Collections 201 thru 225
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Collection No. 201: George Plum Papers (1937-1985). The George Plum Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, maps, postcards, and ephemera, including WWII era materials. The correspondence is primarily from Plum to his mother, and the extensive photograph collection ranges from images of family and friends, to Flemington-area homes, businesses, and landscapes. Download Archives Detail | Download Collection Inventory
Collection No. 202: Peter Haward Letters (1800-1854). This collection consists of 34 pieces of correspondence (and other documents) from Peter Haward, an English born Hunterdon County resident, to his family and friends ca. 1800-1854. In these letters he discusses recent family updates and shows an interest in sharing the latest American political news, making them a fascinating take on contemporary history. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
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Collection No. 203: The Van Syckle Papers (1848-1932). This small collection consists of materials related to the Van Syckle family of Clinton, NJ. It includes a copy of the “History of the Van Syckel Family” (1880), newspaper clippings, ephemera, notes on the family history, and family correspondence. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 204: The Mary E. Sheppard Papers (1885-2003). This collection consists of a small group of City of Lambertville business records, contracts, property tax records, deeds, Hunterdon County Databooks, records from the Hunterdon County Surrogate’s office, programs, and other ephemera. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 205: Lebanon Township Notices to Tax Assessor (1921-1930). This small collection consists of real estate transfer notices to the Lebanon Township tax assessor dated 1921-1930 indicating new and previous owners of properties, surveyor’s notes of boundaries, significant landmarks, and current (and sometimes, prior) adjacent owners. It would interest researchers of Lebanon Township property in the decade of the 1920’s. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 206: Minutes of the Central New Jersey Baptist Association; 1858-1922. This Collection is comprised of the published minutes of the annual conference of the Central New Jersey Baptist Association from 1873-1922. The minutes typically include such items as the constitution and by-laws, agenda, minutes of the convention, committee reports, digests of church letters, lists of deaths in memoriam, lists of member churches, and statistical reports for charitable ministries and Sunday schools. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 207: Clarence Alles Farm Papers (1867-1956). This collection consists of one box of 7 documents related to a 230.42 acre parcel of land in Raritan Twp., Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The documents trace the land through the Griggs, Hill, and Alles families. Clarence Alles was a prominent member of the Hunterdon Community who served as the Clerk of Raritan Township for 25 years. These documents would be of interest to descendants of the Griggs, Hill, Williamson, Marsh and Alles families, or anyone interested in the property. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 208: Flemington Copper Mines (1849-1857). This collection is comprised of four different reports that detail the work and articles of association of several different mining companies in Flemington, NJ. These items are dated 1847-1859 and include several maps depicting the location of various copper mines throughout Flemington and the surrounding areas. These would interest any researcher concerned with the history of copper mining in Flemington, NJ. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 210: Hunterdon County Oaths of Abjuration and Fealty (1744-1758). This collection is composed of three documents: An oath of fealty, an oath of abjuration, and a third smaller document (an addition to one of the other two documents. At that time, public officials had to swear these oaths to hold office and these documents record the signatures of office holders to those oaths.Download Archives Detail | Download Collection Inventory
Collection No. 211: Catherine Sheets Genealogy Notes (1985-2010). This collection is composed of genealogical notes and research made by Catherine Sheets, including information about the Sheets and allied families Dilts, Lawshe, Sheats, LaTourette, Wycoff, Geary and Emmons. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 212: Reverend Henry Charlton Beck Collection (1953-1966). This collection primarily consists of a series of newspaper articles authored by Henry Charlton Beck (1902-1965). Most of the articles are Beck’s serial series “Jerseyana,” published in the Newark Star-Ledger Newspaper, from 1953-1958. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 213: Papers of the Lebanon Telephone Company (1901-1909). This collection includes includes a blueprint map of the lines, Bureau of the Census special reports concerning telephones and telegraphs from 902, correspondence, wage records, and billing ledgers. This collection would interest anyone researching early American local telephone companies, and anyone looking for genealogical information for individuals who subscribed to the telephone service. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 214: Bray/Woolverton/Rittenhouse Deeds (1787-1824). This collection consists of four Hunterdon County deeds received from the Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio. The four deeds concern the Bray, Woolverton, and Rittenhouse families, and are for lands in Amwell and Kingwood Townships, Hunterdon County, NJ. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 215: The E. Jane Rittenhouse Collection (1889-1931). This collection is comprised of photographs of the Rittenhouse and related families of Hunterdon County, ca. 1889-1931. The photographs were assembled by E. Jane Rittenhouse (1912-2004) and are of family members taken at locations around Hunterdon County. This collection will interest any researcher on the Rittenhouse family and in the locations in which the images were captures, such as Milford, Frenchtown, Stewartsville, and Baptistown. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 216: The Cathers-Davison Papers (1721-1984). This collection is comprised of genealogical and geographical notes and research by Austin LaBarre Davison, Jr. (1909-1991). It includes original deeds, mortgages, articles of agreement, correspondence and ephemera concerning the Reading, Howell, Rittenhouse, Case, Scarborough and related families, primarily from the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 217: the Alles Papers (1828-1985). This collection contains an assortment of documents from the Flemington Savings and Loan Association, including branch photos; a series of photographs of local farmers who participated in Funk’s corn breeding trials; and a series of postcards from around Hunterdon County. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 218: Egbert T. Bush Papers II (1874-1933). This collection comprises a further addition of the personal papers of Mr. Egbert T. Bush, ranging from 1874-1933. The collection includes account books, notes from his father, map tracings, and pamphlets and booklets from various organizations to which he belonged. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 219: The Kathy Fricke Photograph Collection (1865-1968). This collection is comprised of twenty photographs from the office of the Hunterdon County Democrat. Some of the images were published, some were unpublished, but most of the images have dates and identifying remarks on the verso. The images are mostly of the Flemington area, with a few scattered images from other county sites. The photographs are roughly dated ca. 1865-1968, and although it is a small collection, its eclectic nature and random imagery capture a unique representation of Hunterdon County. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 221: The Case/Risler and Allied Families Photograph Collection (ca. 1860-1930). This collection is comprised of a photographic album that has been disbound. Most of the images are portraits of the extended Case/Risler families. The families lived in Delaware, Franklin and Raritan Townships in Hunterdon County, N.J. This collection would be useful to those researching the Case, Risler, Johnson, Jardine, Kugler, and other allied families included in this photograph album. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 222: Records of the Fannie B. Abbott Student Loan Foundation (1968-1996). This collection contains records of the Fannie B. Abbott Student Loan Foundation, an organization that granted student loans to Hunterdon County public high school graduates attending colleges. The records include by-laws, application forms, Trustee lists and resignations, and meeting minutes from the years 1968 to 1996. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 223: Herman Deinzer Papers (1948-1987). This collection is comprised of records from the Deinzer family of Clinton, NJ. Most of the collection consists of music composed by Herman Deinzer, and the majority of the sheet music was composed for a mass in honor of Elizabeth Deinzer, Herman Deinzer’s wife. Other items included in this collection are some family records, photographs, music programs, school records, letters, and newspaper clippings. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 224: Holcombe Auction Acquisition (1743-1869). This collection consists of 12 Manuscripts purchased at an auction of the Holcombe Estate Auction, Lambertville, NJ, 2018. The manuscripts are primarily deeds, and they track the conveyance of certain properties in both Lambertville, NJ and New Hope, Pa. from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Prevalent throughout the deeds are the surnames of Ely, Coryell, Holcombe, and Warford. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List
Collection No. 225: Lambertville City Clerk Records (1778-2003). This collection is made up of two parts; the Lambertville City Clerk Records, dated 1883 to 2003; and photostats of the Revolutionary War diaries of Col. Israel Angell of Rhode Island, dated 1778 to 1781. Download Archives Detail | Download Container List