of James Crommelin [treatment of Abraham]
1817-1826
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Joseph Dunn [treatment of Tom]
1817-1826
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Levi Pricket [treatment of Post's negro boy]
1817-1819
Dunham, Jacob
On July 14, 1817, Jacob Dunham charged Levi Pricket for “dressing Post's negro boy’s eye at…
Removal of Phillis to Louisiana, sold by slaveholder Staats Van Deursen to Jacob Klady
1817-09-23
Middlesex County Clerk
Removal of Dinah to Louisiana, sold by slaveholder William Van Deursen to Jacob Klady
1817-08-30
Middlesex County Clerk
Account of William Jones (record of Will's labor)
1817-08
Dunham, Jacob
Manumission of Thomas Boston by slaveholder Henry Rutgers
1817-06-12
New York Manumission Society
Tags: Henry Rutgers, manumission, Thomas Boston