Collections 251 thru 275

(NOTE: Titles in burgundy are links to pdf files of the collection.)

Collection No. 251:  Housel Family Photograph Album (ca. 1880 – 1960).  This collection includes the contents of a family photograph album.  The primary family is identified by the donor as the Housel Family of Pleasant Run, although many of the images are from allied families such as Carkuff and Van Doren. Download Archives Details  |  Download Container List

Collection No. 252: Stintsman Family Photographs (1900-1988). This collection contains photographs of the Stintsman Family of Lambertville, NJ and New Hope, Pa., principally of Howard A. Stintsman. Download Archives Details  |  Download Container List

Collection No. 253: Donald B. Anderson Papers (1951-1961). This collection contains legal documents relating to property owned by Donald B. Anderson and his wife Eleanor, and includes three photographs. Download Archives Details | Download Container List

Collection No. 254: The Margaret A. Goss Papers (1892-2009). This collection contains correspondence, greeting cards, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, military service records, photographs and other ephemera collected by Margaret Alguire Goss. It includes her personal correspondence and papers, as well as material from her parents, her husband, and his family. Download Archives Details | Download Container List

Collection No. 255: John L. Purcell Naval Collection (1873-1947). This collection includes correspondence, military certificates, news clippings, photographs, and other family records relating to Captain John L. Purcell’s service in the Spanish-American War. Download Archives Details | Download Container List

Collection No. 256: The Podayko Family Papers (1913-2010). This small collection contains immigration records, family records, photographs, and other documents related to the Podayko family of Hunterdon County, NJ. Download Archives Record

Collection No. 257:  the Kitchin Family Collection (1869-2007).  The primary focus of this collection is a general appreciation of Hunterdon County history and culture. There is a focus on the Kitchin family specifically in the form of photographs of multiple family members, as well as a marriage certificate and bridal book from Harold Kitchin’s wedding. Download Archives Record

Collection No. 258:  Audits and Accounts of Hunterdon County Newspapers (1938-1994).   This collection contains publishers’ circulation data and audit reports validating that data for the Hunterdon County Democrat (Flemington, 1938-1992) and the Delaware Valley News (Frenchtown NJ, 1950-1994). Download Container List

Collection No. 260, the Schultzel Photograph Collection (1900-1984). This collection contains various images from Hunterdon County and the surrounding areas. It includes photographs, photographed postcards, negatives, and some paper material such as handwritten notes and newspaper clippings. This collection would be of interest to anyone looking for visual references of the Hunterdon NJ geographical area. Download Archive Detail and Container List

Collection No. 261: the Housel Certificate Collection (1879-1912). This collection consists of four items relating to the history of the Housel Family. Three of the items are marriage records from the officiating ministers and churches, and the other is a group photograph. Download Archive Detail and Container List

Collection No. 262: Hunterdon County Agricultural Society (1857-1988). This collection contains a variety of documents and memorabilia related to the Hunterdon County Agricultural Society. There are programs, tickets, and badges from the Hunterdon County Agricultural Society fairs dating between 1857-1890, as well as programs and news articles from other agricultural fairs held in Hunterdon County, including the New Jersey State Agricultural Fair and Flemington Fair. Download Archive Detail and Container List

Collection No. 263, the Willis Vail Glass Plate Negative Collection (1891-1922). This is a collection of 117 glass plate negatives taken by Willis W. Vail of Quakertown NJ. It includes photographs of New Jersey sites, including many railroad sites, as well as photographs taken on Vail’s travels to Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia. Download Archive Detail and Container List

Collection No. 264:  Josie Sherry Papers (1933-1942).  This collection comprises a group of scrapbooks, photograph albums, and autograph albums compiled by Josie Sherry during the mid 1930s and early 1940s. One of the autograph albums is a mixture of her classmates and individuals from the Lindbergh-Hauptmann Trial.  Download Archives Detail/Container List

Collection No. 265: The Lorena Cole Vincent Photographs (1864-1967). A collection of photos, negatives, and ephemera collected by the donor but with no relationship other than being mostly from Hunterdon County and the surrounding area. Of particular interest are photos of historic homes, and of several group organizations. Download Archive Detail and Container List

Collection No. 266: Rutgers University Museum of Agriculture Photographs (1908-1959). This collection consists of 23 glass plate negatives and 38 photographic prints and negatives from the collections of the Rutgers University Museum of Agriculture. The Museum closed in 2011 and its collections were dispersed to other repositories in 2014. This group of images documents several farms and orchards from Hunterdon County, NJ. Download Archive Detail and Container List

Collection No. 268: Lequear Family Photographs (1795-1900). This is a collection of 17 family photographs and one prayer book. This collection would interest researchers looking into the Lequear and other Hunterdon County families. Download Archives Record

Collection No. 269: Servis Family Photographs (1850-1900). This collection contains identified photographs of several members of the interrelated Servis, Sutphin, and Brewer families from the period of about 1850 to 1900, as well as a set of enlarged and labelled photographs of many historic buildings in Ringoes. Download Archive Detail and Container List

Collection No. 270, Hunterdon County Manuals and Directories (1881-1997). A set of 36 manuals, most in pamphlet format. Hunterdon County directories of county and municipal officials, date range 1881-1997, with gaps. Download Archive Detail and Container List

Collection No. 271: the Large Family Papers (1860-2014). This collection consists of papers related to the Large Family and their experience within Hunterdon County from the late 1800s through 2014. The collection contains documents such as school records, Flemington Presbyterian Church publications, Church School records, the Hunterdon Medical Center expansion, and the Flemington Summer School of Music. Download Archive Detail and Container List

Collection No. 273: Helen Coffin Photograph Album (ca. 1880-1960).  This collection includes the preserved pages of photographs from an album entitled “Ancestors of Helen Coffin.” The images include photos of Helen’s parents, stepfathers, grandparents, and great-grandparents. Family names include Potter, Farley, and Henry, and there is also genealogical information such as birth and death dates. Download Archive Detail and Container List

Collection No. 275:  the Ella Haver Photographs (1860-1875).   This collection comprises 9 Photographic Portraits, including members of the Risler and Bonnell families.  The images are estimated in date and illustrate several different early photographic  processes.  This collection would be of interest to people researching the Risler and Bonnell families, or people interested in different photographic types of the 19th century. Download Archive Detail & Container List