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This series includes a handful of photographs and a variety of materials that do not fit in the other series. Of particular interest to the history of Normal schools in general is the work "American Normal Schools: Their Theory, their Workings, and their Results, as Embodied in the Proceedings of the First Annual Convention of the American Normal School Association, Held at Trenton, New Jersey August 19 and 20, 1859." There is also a small and charming collection of dance card/event programs, which were used by young women to schedule with whom they would dance during the evening. Often, as in this collection, the cards were part of a small, printed program of the event which could be worn on the wrist. Finally, this series includes a ca. 1930s Teacher’s College beanie that freshman class members were required to wear.

Note that the photographs that appear in the "Additional Photographs" folder make up a part of Trentoniana's photograph collection, and do not physically appear in this record group.

This folder contains "dance cards," small booklets given out at school dances that include spaces to write the names of dancing partners. All of them date to the early 1940s. About half represent class formals, including junior proms and senior balls. The other items come from dances hosted by the Arguromuthos Sigma ("Argo") sorority.

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

This series consists of four variations of a map drawn in 1977 depicting the land in Ewing that was purchased to develop the new Normal School campus. The main drawing, titled “Old Crosskeys to William Green Farm Today,” was drawn by Robert Reeder Green for his book The Land Along the Shabakunks, and shows historic features of the tract. It also includes one page from the 1930 Franklin Real Estate plat book, depicting the Normal and Model Schools in their original Trenton location.

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.