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This small booklet unfolds to a long program detailing the staff and students involved in this production of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." Based on the credited names, Normal School students worked on nearly every aspect of the production, under the supervision of several teachers. No transcription.

New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)
1 · Box · c. 1873-1921
Part of Commencement Collection

Contains ephemera related to Commencement such as invitations, tickets, and programs for Senior class activities and the Commencement ceremony from the era of the Normal School from c. 1873 to 1921.

New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)
Class Day program
1 · Item · 1911
Part of Mildred Duncan Warnecke Collection

1911 Class Day program belonging to Edna Van Sickle (Budd). The class day for that year took place on June 20, 1011. The program includes listings of class officers, the "Suffragette Office of 'The Seal,'" Class Day Committee members, Class Yell, Class Song, and the names of the June 1911 graduating class.

New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)
1 · Series · 1873-1932
Part of Commencement Collection

There are two scrapbooks in this series: The older scrapbook (c. 1873-1921) contains ephemera related to Commencement such as invitations, tickets, and programs for Senior class activities and the Commencement ceremony from the era of the Normal School.

In the 1908-1932 scrapbook, many of the Commencement programs only have the page with the events of the day and do not have the cover and/or a page listing the graduate’s names. Starting in 1918, some of them have the page with graduates’ names, but they were at one time pasted into a notebook that has since been disassembled but the back pages of the brochures may not be accessible and/or readable.

New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)

Annual Reports of the State Normal School Board of Trustees to the State Senate and General Assembly provide a yearly review of both the Normal School and Model School operations. The information provided varies from year to year but generally includes a Report of the Principal [a position that became President of the College], Treasurer’s Reports, a list of officers and instructors, descriptions of courses of instruction and names of graduates.

New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)
1 · Folder · 1911
Part of Mildred Duncan Warnecke Collection

Annual yearbook of The New Jersey State Normal School. The name of New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.) was changed in 1929 to State Teachers College and State Normal School at Trenton; in 1937 to New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton; in 1958 to Trenton State College; in 1996 to The College of New Jersey (TCNJ).

This yearbook belonged to Edna Buck Van Sickle Budd was born in 1890 to Walter N. Van Sickle and Theresa Buck in Unionville, New York. Shortly after, the family moved to Wantage, New Jersey. She attended the New Jersey State Normal School in Trenton where she was president of the class of 1911, a member of Gamma Sigma literary society, and a member of the short-lived social club the “Sacred Nine.” She taught 6th grade in Chatham, New Jersey Schools for three years before marrying Merritt L. Budd (1887-1952) in 1914. After her children were born, she was active in their school’s Parent Teacher Association and a wide array of religious, civic, and history organizations. She also remained active in the Trenton State College, Gamma Sigma Nu alumni group. She died in 1982

New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)
Annual Reports
1855-1907 · Series · 1855-1907
Part of Annual Reports and Bulletins

Content warning: The materials include inaccurate, derogatory, and/or offensive depictions of people indigenous to the area and references to minstrel show performances.

The Annual Report began as a report submitted to the New Jersey State Legislature in 1855, and later to the New Jersey State Board of Education. The earliest issues contain essays and remarks by the school’s principals; descriptions of the Normal School and Model School curricula and courses; information about admissions standards; college finances; rules about student life and behavior; and lists of students, faculty and staff.

From 1855 to 1907, the publication was named Annual Report. Then from 1908-1933, it was named Annual Report and Catalogue (or Catalog). In 1930, separate Bulletins were issued for extension courses.Then, beginning in 1933-1934, the name of the publication changed to Bulletin and no longer contained “Annual Report” in its title. This new State Teachers College Bulletin was serialized to four issues per academic year: the first issue contained the first semester extension courses, the second was the main course catalog, the third published the second semester extension courses, and the fourth contained the summer school courses. This format was fairly consistent into the 1950s until the school published graduate bulletins later in the decade. In the 1960s, separate bulletins were published for field services and guides for applicants. In the 1970s, another issue was added for continuing education courses.

Of special note, the parameters of the academic year changed many times before settling on the current format of the school year beginning in autumn and finishing in the summer of the following year. For many issues of the Annual Report, the year began in what we would now consider the second or Spring semester. Often, the Bulletin contained the summer session in the year previous or following. During both world wars, issues had combined years likely to save paper. In more recent years, the Graduate Bulletin was issued with a different volume numbering system than the others in the series.

The content of the Annual Reports during the Normal school years contained a good deal of information about faculty updates, student life and activities, as well as photographs of buildings, classrooms, and groups of students. The Bulletins were structured more like a typical course catalog, but all graduates’ names continued to be printed until 1956.

New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)
1870 · Item · 1870
Part of Class Photographs Collection

The photograph shows students and faculty sitting on steps in front of a closed doors. Several people are leaning on columns in front of the doorway. Several students are holding bows and arrows. Others are holding other objects such as books, umbrellas, and croquet mallets. There are croquet mallets on the ground in front of the group.

New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)
1882 · Item · 1882
Part of Class Photographs Collection

The image shows faculty standing and students sitting on the steps in front of the closed doors to a building. Faculty are standing between the columns. One faculty member is leaning against the right-most column. Some of the students in the front row are holding adorned straw hats. Others are sitting with their hands clasped. "Class of 1882" is printed at the bottom of the photograph.

New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)