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Frelinghuysen Hall photograph


Rutgers University

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Color photograph of Frelinghuysen Residence Hall, built in 1956 on Rutgers University's College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick.

Hardenbergh Hall photograph


Rutgers University

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Color photograph of Hardenbergh Residence Hall, built in 1956 on Rutgers University's College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick.

Sojourner Truth Apartments photograph


Rutgers University

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Color photograph of the Sojourner Truth Apartments, opened in 2016 and located at the corner of College Avenue and Hamilton Street on the College Avenue Campus.

Resigns from Board

1949-06-16

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An article reporting that Emma Andrews and Evelyn Sermons, two African American seniors at the New Jersey College for Women, “expressed gratitude for the aid from the Urban League which made possible their stay in the N.J.C. dormitories.”

Award for First Negroes Living on N.J.C. Campus

1949-06-07

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An article reporting that two African American seniors, Emma Andrews and Evelyn Sermons, received the Heritage Award given by the Associate Alumnae of the New Jersey College for Women. The citation with the award read: “With quiet understanding, rare…

Negro Girls Win Heritage Award: Alumnae Honor Two Seniors as Interracial Pioneers at New Jersey College

1949-06-05

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An article reporting that two African American seniors, Emma Andrews and Evelyn Sermons, received the Heritage Award given by the Associate Alumnae of the New Jersey College for Women on June 4, 1949. They received the award for “contributing to the…

N.J.C. Seniors Receive Top Honors

1949-06-05

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Sunday Times about the Heritage Award presented to Emma Andrews and Evelyn Sermons by the Associate Alumnae of the New Jersey College for Women (later Douglass College). The article contains a photograph of the…

Heritage Award presentation honoring Emma Andrews and Evelyn Sermons

1949-06-04
Davidson, Mrs. O. Wesley

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Remarks delivered by Mrs. O. Wesley Davidson, President the Associate Alumnae of the New Jersey College for Women (later Douglass College), on June 4, 1949, honoring African American seniors Emma Andrews and Evelyn Sermons as joint recipients of the…

Veronica Henriksen Graduating from NJC

1944-06-07

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The Plainfield Courier-News reports that Veronica Henriksen graduated from the New Jersey College for Women (Douglass College) on June 7, 1944, with a major in sociology and economy. Henriksen "in two weeks will begin an accelerated two years course…

Letter to Harry Hazelwood Jr. at Cornell Law School

1944-05-19
Metzger, Fraser

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Letter from Fraser Metzger, Dean of Men, to Harry Hazelwood Jr. RD1943, written on May 19, 1944, about a year after Hazelwood graduated. This is Metzger's reply to Hazelwood's letter of May 16, 1944, in which Hazelwood provided an update about his…

Letter to Dean Fraser Metzger about progress at Cornell Law School

1944-05-16
Hazelwood, Harry Jr.

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Letter from Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943 to Frazer Metzger, Dean of Men, written on May 16, 1944, providing an update about Hazelwood's progress at the end of his first year at Cornell Law School. Dean Metzger sent a reply to Hazelwood on May 19, 1944.

Veronica Henriksen Secretary of NJC Club

1944-02-28

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The Plainfield Courier-News reports that Veronica Henriksen (DC 1944), in her capacity as secretary of the HEPS club at the New Jersey College for Women, is organizing a lecture by anthropologist John B. Adams on the subject "A Scientific Approach to…

Letter to Cornell Law School, regarding Harry Hazelwood Jr.

1943-05-21
Metzger, Fraser

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Letter from Fraser Metzger, Dean of Men, to Cornell Law School, providing a reference for Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943. Hazelwood would go on to obtain a law degree from Cornell in 1945.

Veronica Henriksen Wins Scholarship

1942-11-02

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The Plainfield Courier-News reports that Veronica Henriksen (DC 1944) is the recipient of a state scholarship.

Keeps Preparing [graduation announcement for Egerton E. Hall]

1933-06-14

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Article in the New York Amsterdam News reporting that the Rev. Egerton E. Hall of Plainfield, NJ, has earned the degree of Doctor of Education at Rutgers University. A photograph of Hall is included with the announcement.

Map of the New Jersey College for Women (later Douglass College) showing land donated by James Neilson

1929

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This 1929 map of the New Jersey College for Women (later Douglass College) shows the extent of James Neilson's land that he donated to the college.

Cross Burned by Rutgers Klan at Local Cemetery

1926-06-01

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New Brunswick Daily Home News reports about a ceremony held by the Rutgers Klan No. 44 in May of 1926.

Charter Granted to Local Klan; Rutgers Klan Title of Local Chapter of the Ku Klux Klan

1926-03-07

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New Brunswick Sunday Times reports that a new local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan is established in New Brunswick in March of 1926. The title of the new chapter is "Rutgers Klan number 44."

Georgia Frees Negro Who Feared Mob Rule

1925-12-13

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Article in the New York Times: "Georgia Frees Negro Who Feared Mob Rule; Silas Parmore, Extradited From New Jersey, Acquitted by a Jury in Murder Trial."

Acquitted on Second Trial for Murder

1925-11-18

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Acquitted on Second Trial for Murder; Man Arrested Here Found Not Guilty in Georgia and Headed North; Likely to Soon Reappear Here."

Paramore to Be Given New Trial

1925-10-09

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Paramore to Be Given New Trial; Colored Man Arrested Here to be Tried in Dawson, Ga.; Kalteissen Wins Appeal Fight."

Silas Paramore, Sentenced to Hang Last August, 'Feeling Fine'

1925-04-23

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

Parmore Convicted and Sentenced to Pay Death Penalty; Record Trial in Georgia Court of Negro Arrested Here Several Weeks Ago

1924-07-29

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Record Trial in Georgia Court of Negro Arrested Here Several Weeks Ago; Case Started Yesterday Morning and Ended Early Last Evening; Extradition Was Bitterly…

Statement of receipts and expenses in the Parmore case

1924-04-07
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. New Brunswick Branch (NAACP)

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Statement of receipts and expenses in the Silas Parmore case on NAACP New Brunswick Branch letterhead, dated April 7, 1924.

Make Anti-Lynching Bill a Law Before the Parmore Fight Is Dropped

1924-01-21

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Make Anti-Lynching Bill a Law Before the Parmore Fight Is Dropped; Colored People Make Further Contributions at Meeting—State-Wide Gathering Scheduled for Newark."

Two-Year Delay Seen By Lawyers In the Parmore Case

1924-01-19

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

Parmore Appeal Is Put on File

1924-01-16

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Parmore Appeal Is Put on File; Counsel For Georgia Man Declare Case May Go to U. S. Supreme Court; costs deposited at Trenton today."

Parmore to Be Sent to Georgia

1924-01-15

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Parmore to Be Sent to Georgia; Negro Loses Fight Against Extradition on Charge of Murder; will take appeal to errors court."

Young Parmore, Held as Witness, Is Released

1924-01-10

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Young Parmore, Held as Witness, Is Released; Vice Chancellor Frees Son of Man in Georgia Murder; no decision yet on habeas corpus."

Take Issue with Georgia Paper on Parmore's Arrest

1924-01-10

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

Parmore Record Made Public by Detective David

1924-01-10

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

How Georgia Newspaper Views Attempts Here to Bar Extradition of Parmore

1924-01-09

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

Decision in Parmore Case Is Held

1924-01-08

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Decision in Parmore Case Is Held; Habeas Corpus Hearing in Matter of Georgia Negro, Held for Murder; counsel directed to submit briefs."

Silas Parmore Defense Fund pledge card

1924
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. New Brunswick Branch (NAACP)

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Pledge card used in the NAACP fundraising campaign for the Silas Parmore Defense Fund.

Parmore Writ Argument Goes Off to January 8

1923-12-24

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

No Trap Laid for Parmore, Is David Assertion

1923-12-22

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

Petition Put in Circulation for Parmore Aid

1923-12-22

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

Parmore's Wife Feels Certain Lynching Would Follow Return to Georgia

1923-12-21

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Parmore's Wife Feels Certain Lynching Would Follow Return to Georgia; Details Trap Set For Husband By Attache of Prosecutor's Office—Confident Defendant Is…

Lee and David at Wide Variance on Parmore Facts

1923-12-20

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Lee and David at Wide Variance on Parmore Facts; Colored Clergyman Asserts Wife of Accused Southerner Was Hidden; statement coming from Kalteissen."

Maintenance of Mrs. Parmore is Given Kalteissen

1923-12-19

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Maintenance of Mrs. Parmore is Given Kalteissen; County Authorities Turn Colored Woman Over to Local Association; latter satisfied as to treatment."

Extradition Granted; Habeas Corpus Writ is Still Keeping Negro Here

1923-12-18

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Extradition Granted; Habeas Corpus Writ is Still Keeping Negro Here; Governor Silzer Signs Papers for Return of Silas Parmore to Georgia—Counsel at Once Starts New…

Letter to Walter F. White regarding the Silas Parmore case

1923-12-18
Preston, M. J.

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Letter from M. J. Preston of the New Brunswick NAACP to Walter F. White regarding the Silas Parmore case.

Hold Hearing in Paremore Case Before Governor

1923-12-17

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

Colored Congregations Unite in Mass Meeting to Save Southern Negro

1923-12-17

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Colored Congregations Unite in Mass Meeting to Save Southern Negro; Fund of $100 Subscribed at Ebenezer Baptist—Attorney Kalteissen Cheered and Made Deacon."

Local Colored People Oppose Extradition of Man in Georgia Murder

1923-12-10

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Local Colored People Oppose Extradition of Man in Georgia Murder; Retain Lawyer Kalteissen to Fight Move Before Governor—Assert Fair Trial in South Impossible."

Rutgers Honors James Neilson

1923-11-22

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A brief report in The New York Times about Rutgers University's memorial service for James Neilson (1844-1937) after his death in 1937. The report calls him the "godfather" of the women's college (Douglass College).

Ku Klux Cross Near J. & J. Plant; South River Also

1923-08-10

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New Brunswick Daily Home News reports that members of the Ku Klux Klan burned two crosses overnight. One fifteen-foot cross was discovered in front of the Johnson & Johnson factory on George Street in New Brunswick; it was promptly extinguished…

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10,000 Klansmen Gather in Great Klan Ceremony; New Brunswick Is Scene of One of the Greatest Ku Klux Demonstrations; Gigantic Cross Is Burned as Almost One Thousand Candidates Are Initiated

1923-05-11

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Article in The Fiery Cross (a Ku Klux Klan publication) about a massive KKK initiation ceremony held on May 2, 1923, at a farm near New Brunswick.

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Klan Open-Air Initiation Was Great Publicity Stunt; Declare Local Branch 400 Strong; Hobbs Not a Member

1923-05-04

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Daily Home News article about a massive Ku Klux Klan (KKK) initiation ceremony held on May 2, 1923, at a farm near New Brunswick. The article contains a photograph of a burning cross and hooded attendees. The photograph is captioned: "Blaxing…

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12,000 of Klan Out at Jersey Meeting: Hold Heavily Guarded Initiation on a Lonely Farm Near New Brunswick

1923-05-03

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New York Times article about a massive Ku Klux Klan (KKK) initiation ceremony held on May 2, 1923, at a farm near New Brunswick.

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League for Advancement of Colored Folk to Meet

1922-12-20

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing NAACP's last meeting of the year at Ebenezer Baptist Church.

Anti-Lynching Demonstration at Mount Zion

1922-09-05

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Anti-Lynching Demonstration at Mount Zion; Colored Republicans Endorse Dwyer Bill—Rev. Stiles Urges Recognition of Negro Rights—Rev. Roundtree Speaks."

Colored People Hear Fine Addresses on Advancement of Race at Mass Meeting

1922-09-05

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about NAACP's mass meeting at the Ebenezer Baptist Church.

Colored People Plan Labor Day Mass Meeting

1922-08-24

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about a recent meeting of the New Brunswick NAACP at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. Plans are underway for a mass meeting on Labor Day, where the parent-association is expected to present the…

Colored Folk Plan Labor Day Demonstration

1922-08-05

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about a recent meeting of the New Brunswick NAACP at Mt. Zion AME Church. Plans and fundraising are underway for a big Labor Day Demonstration.

Colored Advancement Meetings to Alternate Between Two Churches

1922-08-01

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing that the meetings of the New Brunswick NAACP will henceforth alternate between Ebenezer Baptist Church and Mt. Zion AME Church.

Colored Folks Get Edge Pledge to Vote for Anti-Lynching Bill

1922-07-29

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about a recent meeting of the New Brunswick NAACP, a roll-call showing that the organization stands at approximately 200 members. The officers announce that US Senator Walter E. Edge of New…

Colored Race is Jubilant Because of Dyer Bill Report

1922-07-06

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about the local reaction to Washington reports about the progress on the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill.

Colored Preacher Asks What Is the Matter with New Brunswick

1922-05-29

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Colored Preacher Asks What Is the Matter with New Brunswick; Declares Negro Has Made More Enemies in Times of Peace Than in War—Urges His People to Have Faith in Themselves."

Treatment of Negroes

1922-05-06

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Opinion piece by a reporter in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

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Colored People to Elect This Evening

1922-05-03

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing a business meeting and elections for the local NAACP, to take place at Ebenezer Baptist Church.

Racial Animosities Deplored by Speakers at Mass Meeting Here

1922-04-27

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News reporting about a mass meeting of the local NAACP that took place on April 26, 1922, at the New Brunswick High School. Speakers included Walter F. White (assistant secretary of the national…

Mass Meeting to Present View of the Colored Race

1922-04-26

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News promoting a mass meeting of the local NAACP to take place on April 26, 1922, at the New Brunswick High School, with a program of speeches, song, and music. Walter F. White will serve as the…

Mass Meeting for Advancement of the Colored People

1922-04-24

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing a mass meeting of the local NAACP to take place on April 26, 1922, at the New Brunswick High School, with a program of speeches, song, and music. Walter F. White will serve as the…

Walter White to Be Principal Speaker for Colored People

1922-04-19

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing Walter F. White as the principal speaker for NAACP's upcoming mass meeting at the New Brunswick High School.

Colored People to Have Mass Meeting at the High School

1922-04-14

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing a mass meeting of the local NAACP to take place on April 26, 1922, at the New Brunswick High School, with a program of speeches, song, and music. Mayor Morrison of New Brunswick is…

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Society for Advancement of Colored People Here

1922-04-03

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News listing these newly elected officers of the New Brunswick NAACP: president, N. G. Thompson [correct name is Moses G. Thompson]; vice president, J. W. Watson; secretary, Thomas A. Matthews;…

New Association of Colored People Wants Hall of Own

1922-03-14

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing the first election of officers for the New Brunswick NAACP. The new organization has nearly 100 members and hopes to soon obtain a hall or meeting space of its own. The organization…

Colored People to Have Uplift Work Under New Branch

1922-03-07

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New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News reports that a new branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was formed in New Brunswick in March of 1922.

Ebenezer Baptist Church

1922-03-04

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing a meeting of the NAACP at the Ebenezer Baptist Church.

Advertisement for The Birth of a Nation

1916-03-04

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An ad for The Birth of a Nation at the New Brunswick Opera House beginning Monday, March 6, 1916.

Catalogue of the officers and alumni of Rutgers college (originally Queen's College) in New Brunswick, N.J, 1766 to 1916

1916
Rutgers University

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This catalog, published 150 years after the granting of the school's charter, provides a comprehensive list of trustees, officers, faculty, and alumni of the university. The book includes also historical sketches of some of the early officers.

The Rice Industrial and Literary Institute advertisement

1915-08-26

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Advertisement in the African American newspaper New York Age promoting the Rice Industrial and Literary Institute, a New Brunswick school.

Minutes of the New Brunswick N.J. Common Council

1910
New Brunswick (N.J.). Common Council

Minutes of the Common Council for 1796-1819. Bound with extracts of the Minutes of the Common Council of New Brunswick N.J. from May 14, 1819, to July 23, 1832.Copied for the New Brunswick N.J. Historical Society by Louise Marshall Vandivert in 1909.…

Advertisement for The Clansman: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan

1908-03-25

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An ad for The Clansman: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan by Thomas Dixon Jr., to be performed at the New Brunswick Opera House on March 25, 1908.

Elections in New Jersey; Rioting between Whites and Blacks in New Brunswick

1895-04-10

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New York Times article about a race riot during an election in New Brunswick.

Colored Boarders Not Wanted

1890-05-06

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New York Times reports that Bishop Turner and other attendees at the conference of the New-Jersey African Methodist Church complain about racial discrimination by hotel owners in New Brunswick. "Bishop Turner" likely refers to Henry McNeal Turner…

A Bethel Treat; Rutgers College Students as Minstrels and Actors

1889-11-23

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The New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News reports that Rutgers College students performed as minstrels and actors at the Bethel Mission Sunday School. The students appeared in blackface during this performance.

WANTED—COLORED WAITER MAN

1887-06-14

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED—COLORED WAITER MAN, MUST understand his business and come well recommended. Apply at Palmer House."

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Birth record for Harry, son of Hannah, reported by slaveholder Robert Boggs

1829-02-06
Middlesex County Clerk

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Slaveholder Robert Boggs reports that Hannah, an enslaved woman, gave birth to son Harry in North Branch, Somerset County, on February 20, 1826. Robert Boggs states that he recently purchased Hannah and Harry from their previous owner Abraham Dumont,…

Account of Sabina (a Black woman) and her daughter Rachel

1828-1829
Dunham, Jacob

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Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the amounts owed to him by Sabina and Rachel for medical services that the doctor provided in 1828 and 1829.

Account of Johnston (a colored man, the barber)

1828-1829
Dunham, Jacob

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Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the balance due for medical services he provided Johnston in October 1828 and January 1829.

Account of Nean or Nicholas (a black man)

1825-03
Dunham, Jacob

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Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the medical services he provided Nean/Nicholas in March 1825.

Account of Jasper (a black man at Miles Smith’s)

1825
Dunham, Jacob

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Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the medical services he provided for Jasper and his family in September 1825.

Minutes of the Common Council for March 5, 1824

1824-03-05
New Brunswick (N.J.). Common Council

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On March 5, 1824, the New Brunswick Common Council adopted a resolution establishing a curfew for "negros or blacks" on Saturday nights at 10 PM. The Common Council empowered the Committee in relation to Paupers, Vagrants and Free Negros to detain…

For Sale or Rent. THAT capital stand for business... also... A Negro Man

1822-02-28
Schureman, James

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James Schureman (Queen's College alum 1775 and trustee 1782-1824) offers to sell an enslaved man at a discounted price. The enslaved man belongs to the estate of the late James Bennet. Schureman also offers several real estate properties for sale or…

For Sale, A Pair of Mules, Waggon, & Wood-Sled. Likewise, A BLACK MAN

1822-01-03

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A slaveholder around New Brunswick advertises the sale of a black man alongside a pair of mules, wagon, and wood-sled. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply to the printers of the Fredonian newspaper…

Account of Phoebe (a free black woman & wife of Mr. Holcomb’s black man)

1821-06-15
Dunham, Jacob

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Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the medical services he provided Phoebe on June 15, 1821.

Account of William Correll (a free black man)

1820-1828
Dunham, Jacob

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Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the amounts owed to him by William Correll for medical services that the doctor provided from 1820 to 1828.

Account of Henry Compton (alias Smith, a black man)

1820-1821
Dunham, Jacob

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Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the amounts owed to him by Henry Compton for medical services that the doctor provided from 1820 to 1821.

Birth record for Mark, son of Ambo and Mark, reported by slaveholder John Neilson

1820-05-03
Middlesex County Clerk

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Slaveholder John Nielson reports that an enslaved woman named Ambo gave birth to son Mark on July 27, 1818. Mark's father is Mark, Ambo's husband. [Per New Jersey law, Mark became a slave for a term until he reached 25 years of age in the year 1843.…

Birth record for Ann, daughter of Ambo and Mark, reported by slaveholder John Neilson

1820-05-03
Middlesex County Clerk

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Slaveholder John Nielson reports that an enslaved woman named Ambo gave birth to daughter Ann on June 23, 1814. Ann's father is Mark, Ambo's husband.

Birth record for Eliza, daughter of Ambo and Mark, reported by slaveholder John Neilson

1820-05-03
Middlesex County Clerk

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Slaveholder John Nielson reports that an enslaved woman named Ambo gave birth to daughter Eliza on July 2, 1816. Eliza's father is Mark, Ambo's husband.

Permission slip for Phillis to join the African Association

1820-01-01
Neilson, John

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Slaveholder John Neilson (1745-1833) gives permission to Phillis, an enslaved woman, to join the African Association on January 1, 1820.

FOR SALE, A HEALTHY ACTIVE, Black Boy

1819-06-10

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A slaveholder around New Brunswick seeks to sell a 17-year-old black boy in a private sale. The boy has skills in farming. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply to the printers of the Fredonian…

Account of Clara (a woman of color)

1818-1825
Dunham, Jacob

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Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the amounts owed to him by Clara for medical services that the doctor provided from 1818 to 1825.

Manumission of Samuel Lane by slaveholder Andrew Kirkpatrick

1818-08-21
Middlesex County Clerk

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Slaveholder Andrew Kirkpatrick manumitted a man named Samuel Lane on August 21, 1818. Samuel Lane was between 21 and 40 years old, but his exact age was not recorded by the county officials. The Middlesex County Book of Manumissions and…

Account of Sib (a free Black woman)

1818-04-06
Dunham, Jacob

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Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the medical services he provided Sib on April 6, 1818.