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Public Record Office
The Public Record Office was established as New Jersey's official archival repository in 1920. It was merged with the New Jersey State Library in 1943, and became the Library's Bureau of Archives and History in 1945 (see link below).
The Bureau of Archives and History became the Division of Archives and Records Management, within the Department of State, in 1983. |
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Public Record Office
Publications Relating to Public Records in New Jersey, 1899-1940
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Control #:
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SZPUR001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (5 vols., 1 photocopy, 20 letters)
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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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Public Record Office
Scrapbooks of Dr. Carlos E. Godfrey, 1903-1940
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Control #:
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SZPUR002
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (4 boxes)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Public Record Office
Conservation Correspondence, 1921-1941
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Control #:
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SZPUR003
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Public Record Office
General Correspondence and Miscellaneous Material, 1921-1940
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Control #:
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SZPUR004
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Public Record Office
Subject File, 1920-1945
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Control #:
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SZPUR005
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Format:
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4.5 c.f. (9 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by subject
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Public Record Office
County and Municipal Survey Records, 1941-1942
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Control #:
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SZPUR006
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Format:
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1.25 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by municipality
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Public Record Office
Survey of County and Municipal Offices, 1921
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Control #:
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SZPUR007
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (3 vols.)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Public Record Office
Survey of Books in County Clerks' and Surrogates' Offices [incomplete], 1920s
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Control #:
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SZPUR008
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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 county
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Notes:
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Only seven counties are included.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Public Record Office
Indexes to Assembly Proceedings ["Votes"], 1710-1754
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Control #:
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SZPUR009
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Public Record Office
Notebooks of Dr. Carlos E. Godfrey relating to New Jersey Historical Manuscripts and Public Records, ca. 1906-1918
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Control #:
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SZPUR010
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
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Public Record Office
Minutes, 1920-1937
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SZPUR011
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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Public Record Office
Register of Records Transferred, 1921-1922 & 1946-1947
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Control #:
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SZPUR012
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Entries are for 1921-1922 & 1946-1947 only. Spine title includes records destroyed or deposited; however, only transfers recorded.
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Series:
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Public Record Office
Records Destruction Requests, 1924-1936
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Control #:
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SZPUR013
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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Roughly chronological
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Notes:
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Requests are numbered 1-154.
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Public Record Office
Card Indexes, 1680s-1890s
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Control #:
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SZPUR014
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Two indexes by Carlos Godfrey (including prominent Trentonians); index to proprietary-period NJ records; & NJ records in Albany, NY.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Public Record Office
Papers relating to the Continental Congress in Session at Trenton, 1784
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Control #:
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SZPUR015
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Notes:
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Includes resolution recognizing Carlos E. Godfrey and several original manuscripts relating to the Congress's meeting place.
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Public Record Office
Annotated List of Municipal and County Records, 1920s-1930s
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Control #:
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SZPUR016
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Format:
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0.15 c.f. (1 folder)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by municipality/county
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Notes:
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Annotated by Carlos Godfrey. In very brittle condition.
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Series:
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Public Record Office/State Service Bureau, Inc.
Directories of County and Municipal Officials, 1928-1965
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Control #:
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SZPUR017
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Date
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Notes:
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Includes PRO directories, 1928-35 & 1937-40; after 1940 published by State Service Bureau. Missing 1936, 1942, 1951, 1956 & 1962.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Public Record Office
Subject Index to Correspondence Files, ca. 1938
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Control #:
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SZPUR018
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical
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Notes:
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Provides references to a filing system which was apparently superceded.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Public Record Office
Engraved Printing Plates for Book Plate and Deposit Slip, no date
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Control #:
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SZPUR019
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Format:
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0.02 c.f. (2 metal plates)
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Related records:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War)
Card Index: Loyalists in the King's Army, 1775-1778
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Control #:
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SDEA1015
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (3 card index boxes); 2 reels (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Includes summaries of Loyalist service, with notations by Carlos Godfrey; sources unknown. Poss. produced by Public Record Office.
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 14.27 c.f. of paper records and 2 reels 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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