New Jersey State Archives

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This Veterans Day we are highlighting our US Civil War cartes de visite collection. These photographs offer a glimpse in...
11/11/2025

This Veterans Day we are highlighting our US Civil War cartes de visite collection. These photographs offer a glimpse into New Jersey’s Civil War history and its veterans. You can check it out on our website here: https://www.nj.gov/state/archives/sdea4010.html [SDEA4010]

Great news! 1952 marriages are now available on microfilm!These are available for in-person research only. For mailed an...
11/10/2025

Great news! 1952 marriages are now available on microfilm!

These are available for in-person research only. For mailed and certified copies of post-1950 marriages, you still need to go through the Department of Health.

Click the link to schedule your Microfilm Room Appointment! https://bit.ly/njsaappointments

This Election Day, find out whether you could vote during different time periods throughout New Jersey’s history! You ca...
11/04/2025

This Election Day, find out whether you could vote during different time periods throughout New Jersey’s history! You can see how suffrage rights have evolved for New Jersey citizens over the last three centuries by viewing on a desktop browser here:
https://prezi.com/view/QmE4afyNGu0QbC0nHG4y/
And don’t forget to vote!

This month’s mini exhibit in the Manuscript Reading Room honors New Jersey veterans from the Civil War and WWI. Check it...
11/03/2025

This month’s mini exhibit in the Manuscript Reading Room honors New Jersey veterans from the Civil War and WWI. Check it out on your next visit!

Happy Halloween from Bartha and his Orchestra, performing at Steel Pier in Atlantic City on Halloween in 1936. [SNJSA008...
10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from Bartha and his Orchestra, performing at Steel Pier in Atlantic City on Halloween in 1936. [SNJSA008]

10/27/2025

Beginning Monday, November 3, 2025, the New Jersey State Library will change its service hours:

• Walk-in service: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• Phone and email service: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
• State employees may make appointments beginning at 8:00 a.m.

We look forward to continuing to serve you with these updated hours!

10/27/2025

The DOS Way with Lieutenant Governor Tahesha WayEpisode Nine: October 2025National Archives Month Discussion with Ronnie Calder, Supervising Archivist at the...

The NJ State Archives, as well as many other archives, will be showing films from their collections at the NJ Archival F...
10/27/2025

The NJ State Archives, as well as many other archives, will be showing films from their collections at the NJ Archival Film Festival. Our contribution will be a film created by the Office of Information Technology about the history of forest fires.

Did you know October is American Cheese month? This 1800 letter from Connecticut Governor Oliver Wolcott thanks Trenton ...
10/23/2025

Did you know October is American Cheese month? This 1800 letter from Connecticut Governor Oliver Wolcott thanks Trenton Mayor Moore Furman for the Jersey cheese he received. [SEDSL006]

Today’s brings us up to Stamford, CT, with Bullseye Rye Whiskey! [SSTCM002]
10/21/2025

Today’s brings us up to Stamford, CT, with Bullseye Rye Whiskey! [SSTCM002]

Do you have burning archival questions you never felt you had the opportunity to ask? Are you curious about our collecti...
10/16/2025

Do you have burning archival questions you never felt you had the opportunity to ask? Are you curious about our collections, or projects we’re working on? Do you need help determining how to get started on a research project, or want to know some obscure NJ trivia fact you think we might have the answer to? Today is Ask an Archivist Day, so now’s your chance to ask away! [FWPNW026]

Today is national fossil day! This Mastodon fossil was on display in the 1950s. At this time, the State Museum exhibitio...
10/15/2025

Today is national fossil day! This Mastodon fossil was on display in the 1950s. At this time, the State Museum exhibitions were located in the New Jersey State House. [SENPI001]

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