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Manuscript Collections 

The following is a list of MCHA Manuscript Collections Finding Aids which are available online. Please note that this list is not our entire holdings, but just those collections whose finding aids are available online.

Additional finding aids will be added as collections are processed.

To view a particular finding aid, click on the title of the collection. To search finding aids for specific information, please use the "Search This Site" box in the upper left corner of every webpage.

Coll. 1 Peter Vredenburgh Papers, 1856 - 1868
Coll. 2 Georgianna Souther Barrows Papers, 1846 - 1881
Coll. 3 Freehold Young Ladies' Seminary (Freehold, NJ) Collection, 1845 - 1977
Coll. 4 Vera Conover Collection, 1749 - 1977
Coll. 5 North American Phalanx (Phalanx, NJ) Records, 1841 - 1972
Coll. 6 Allaire Family Papers, 1808 - 1901
Coll. 7 Tinton Falls Iron Works Records, 1668 - 1761
Coll. 8 Dover Forge (Berkeley Township, NJ) Records, 1821 - 1850
Coll. 9 William Burroughs Ross Papers, 1862 - 1864
Coll. 10 Holmes Family Papers, 1698 - 1851
Coll. 11 Hartshorne Family Papers, 1771 - 1954
Coll. 12 Joseph Hartshorne Genealogical Collection, 1852 - 1918
Coll. 13 James Wall Shureman Papers, 1841 - 1848, 1909
Coll. 14 Schanck Family Papers, 1790 - 1813
Coll. 15 Samuel Cooke Sermons, 1748 - 1794
Coll. 16 Conover Family Papers, 1700 - 1897
Coll. 17 Keansburg Steamboat Company Records, 1910 - 1914
Coll. 18 Forman Family Papers, 1718 - 1899
Coll. 19 Yard Family Papers, 1731 - 1934
Coll. 20 Henry W. Bohling Jewelry Design Scrapbooks, 1883 - 1930
Coll. 21 Philip Freneau Collection, 1661 - 1939
Coll. 22 Cherry Hall Papers, 1682 - 1941
Coll. 23 Denise Family Papers, 1788 - 1884, 1907
Coll. 24 Hartshorne Family Papers II, 1664 - 1915
Coll. 25 Tunis Craig Collection, 1735 - 1828, 1862 - 1865
Coll. 26 Louise Hartshorne Collection, 1778 - 1953
Coll. 27 Schanck Family Papers, 1741 - 1906
Coll. 28 James A. Bradley Papers, 1891 - 1897
Coll. 29 Monmouth Battle Monument Commission (Freehold, NJ) Records, 1854, 1878 - 1932
Coll. 31 Morris Family Papers, 1875 - 1968
Coll. 32 Monmouth County (NJ) Legal Dockets, 1793 - 1898
Coll. 33 Cowart Family Papers, 1780 - 1795, 1803 - ca. 1942
Coll. 34 Perrine Family Papers, 1809 - 1938
Coll. 35 Archibald Parritt Cobb Papers, 1840, 1869 - 1881
Coll. 36 Frank Rosebrook Symmes Papers, 1761 - 1763, 1827 - 1946
Coll. 37 John C. Patterson Papers, 1807 - 1896
Coll. 38 Preston Family Papers, 1714 - 1882
Coll. 40 William Brokow Bamford Collection, 1876 - 1945
Coll. 41 Monmouth County Board of Agriculture Records, 1884 - 1972
Coll. 42 John C. Mills Collection, 1870s - 1970s
Coll. 43 Carr, Martin, and Davis Families Collection, 1851 - 1943
Coll. 45 George Henry Matthews Letters, 1862 - 1864
Coll. 47 Elias S. Longstreet Papers, 1898 - 1923
Coll. 48 Van Schoick and Dunn (Matawan, NJ) Records, 1849 - 1928
Coll. 49 Fire Insurance Policies, 1885 - 1947
Coll. 50 Sussman Family Papers, 1915 - 1955
Coll. 51 A & M Karagheusian, Inc. (Freehold, NJ) Records, 1914 - 2001, n.d.
Coll. 52 Joel P. Fields Collection, 1745 - 1956
Coll. 53 Natelson's (Red Bank, NJ) Records, 1949 - 1975
Coll. 55 James Steen Papers, 1668 - 1908
Coll. 56 W. S. Holmes Collection, 1740 - 1958
Coll. 57 Josephine Brown Collection, 1609 - 1951
Coll. 58 Reid and Parker Families Papers, 1769 - 1907
Coll. 59 Beers Family Papers, 1804 - 1864
Coll. 60 J. Amory Haskell Memorial Collection, 1681 - 1929
Coll. 61 The Advisor Journal (newspaper) Photographic Archives, ca. 1985 - 1990
Coll. 62 Samuel T. Sleeper Papers, 1862 - 1867
Coll. 63 Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers Union of Monmouth and Ocean Counties Records, 1894 - 1977
Coll. 70 Sol Axelrod Collection, 1943 - 1985
Coll. 72 Battle of Monmouth Collection, 1776 -
Coll. 81 Keyport and Middletown Turnpike Company, 1864 - 1903
Coll. 83 Memmott Family Papers, 1954 - 1981, n.d.
Coll. 84 George H. Moss Stereograph Collection, cal 1850s - 1910
Coll. 85 World War I Collection
Coll. 86 Richard Hartshorne Collection, 1607 - 1971
Coll. 87 John Stillwell Applegate Papers, 1902, 1909 - 1912, n.d.
Coll. 88 Gardner C. Klein Collection, 1800 - 1927, n.d.
Coll. 89 J. Owen Grundy Collection, 1717, 1838 - 1983, n.d.
Coll. 109 William T. Ackerson Papers, 1861 - 1914
Coll. 134 United States Army, New Jersey Infantry, 14th Regiment, Company G (1862 - 1865) Records, 1862 July 22 - October 25
Coll. 135 New Jersey Militia, Monmouth and Ocean Brigade, 2nd Regiment, Allstrom Light Guard Records, 1861 November 23 and December 2
Coll. 141 Anonymous. War records of the 25th New York Vol[unteer] Cav[alry], 1863 and 1865, n.d.
Coll. 142 Grand Army of the Republic, Department of New Jersey Collection, 1871 - 1889, n.d.
Coll. 145 United States Army, New Jersey Infantry, 14th Regiment, Company D (1862 - 1865) Records, 1862 July 20 - August 20
Coll. 148 James W. Conover Papers, 1864 - 1865
Coll. 331 Day Family Papers, 1815, 1868 - 1981
Coll. 427 Halsey Family Papers, 1840 - 1999
Coll. 440 Everett McWithey Monmouth County Schoolhouses Collection, c. 1950s, 1963-1983
Coll. 468 World War II Collection

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