THE LONG BRANCH HISTORY ROOM

 (732) 222-3900 ext 2280

For a faster response to your questions please email: jgrace@longbranchlib.org

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The Local History Room is currently open by appointment only. Please contact Janice Grace at the email above to request an appointment.


Resources:
  Yearbooks 

  Long Branch Schools Hall of Fame

  Newspapers.com contains the LB Daily Record from 

                          1900-1975 (access in library only)

  Long Branch News  1886 June, July, August (incomplete run)    Long Branch History Books

  City Directories (available digitally in library)

  Maps and Atlases

  Monmouth County 1860 F.W. Beers Map (digital)

  1886 Atlas of Long Branch by J.L. Smith                                Plat Book of Monmouth County - Volume 1 

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Collections:

 Pach Photo Collection 

 James Durnell 

 Daniel Hennessey 

 George H. Moss Jr. 

   

   


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LINKS

ARCHIVES, ASSOCIATIONS & SOCIETIES

National Archives and Records

New Jersey State Archives

New Jersey Historical Society

Museums in New Jersey

Monmouth Museum

Monmouth County Archives

      Booklets from Monmouth County Archives Day

Monmouth County Historical Association

Church of the Presidents (LBHMA)

Patten Point Yacht Club

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Lighthouses in NJ

NJ Lighthouse Society

Shrewsbury Historical Society

Township of Ocean Historical Museum​

Monmouth County Jewish Heritage Museum

Asbury Park Historical Society

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LIBRARIES  - LOCAL HISTORY

Asbury Park Public Library

Plainfield Public Library - Local History Dept.

Newark Public Library
Red Bank Public Library - NJ History Room

Matawan Historical Society

Historical Society of Princeton

 

MAPS & PLACES

Monmouth County Maps

New Jersey Historical Maps - Rutgers Univ.

New Jersey National Landmarks & Historic Sites

Sanborn Maps

 

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Historic Long Branch Fire Department

Historic Views of Long Branch By: Edward Thomas
New Jersey Hispanic Research & Information

Notable African Americans from Long Branch

Online Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States

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Available in the Reference Department by request:

Robert Van Benthuysen Monmouth County & NJ 

Elsalyn Palmisano

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MILITARY

Monmouth Battlefield          

Camp Evans

Revolutionary War New Jersey

New Jersey and the Civil War

 

 

 

 

 

 

Entertaining a Nation

 

 

Click the icon to access Entertaining a Nation: the Career of Long Branch Written and Illustrated by the Writers' Project, Work Projects Administration, State of New Jersey

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 Shipwreck Museum