The most frequent requests for archival material concern information about people (alumni, staff, and teachers), histories of particular buildings, and the history of the college from its beginnings as the Normal and Model School in Trenton to The College of New Jersey in Ewing. Listed below are resources for information in each category. Incomplete sets of the Seal, Signal, and course catalogs (Bulletins) are available in the open stacks. The Archives contain the most complete sets of these publications. Basic sources on the history of the college and the people associated with the college include the following:
Jarrold, Rachel M. Time the Great Teacher: A History of One Hundred Years of the New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton. Trenton: New Jersey State Teachers College, 1955. LD3780 .N788. Index of Names. LD3780 .N788
Fromm, Glenn E. A History of the New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton, 1855-1950. New York: New York University, 1950. LD3780 .F765 1951
Green, Robert Reeder. The Land Along the Shabakunks: Adventures into Ewing’s Past from Old Cross Keys to the William Green Farm (Ewingville to Trenton State College Campus). [n. p.]: Green, 1979. F144 .E8 G733
Perry, Mary-Elaine Wszalek. The College of New Jersey: A Case Study in Institutional Transformation. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Dissertation Services, 2003. LD3780 .N82 P47 2003
Hamerman, Don. Newer Every Day: The College of New Jersey. Stamford, CT: DH Books, 2006. LD3780 .N83 N48 2006
The College of New Jersey. Alumni Directory 1998. White Plains, NY: Bernard C. Harris Publishing Co., 1998. Ref LD3780 .N81a 1998
Seal, 1911-present (missing 1913). LD3780 .N83 S4
The Signal, 1885-1919; December 1929-present. LD3780 .N83 S5
Course catalogs (various titles) LD3780 .N83 N394
The College of New Jersey Library Archives
Finding Aids and Container Lists. Unpublished notebook. Reference Desk and Archives
People
Alumni
Alumni Directory
Annual Reports (early issues included Model and Normal students’ names)
Seal
The Signal (no index)
Finding Aid – Documents- Normal School, Alumni Association, Glass Lantern Slides, College Life & Events, Sports, Class& Group, Student Clubs & Organizations
Finding Aid – Photo collection – (students are usually not identified by name)
Faculty and staff
Annual Reports and catalogs
Seal
Finding Aid -Photo collection – Faculty, Admin. & Trustees, Glass Lantern slides
Finding Aid –Documents – Board of Trustees, College Publications, Directories, Faculty Dames, Faculty Senate & Faculty Association
Name index to Time the Great Teacher
Fromm – History of the New Jersey State Teachers College
Perry – The College of New Jersey
TCNJ Magazine
Oral History collection
Non archival sources:
Library online catalog
Websites from departments
Subject databases and Biography Reference Bank database
Oil portraits of college presidents in West Library
Buildings
Name Index to Time the Great Teacher
Green – Land Along the Shabakunks [especially for Green farmhouse]
Hamerman – Newer Every Day
Seal
TCNJ Magazine
Finding Aid – Photo Collection – Buildings & Campus
Paper files
Non archival sources:
Dedication plaques in the buildings
Friends of the William Green Farmhouse website
College
Normal and Model
Jarrold – Time the Great Teacher
Fromm – History of the New Jersey State Teachers College…
Ledgers
Annual Reports
Seal
TCNJ Magazine
Finding Aid – Photo collection
TSC and TCNJ
Jarrold – Time the Great Teacher
Fromm – History of the New Jersey State Teachers College
Green – Land Along the Shabakunks
Perry – The College of New Jersey
Hamerman – Newer Every Day
Seal
TCNJ Magazine
Trenton Times
Finding Aid – Photo collection
For additional information, please see History of the College. Also, contact the Archivist, Deb Schiff, at schiffd@tcnj.edu.