Imaged Collections

Over 7,100 images from our photograph and manuscript collections are presented below and in our Documentary Treasures area. Consult the Guide to Reproduction and Research Services, Policies and Fees for information on reproduction of these and other images available from the New Jersey State Archives.

• Military and Wartime Activities
• Cultural Resources and Historical Geography
• Governors' Documents and Institutional Records
• County and Municipal Records
• Family Papers and Non-Governmental Organizations

11,824 images from the following collections:

• Civil War Cartes de Visite - 401 portraits of New Jersey Civil War soldiers, mostly officers, 1861-1890s
• United States Colored Troops Service Files - 286 images of service records for New Jersey's black soldiers in the Civil War, 1862-1870s
• United States Navy - Volunteer/Enlistment Certificates, 1864-1865 - 609 images of volunteer/enlistment certificates, 1864-1865
• Spanish-American War Infantry Officers - 40 portraits collected to honor those who served, 1898-1904
• Spanish-American War Naval Officers - 25 officers' portraits in the Battalions of the East and West, 1898-1905
• Spanish-American War Miscellaneous Naval Photographs- 9 maritime and group photographs, 1898
• New Jersey National Guard - 1,039 photographs collected by the New Jersey National Guard, including a Mexican Border War scrapbook.
• World War I Casualties: Descriptive Cards and Photographs - 5,353 images of information cards and photographs of soldiers and sailors who died in World War I. Also includes 3,957 images of correspondece from those soldiers' families.
• Gettysburg Monuments - 86 images depicting New Jersey's monuments and related material, 1885-1888
• Photographs of Monuments - 19 views of New Jersey military monuments, in-and out-of-state, 1888-1908

7,110 images from the following collections:

• Department of Agriculture Photograph Collection - 2,017 images depicting farming in New Jersey from the 1880s to 1983
• Department of Transportation Photographs by Subject - 324 images related to roads and transportation in New Jersey from the 1920s to the 1970s
• Division of Parks and Forestry Photograph Collection - 338 images of state historic sites, structures and parks from the 1930s to the 1970s
• Wanaque Waterworks - 159 images documenting the construction of the waterworks, 1920-192
• Morris Canal Investigation - 67 images showing the canal in 1903, from Jersey City to Phillipsburg
• State Geologist photographs of the Morris Canal - 119 views of the Morris Canal compiled by Henry B. Kümmel, 1923-1937
• State Geologist photographs of the Delaware and Raritan Canal - 41 views compiled by Henry B. Kümmel, 1935-1936
• Early Houses of Burlington County - 111 views of historic houses photographed by Nathaniel R. Ewan, 1932-1949
• State Government Offices - 23 images of buildings in Trenton used by state government agencies, 1938
• Federal Writers' Project Photographs - 3,911 images used by the Works Progress Administration for publications that depicted New Jersey sites, people and activities in the 1930-1940s.

838 images from the following collections:

• Governors’ Oaths of Office - 68 images of the original oaths of office of governors and acting governors from 1790 to the present
• Bordentown Manual Training School - 100 photographs of student activities, staff and school grounds, 1930s-1950s
• Governor's War Cabinet - 574 pages of minutes documenting World War II-era civil defense in New Jersey, 1942-1944
• Lindbergh Kidnapping Evidence Photos - 24 images of State's evidence from the 1935 Hauptmann trial
• Inmate File #17400 - 72 images from Bruno Richard Hauptmann's State Prison file, 1934-1965

997 images from the following collections:

• Bergen County Peddler's Licenses - 7 images of petitions and recommendations for peddler's licenses, 1760-1800
• Burlington County Birth Certificates of Children of Slaves- 15 images of birth certificates, 1804-1826
• Burlington County Non-Resident Marriage License Applications- 21 images of marriage applications, 1897-1898
• Burlington County Peddler's Licenses - 10 images of petitions for peddler's licenses, 1739-ca. 1776
• Cumberland County Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants - 67 images of applications for federal pensions by Revolutionary War veterans, 1820-1829
• Essex County Shopkeepers' Petitions & Licenses - 65 images of petitions for shopkeeper licenses, 1781
• Hunterdon County Slave Manumissions - 152 images of Hunterdon County freedom papers, 1788-1836
• Hunterdon County Children of Slaves - 456 birth certificates of children born to Hunterdon County slaves, 1804-1835
• Hunterdon County Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants - 130 images of applications for federal pensions by Revolutionary War veterans, 1820-1828
• Middlesex County Shopkeepers' Petitions & Licenses - 23 images of petitions for shopkeeper licenses, 1781
• Somerset County Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants - 88 images of applications for federal pensions by Revolutionary War veterans, 1820-1831

52 images from the following collection:

• Cleveland Family Records - 52 images of letters, photos and memorabilia of President Grover Cleveland and his family, 1838-1909