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Content Warning: The items in this collection may contain racist and harmful depictions of marginalized groups, sexist or misogynistic language, and xenophobic attitudes and opinions.

The collection consists of 10 boxes, one oversized folder and 4 rolled maps. The material is divided into 11 series as described below. The core of this collection provides information about the history of the Trenton Normal School from its founding in 1855, its move to Ewing and transition to New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton (1937). It also provides some
information on its successor institutions from the 1930s to 2023. The collection also includes information about the Model School, especially highlighting achievements of the older students in publications including The Signal and records of the Thencanic Society, and scrapbooks kept by Grace Bromwell Fletcher, Class of 1907 and Emma R. Kerns Crofton, Class of 1916. There is also some information about alumni activities found in the form of event programs (1900s-1950s, 1980-1996) and the publication Accent and Alumni Review (1987-1996).

This booklet from the 1879 Normal School commencement at Taylor Opera House includes lists of graduating students (both the February and June classes), including their home towns. It also contains the list of commencement exercises. No transcription.

This booklet from the 1903 Model School commencement includes lists of graduating students, their home towns, and their area of study. It also contains the list of commencement exercises. Of some note is the mention of an essay given by honor student Charlotta Miller on the Black poet and author Paul Lawrence Dunbar, which has unfortunately not survived. The student roster also includes several surnames that appear in other classes from around this period, namely Britton, De Cou, and Bosworth; these students may be siblings of those sharing their name. Some students from the Class of 1904 also appear. No transcription.

This booklet, which was originally pasted into an unknown scrapbook and at an unknown point removed, details the Normal School's Thanksgiving Festival in November 1917. The original production seems to have dressed students as various Thanksgiving foods in the first act, and as allegorical figures in the second. The top portion of the list for Act 3 is covered by the remains of the scrapbook, but the list of names is clear. No transcription.

Blank Commencement invitation and envelope from New Jersey State Normal School, undated but similar to those printed c. 1869.

The photograph shows students and faculty sitting and standing on the steps of the school. Two students are sitting on a rug, but still within the front row. They are located in front of the main doors to the school building. In the bottom center of the photograph is a sign that reads "Normal '08 February."

The photograph shows students and faculty sitting and standing on the steps of the school. They are located in front of the main doors to the school building. In the bottom center of the photograph is a sign that reads "June 1912."

The photograph shows students and faculty standing on the steps of the school. They are located in front of the main doors to the school building. In the middle of the front row, two students hold a sign in front of Principal James Green that reads "February 1914."

The photograph shows faculty sitting and standing on the steps of the school. They are located in front of the main doors to the school building.

The photograph shows students and faculty sitting and standing on the steps of the school. They are located in front of the main doors to the school building. In the middle of the front row, students hold a sign that reads "February 1915."