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TFPL001 · Collection · ca. 1857 - 2024

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).

New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)
“The Mural Painting in the Library of State Teachers College, Trenton, New Jersey” · Item · ca. 1934
Part of TFPL New Jersey State Normal and Model Schools at Trenton and Successor Institutions Collection

A history of the mural "The Peace Council of New Jersey and the Indians, 1758," by Richard Blossom Farley (1910), which is currently displayed in the Roscoe West Library.

Content warning: the illustration and description of the mural include inaccurate, derogatory, and/or offensive depictions of people indigenous to the area.