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This series is divided according to the publications' origins, and includes the following sub-series:
The Signal and State Signal - Includes some issues of The Signal and its successor publication the State Signal, a student publication established in 1885 that continues to be published today. The Signal began as a literary magazine created by students of both the Normal School and the Model School. In addition to poems and short stories, it reported general news about the schools (athletics, courses, cultural activities, etc.), and information about faculty, graduating
seniors and alumni as well as providing editorials. Of particular interest is the May-June 1917 issue which includes a history of (p. 193) and a farewell to (p. 195) the Model School which closed in 1917. After a lapse of 10 years, the publication returned in the fall of 1929 as a student newspaper providing full coverage of campus activities. This collection includes scattered issues of The Signal from 1885 to 1919, and some issues of the State Signal from 1933 to 1975. Issues from 1933 document the school’s move from Trenton to the new Hillwood Lakes campus (Ewing), and the 1955 issue documents the centennial celebration of the Normal School.

Student Handbooks - The Student Handbook (1938-1939; 1939-1940) was published by the Student Executive Board and provides information about academics, social groups, athletics, and general policies. A Hand Book for the Women’s Athletic Association (1939-1940) provides information about women’s intramural and school sports activities.

Bonner Scholar Publications - There are a few issues of a publication from TCNJ’s Bonner Scholars. The Wall (2017-2018), which became Street Light (2018, 2023), features stories about homelessness in Trenton.

Miscellaneous Student publications - This sub-series includes a booklet of two plays written in 1921 by the Normal School’s History and English classes; a 1942 satirical student newspaper; a 1960 literary magazine and a photographic essay about Front & Warren Streets in Trenton (ca. 2000s).

Miscellaneous Faculty Writings - Included is Geography of New Jersey, by State Teachers College President Roscoe L. West and former Head of Geography Department, Ella Huntington, 1938, and two papers on women in politics given by Trenton State College faculty members Allen H. Merriam (Indira Gandhi: Prime Minister) and Marian B. McLeod (Bernadette Devlin: Irish Political Heroine) as part of a conference titled Women in Politics: Studies in Role and Status, 1974.

Outside Publications – This includes a variety of booklets and pamphlets and press clippings written by sources outside the school that discuss aspects of the institution. Of particular interest are issues of the Education Bulletin published by the New Jersey State Board of Education, 1915-1919, 1948 and Curricula and Entrance Requirements of the State Teachers Colleges and State Normal Schools, 1929, published by the State Department of Public Instruction.

Content Warning: This series contains racist, sexist, and chauvinistic topics, as well as jingoist rhetoric in support of the Spanish-American War and US imperialism. Generally juvenile language also appears throughout.

The Thencanic Society was a debating society founded in October of 1882 by 18 members of the Boy’s Department of the State Model School. The purpose of the society was to “develop a correct mode of speaking, to qualify its members by practice to express their opinions in public, and to become better acquainted with the laws governing deliberative assemblies.” To this end, they held debates, mock legislatures and other activities. The records of the society include a list of officers (1882-1899), Critic’s Reports (1892-1900), records of mock legislatures (1887-1897), correspondence (1882-1900) and others as listed below. Despite its lofty goals, the Thencanic Society was made up of teenage boys, and the records of the Society sometimes reflect a tongue-in-cheek attitude, especially in the Critic’s Reports that often admonish members for their rowdy and/or eccentric behavior.

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.

There are 2 brass name stencils for S. E. Wolverton and S. C. Wolverton. These stencils likely pre-date Clara Wolverton, (possibly mid-19th century on), and their original owner is unknown, though her mother’s married initials start with S. C..

Contains annual class photographs of the New Jersey State Normal School at Trenton. In many instances, there are multiple class photographs because the school graduated students in February and June, as well as other months.

The Correspondence Series contains her first teaching recommendation letter in 1915, a teaching appointment notice, and a few personal letters ending in 1954.

The Prints Series includes four etchings or reproductions of St. Petersburg Florida churches inscribed: “for Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wilhelm” by Will Kay Hagerman (Kent Hagerman). These items are not scanned.

This series includes several publications that provide a good overview of the Normal and Model
Schools as well as for specific topics as listed below. Especially interesting are State Teachers College
and State Normal School, Trenton, NJ: Past, Present and Future, 1930 and Time the Great Teacher: A History
of One Hundred Years of the New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton, 1855-1955. The material is
arranged in chronological order.

This small series is arranged in chronological order and includes material from 1857, 1865, 1904,
1920 and 1986. The earliest letter is an 1857 invitation from the Normal School Principal to the
Judges of the Court of Errors and Appeals to examine programs of the institution. The most recent
is a 1986 letter of protest at early attempts to remove Trenton from the name of Trenton State
College.

This series includes issues of The Seal dating from 1913 to 1972. Some issues are inventoried and stored with the Trenton Normal and Model Schools et al. Collection while others are available in the Trentoniana Room for immediate use by the public. Publication of The Seal began in 1911 and continued until 2018. Produced by each senior class, these yearbooks typically include photographs of the senior class, lists of clubs, athletic teams, class “prophecies,” as well as information about teachers and academic departments.

A complete list of the specific volumes, arranged chronologically, follows:
New Jersey State Normal School: 1913, 1914, 1915, 1919
New Jersey State Normal School at Trenton: 1922 (ex libris Elizabeth S. Dixon), 1924 (ex libris Lucy Territo), 1924 (ex libris Marguerite A. Gulick, home economics faculty), 1925 (ex libris Margaret Freas)

Trenton Normal School: 1927 (ex libris Virginia R. Manton), 1928 (ex libris “Dot”), 1928 (ex libris Marion Rogers), 1929 (ex libris Dorothy S. Mount)

Trenton State Teachers College: 1933, 1934 (ex libris Alice Evelyn Moody), 1935, 1936 (ex libris Donald S. Robinson)
1937, 1939-1941, 1942 (ex libris “Business Office”), 1943, [1944 was not published], 1945, 1946, 1947 (ex libris Frieda Riddick), 1948 (ex libris Frieda Ruddick), 1949-1958

Trenton State College: 1959-1967, 1964 (ex libris Fred A. Schultz), 1968 (ex-libris Asst. Professor Byron Steele), 1968 (ex libris Bill Allibone; includes 2 letters from Alberta G. Maged class of 1969 to Bill Allibone), 1969 (with supplement), 1970 (ex libris Peggy Esposito, secretary of C. Walter Benner, Trenton High School Vice President), 1971-1973, 1977, 1979

Trenton State College Alumni Association Directories: 1988, 1993