Library & Archives
Items related to Monmouth County history and genealogy held by other repositories
In addition to the collections housed at the Monmouth County Historical Association, materials on Monmouth County history and genealogy may be found at the following locations:
See also our Directory of Historical Societies in Monmouth County, New Jersey
See also our Directory of County Historical Societies in New Jersey
Rutgers University
Special Collections and University Archives
Alexander Library
169 College Avenue
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
(732) 932-7006
Brookdale Community College
Bankier Library
765 Newman Springs Road
Lincroft, New Jersey 07738
(732) 224-2706
Monmouth University
Guggenheim Library
Special Collections
Cedar Avenue
West Long Branch, New Jersey 07764
(732) 571-3438
Matawan Public Library
165 Main Street
Matawan, New Jersey 07747
(732) 583-9100
The Matawan Aberdeen Public Library has a searchable database for the Matawan Journal, 1869-1973.
Township of Middletown Public Library
55 New Monmouth Road
Middletown, New Jersey 07748
(732) 671-3700
The Middletown Township Public Library has a searchable database for the Red Bank Register, 1878-1973.
Red Bank Public Library
84 West Front Street
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
(732) 842-0690
New Jersey Historical Society
52 Park Place
Newark, New Jersey 07102
(973) 596-8500
New Jersey Historical Commission
New Jersey Department of State
P.O. Box 305
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
(609) 292-6062
New Jersey State Archives
225 West State Street
P.O. Box 307
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
(609) 292-6260
New Jersey State Library
185 West State Street
P.O. Box 520
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
(609) 278-2640
The New Jersey State Library website has several on-line searchable documents, including Stryker's "Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War" and others.
Advocates for New Jersey History
c/o William Trent House
15 Market Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08611
Preservation New Jersey
30 South Warren Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08608
(609) 392-6409
State of New Jersey, Historic Preservation Office
P.O. Box 404
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
(609) 984-0176
New Jersey Historic Trust
Dept. of Community Affairs
P.O. Box 457
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
(609) 984-0473
To retrieve specific citations and information about archival and manuscript collections concerning Monmouth County, conduct a search for manuscript and archival collections cataloged in the national database RLIN via the Library of Congress. Please note that many collections exist that are not in the RLIN database.
You may also join the H-New-Jersey computer discussion group, which is sponsored by the New Jersey Historical Commission. The subject of this group is everything concerned with the study of New Jersey history and is open to anyone. Subscription is free. For more information, click here.
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This page updated 20 February 2010
