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Special Commissions, Boards, Authorities and Institutions (alphabetical by key word, S)
Early governors' records may also include copies of authority minutes.
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Series:
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New Jersey Council of Safety
Records, 1776-1781
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Control #:
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SZSAF001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (1 vol., 2 boxes and 1 folder); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Includes minute book, 1777-1778, and loose papers, 1776-1781.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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New Jersey Salvage Committee
Records, 1942-1944
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Control #:
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SZSAL001
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Format:
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3.5 c.f. (6 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By record type, then chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Interstate Sanitation Commission
Report on the Water Pollution Control Activities and the Interstate Air Pollution Program, 1973
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Control #:
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SZSAN001
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 report)
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Series:
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New Jersey School for the Deaf
Annual Reports, 1883-1910
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Control #:
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SZSCD001
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes gaps and duplicates.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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New Jersey State School Aid Commission
Report [Parts Two and Three], 1952
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Control #:
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SZSCH001
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 report)
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Notes:
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Includes report on financing the State School Support Program and recommendations re: problems in financing public education.
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Series:
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Commission to Investigate the Subject of the Distribution of State School Monies
Report to the Legislature, 1922-1927
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Control #:
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SZSCM001
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Series:
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Permanent Commission on State School Support
Records, 1971-1973
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Control #:
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SZSCS001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
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School Survey Commission
Report to the Governor, 1933
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Control #:
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SZSCU001
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (2 reports)
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Series:
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State Sewerage Commission
Minutes, 1899-1910
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Control #:
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SZSEW001
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Commission on Sex Discrimination in the Statutes
Records, 1978-1994
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Control #:
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SZSEX001
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Format:
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3 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Notes:
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These records are not processed; a preliminary inventory of the box contents is included in the accession file.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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New Jersey Ship Canal Commission
Reports on the Proposed Sea-Level Canal Connecting Delaware and New York Bays, 1912
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Control #:
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SZSHI001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 report)
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Series:
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State Housing Authority
Annual Reports, 1934-1944
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Control #:
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SZSHO001
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (5 vols.)
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Notes:
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Includes 1934, 1940-1941, 1943-1944.
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Series:
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State Sinking Fund Commission
Minutes, 1921-1943
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Control #:
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SZSIN001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (4 vols.)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State Sinking Fund Commission
Annual Reports, 1853 & 1874-1890 [with gaps]
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Control #:
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SZSIN002
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (11 vols.)
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Notes:
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Includes 1874, 1879, 1881, 1883-1886, 1888-1890; and 1853 Report of the Assembly relative to the creation of a sinking fund.
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Series:
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New Jersey Social Security Commission (1935-1936)
Minutes and Report No. 1, 1935-1936
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Control #:
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SZSOC001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Commission on the Southern Exposition held at Louisville, Kentucky
Report to the Legislature, 1883
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Control #:
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SZSOH001
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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Soldiers' Children's Home of New Jersey
Records, 1865-1877
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Control #:
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SZSOL001
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Format:
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2.25 c.f. (5 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Home established to provide care for orphaned children of Civil War soldiers.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Soldiers' Children's Home of New Jersey
Annual Reports, 1871-1876
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Control #:
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SZSOL002
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (4 reports)
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Notes:
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Includes 1871, 1874-1876.
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Series:
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New Jersey State Commission on Soldiers' Claims - Spanish-American War Volunteers
Report to the Governor and Legislature, 1903
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Control #:
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SZSOM001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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South Jersey Port Commission
Annual Report, 1968
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Control #:
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SZSOT001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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New Jersey State Commission of the South Jersey Exposition (1926)
Report and Photographs, 1926
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Control #:
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SZSOU001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (2 copies of 1 report)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority
Preliminary Draft of Sports Complex Bond Resolution, 1974
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Control #:
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SZSPO001
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 item)
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Notes:
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Adopted January 1974.
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Series:
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Commission on State Administrative Reorganization
Report to the Governor, Part 3, 1944
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Control #:
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SZSTA001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 report)
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Series:
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State Capital Building Commission
Records, 1945-1946
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Control #:
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SZSTC001
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Format:
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5.5 c.f. (5 document cases and 2 map boxes)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Commission on the Plan of the Stevens Battery
Report to the Legislature, 1870
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Control #:
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SZSTE001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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Commission to Rebuild the Burnt Portion of the State House
Minutes, 1885-1895
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Control #:
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SZSTG001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Notes:
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Covers the period 7 April 1885 to 26 March 1895. Also includes loose inventory of salvaged materials sold publicly, 1889.
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Series:
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State House Commission
Records, 1952-1969
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Control #:
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SZSTH001
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Format:
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10 c.f. (10 boxes)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State House Commission
Minutes, 1889-1962
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Control #:
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SZSTH002
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Format:
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4 c.f. (21 vols.)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State House Commission
Telephone Directories for Trenton General Offices, 1933-1938
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Control #:
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SZSTH003
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Format:
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0.04 c.f. (4 items)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes 1933, 1934, 1936 & 1938.
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Series:
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State House Commission
Analysis of State Government Office Space, 1938
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Control #:
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SZSTH004
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By building
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Notes:
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Photographic survey of state office buildings in Trenton.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State House Commission
Veterans Emergency Housing Project Sales Records, 1953-1962
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Control #:
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SZSTH005
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Format:
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4 c.f. (4 boxes)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State House Commission
Records relating to the Restoration of the Old Barracks and Construction of Stacy Park, 1911-1916
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Control #:
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SZSTH006
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Format:
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7 c.f. (various)
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Notes:
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Includes correspondence of Adjutant General Wilbur F. Sadler.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State House Commission
Architectural Drawings of the State House Annex, ca. 1928-1972
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Control #:
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SZSTH007
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Format:
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8.4 c.f. (10 map drawers)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State House Commission
Letter Book, 1911-1914
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Control #:
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SZSTH008
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Notes:
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Covers the period 10 October 1911 to 7 July 1914.
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Series:
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State House Commission
State House Construction Records, 1845-1905
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Control #:
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SZSTH009
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Notes:
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See guide for contents of Box 1; Box 2 contains additional material found among Department of Treasury records.
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Series:
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State House Commission
Architectural Drawings of Assembly Chambers and Governor's Private Room, 1891-1915
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Control #:
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SZSTH010
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Format:
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4 c.f. (19 drawings)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State Law Enforcement Planning Agency
Miscellaneous Publications, 1974-1977
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Control #:
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SZSTL001
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Notes:
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Includes Criminal Justice Plans, 1976-1977.
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Series:
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State Office Building Authority
Minutes, 1951-1953
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Control #:
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SZSTO001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Notes:
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Covers the period 7 August 1951 - 25 May 1953.
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Series:
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Commission on State Tax Policy
Annual Reports, 1950-1963
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Control #:
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SZSTT001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
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Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Industries
Annual Reports, 1878-1917
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Control #:
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SZSTX001
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Format:
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9 c.f. (9 boxes, 101 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Available online to 1917 at www.danj.org and at www.njdigitalhighway.org.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Related records:
Series:
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Governor Richard Joseph Hughes (1909-1992; served 1962-1970)
Minutes of State and Interstate Authorities, 1962-1970
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Control #:
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S5100004
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Format:
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20 c.f. (20 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Includes Turnpike, Port of New York, Delaware River Port, Delaware River Joint Toll & NJ Highway Authorities. Box nos. 420-439.
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Series:
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Governor William Thomas Cahill (1912-1996; served 1970-1974)
Counsel's Office
Minutes of Commissions and Authorities, 1970-1973
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Control #:
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S52CO013
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Format:
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29 c.f. (29 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Governor Brendan Thomas Byrne (1924- ; served 1974-1982)
Counsel's Office
Minutes of State and Interstate Authorities, 1972-1982
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Control #:
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S53CO005
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Format:
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54 c.f. (55 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Includes files of Donald Linky, Lewis Kaden, Donald Sharkey, Teel Rhett, Leo Motiuk, Stewart Pollock, Arlene Gardner & Amy Piro.
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Series:
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Governor Thomas Howard Kean (1935- ; served 1982-1990)
Counsel's Office
Authorities Minutes, 1981-1986
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Control #:
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S54CO006
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Format:
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17 c.f. (17 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Includes boxes G-16 to G-22, G-250 to G-251, G-633 to G-638, G-840 and G-1274.
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Special Commissions, Boards, Authorities and Institutions (alphabetical by key word, S)
Early governors' records may also include copies of authority minutes.
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Series:
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New Jersey Council of Safety
Records, 1776-1781
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Control #:
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SZSAF001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (1 vol., 2 boxes and 1 folder); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Includes minute book, 1777-1778, and loose papers, 1776-1781.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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New Jersey Salvage Committee
Records, 1942-1944
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Control #:
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SZSAL001
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Format:
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3.5 c.f. (6 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By record type, then chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Interstate Sanitation Commission
Report on the Water Pollution Control Activities and the Interstate Air Pollution Program, 1973
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Control #:
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SZSAN001
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 report)
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Series:
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New Jersey School for the Deaf
Annual Reports, 1883-1910
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Control #:
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SZSCD001
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes gaps and duplicates.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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New Jersey State School Aid Commission
Report [Parts Two and Three], 1952
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Control #:
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SZSCH001
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 report)
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Notes:
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Includes report on financing the State School Support Program and recommendations re: problems in financing public education.
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Series:
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Commission to Investigate the Subject of the Distribution of State School Monies
Report to the Legislature, 1922-1927
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Control #:
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SZSCM001
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Series:
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Permanent Commission on State School Support
Records, 1971-1973
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Control #:
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SZSCS001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
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School Survey Commission
Report to the Governor, 1933
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Control #:
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SZSCU001
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (2 reports)
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Series:
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State Sewerage Commission
Minutes, 1899-1910
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Control #:
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SZSEW001
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Commission on Sex Discrimination in the Statutes
Records, 1978-1994
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Control #:
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SZSEX001
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Format:
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3 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Notes:
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These records are not processed; a preliminary inventory of the box contents is included in the accession file.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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New Jersey Ship Canal Commission
Reports on the Proposed Sea-Level Canal Connecting Delaware and New York Bays, 1912
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Control #:
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SZSHI001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 report)
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Series:
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State Housing Authority
Annual Reports, 1934-1944
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Control #:
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SZSHO001
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (5 vols.)
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Notes:
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Includes 1934, 1940-1941, 1943-1944.
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Series:
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State Sinking Fund Commission
Minutes, 1921-1943
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Control #:
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SZSIN001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (4 vols.)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State Sinking Fund Commission
Annual Reports, 1853 & 1874-1890 [with gaps]
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Control #:
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SZSIN002
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (11 vols.)
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Notes:
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Includes 1874, 1879, 1881, 1883-1886, 1888-1890; and 1853 Report of the Assembly relative to the creation of a sinking fund.
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Series:
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New Jersey Social Security Commission (1935-1936)
Minutes and Report No. 1, 1935-1936
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Control #:
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SZSOC001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Commission on the Southern Exposition held at Louisville, Kentucky
Report to the Legislature, 1883
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Control #:
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SZSOH001
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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Soldiers' Children's Home of New Jersey
Records, 1865-1877
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Control #:
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SZSOL001
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Format:
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2.25 c.f. (5 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Home established to provide care for orphaned children of Civil War soldiers.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Soldiers' Children's Home of New Jersey
Annual Reports, 1871-1876
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Control #:
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SZSOL002
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (4 reports)
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Notes:
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Includes 1871, 1874-1876.
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Series:
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New Jersey State Commission on Soldiers' Claims - Spanish-American War Volunteers
Report to the Governor and Legislature, 1903
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Control #:
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SZSOM001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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South Jersey Port Commission
Annual Report, 1968
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Control #:
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SZSOT001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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New Jersey State Commission of the South Jersey Exposition (1926)
Report and Photographs, 1926
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Control #:
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SZSOU001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (2 copies of 1 report)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority
Preliminary Draft of Sports Complex Bond Resolution, 1974
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Control #:
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SZSPO001
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 item)
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Notes:
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Adopted January 1974.
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Series:
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Commission on State Administrative Reorganization
Report to the Governor, Part 3, 1944
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Control #:
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SZSTA001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 report)
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Series:
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State Capital Building Commission
Records, 1945-1946
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Control #:
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SZSTC001
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Format:
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5.5 c.f. (5 document cases and 2 map boxes)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Commission on the Plan of the Stevens Battery
Report to the Legislature, 1870
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Control #:
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SZSTE001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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Commission to Rebuild the Burnt Portion of the State House
Minutes, 1885-1895
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Control #:
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SZSTG001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Notes:
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Covers the period 7 April 1885 to 26 March 1895. Also includes loose inventory of salvaged materials sold publicly, 1889.
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Series:
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State House Commission
Records, 1952-1969
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Control #:
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SZSTH001
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Format:
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10 c.f. (10 boxes)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State House Commission
Minutes, 1889-1962
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Control #:
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SZSTH002
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Format:
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4 c.f. (21 vols.)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State House Commission
Telephone Directories for Trenton General Offices, 1933-1938
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Control #:
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SZSTH003
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Format:
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0.04 c.f. (4 items)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes 1933, 1934, 1936 & 1938.
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Series:
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State House Commission
Analysis of State Government Office Space, 1938
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Control #:
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SZSTH004
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By building
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Notes:
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Photographic survey of state office buildings in Trenton.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State House Commission
Veterans Emergency Housing Project Sales Records, 1953-1962
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Control #:
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SZSTH005
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Format:
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4 c.f. (4 boxes)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State House Commission
Records relating to the Restoration of the Old Barracks and Construction of Stacy Park, 1911-1916
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Control #:
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SZSTH006
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Format:
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7 c.f. (various)
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Notes:
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Includes correspondence of Adjutant General Wilbur F. Sadler.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State House Commission
Architectural Drawings of the State House Annex, ca. 1928-1972
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Control #:
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SZSTH007
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Format:
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8.4 c.f. (10 map drawers)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State House Commission
Letter Book, 1911-1914
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Control #:
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SZSTH008
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Notes:
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Covers the period 10 October 1911 to 7 July 1914.
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Series:
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State House Commission
State House Construction Records, 1845-1905
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Control #:
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SZSTH009
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Notes:
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See guide for contents of Box 1; Box 2 contains additional material found among Department of Treasury records.
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Series:
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State House Commission
Architectural Drawings of Assembly Chambers and Governor's Private Room, 1891-1915
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Control #:
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SZSTH010
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Format:
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4 c.f. (19 drawings)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State Law Enforcement Planning Agency
Miscellaneous Publications, 1974-1977
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Control #:
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SZSTL001
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Notes:
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Includes Criminal Justice Plans, 1976-1977.
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Series:
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State Office Building Authority
Minutes, 1951-1953
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Control #:
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SZSTO001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Notes:
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Covers the period 7 August 1951 - 25 May 1953.
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Series:
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Commission on State Tax Policy
Annual Reports, 1950-1963
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Control #:
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SZSTT001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
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Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Industries
Annual Reports, 1878-1917
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Control #:
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SZSTX001
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Format:
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9 c.f. (9 boxes, 101 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Available online to 1917 at www.danj.org and at www.njdigitalhighway.org.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Related records:
Series:
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Governor Richard Joseph Hughes (1909-1992; served 1962-1970)
Minutes of State and Interstate Authorities, 1962-1970
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Control #:
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S5100004
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Format:
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20 c.f. (20 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Includes Turnpike, Port of New York, Delaware River Port, Delaware River Joint Toll & NJ Highway Authorities. Box nos. 420-439.
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Series:
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Governor William Thomas Cahill (1912-1996; served 1970-1974)
Counsel's Office
Minutes of Commissions and Authorities, 1970-1973
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Control #:
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S52CO013
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Format:
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29 c.f. (29 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Governor Brendan Thomas Byrne (1924- ; served 1974-1982)
Counsel's Office
Minutes of State and Interstate Authorities, 1972-1982
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Control #:
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S53CO005
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Format:
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54 c.f. (55 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Includes files of Donald Linky, Lewis Kaden, Donald Sharkey, Teel Rhett, Leo Motiuk, Stewart Pollock, Arlene Gardner & Amy Piro.
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Series:
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Governor Thomas Howard Kean (1935- ; served 1982-1990)
Counsel's Office
Authorities Minutes, 1981-1986
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Control #:
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S54CO006
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Format:
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17 c.f. (17 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Includes boxes G-16 to G-22, G-250 to G-251, G-633 to G-638, G-840 and G-1274.
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 189.97 c.f. of paper records and 1 reel of microfilm ~
To contact the New Jersey State Archives about research, reference services, records transfers or donations, please email us at njarchives@sos.nj.gov
This page last updated 05/17/2006
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