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I have amassed a large number of items related to the history of Rutgers University and the City of New Brunswick. On this page you will find my experiments at displaying some of that collection.

Rutgers College

&

Douglass College

(Formerly The New Jersey College for Women)

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Rutgers College and University

Rutgers Postcards   - Some of my Rutgers post card collection. (More to come)

The Class of 1863   - These are images from an 1863 "yearbook" that was compiled for the class. It has the signatures of each student as well as some extra info like their town of residence or fraternity affiliation. The pictures seen here are on the blurry side because they were taken with a digital camera. The pages could not be scanned properly because the book is too large and fragile to put on the scanner bed.

Addresses At The Inauguration of Merrill Edwards Gates as President of Rutgers College - 1882

Songs of Rutgers (1885) - a collection of songs in use by the Glee Club and students of Rutgers College / compiled and edited by Frank S. Scudder.

1895 Graduation Week Program   - This is a small cardstock and paper program that describes the activities of commencement week. These activities culminated with the graduation ceremony.

The Class of 1903

The Targum – Read some (very) old back issues of the Targum.

The Rutgers Alumni Monthly & The Rutgers Alumni Magazine - Read some (very) old back issues

The RU Index (.pdf format, 4.6mb)   - This is part of a book giving the names of all the people who graduated from Rutgers from its creation till 1904 (including the Freshman (1900) thru Senior (1904) Classes).The book has 2 parts. The first has the names of all the graduates listed by graduation year. The second part (available here), has an alphabetical listing of graduates, followed by the year they graduated.

The Peerless Quartet Sings "On The Banks" circa 1915 (.mp3 format)   - The Peerless Quartet, (known as the Columbia Quartet prior to 1908), was a vocal group from the acoustic (pre-electric recording) era. The lead singer and later manager was Henry Burr. The group made hundreds of recordings between 1904 and 1928, including popular versions of hits such as Sweet Adeline, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Let Me Call You Sweetheart, and I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad. While no official "Billboard" chart existed during the Peerless Quartet's career, the magazine's staff archivist Joel Whitburn, using a variety of sources, estimates the group had 108 "charting" singles, the 9th-most of the pre-rock period. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Rutgers College hand book for the year 1902-1903, Vol. IX. Presented by the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA).

Rutgers College hand book for the year 1919-1920, Vol. XXVI. Presented by the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA).

Journal of the Rutgers University Library - Vol.1, No.1. December 1937.

Rutgers University - Inauguration of President Robert Clarkson Clothier and One Hundred Sixty-Sixth Commencement.

Bulletin of Rutgers University Admission to the University – 1952

1912 Rutgers Calendar showing college life from one hundred years ago. The cover of this calendar is a sheet of embossed leather.

Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Rutgers College – A Collection of catalogues from the 19th century.

The Scarlet Letter – 1890. Volume XIX of the Rutgers College Yearbook. Produced by the class of 1890 in June of 1889.

The Red and the Black, 1969. Volume 1, Number 1 of a Vietnam era alternative/protest newspaper published by Rutgers Students. Was there an issue 2? I’d love to know.

Song Book -  Gamma Zeta of Delta Sigma Phi - 1967

Untitled - The Magazine of Rutgers University College

 

Douglass College (Formerly the New Jersey College for Women)

 

1922 Quair - This is the very first issue of the NJC / Douglass Yearbook.

Katherine Ewald NJC Snapshot Album – Views of the NJC Campus and campus life from 1925 to 1930.

1927 Graduation week program from the New Jersey College For Women

2010 Douglass Yule Log program. The names change every year, but the text stays pretty much the same.

Historical Data on Douglass College, Rutgers The State University Book II - Traditions-Events-Organizations - June 1960 (Download as a .pdf, 12 mb)

Cook Book of the Ex-Presidents Club of the Third District N.J.S.F.W.C. - 1925 - Compiled from recipes contributed by members of Clubs of the Third District, and to be sold for the benefit of the Fund for the Music Studio at the New Jersey College for Women at New Brunswick New Jersey.

My memorabilia display. See images of the display I put up at the Franklin Lakes Library in 2007.

 

City of New Brunswick, New Jersey.

 

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New Brunswick N.J. Postcards   - Some of my New Brunswick post card Collection. (More to come)

For more great postcards, check out this site from the New Brunswick Public Library: http://www.nbfpl.org/postcards/index.html

Souvenir Song: New Brunswick You’re Our Pride – Written for the 200th Anniversary of the City of New Brunswick in 1930.

The Official Book of New Brunswick – A Complete Survey through pictures and illustrated authentic subject matter signed by officials and citizens of recognized authority. Published by the Junior Chamber of Commerce – 1927

Save the Raritan - Queen of Rivers by Richard J. Walsh. 1928

 

Questions? Comments?
Please contact me at:

lew@bccls.org

Thanks!