Popular culture
The majority of the resources listed on this page concern collections that have finding aids. For additional materials concerning related subjects, please do a targeted advanced search in our library catalog (view instructions). Please check back regularly, as we continue to add collections to this site:
- General
- Almanacs
- Food and drink
- Music
- Sports, theater, and entertainment
- Travel and tourism
General
For finding aids and additional information contact our reference services. Materials stored off-site must be requested three days in advance.
- New Jersey broadsides, 1683-1850.
- Edith Tepper greeting cards collection
- New Jersey ephemera collection
- New Jersey regional zine collection, 2013-present
- New Jersey trade and manufacturers' catalog collection, 1848-2010
- New Jersey trade card collection
- Sisters in Crime records, 1979-2004
Almanacs
Our two almanac collections are gradually being added to the online library catalog. Almanacs that were part of the holdings in 1962 are listed in Milton Drake's Almanacs of the United States (library symbol NjR).
Materials are stored off-site and must be requested three days in advance.
- Collection #1776, 1663-1948: access through the card catalog in the reading room by title, printer, date, and geographical area.
- Collection #7510, 1671-1956: access through a finding aid in the reading room
Food and drink
For finding aids and additional information contact our reference services. Materials stored off-site must be requested three days in advance.
- Garson menu collection
- Sinclair New Jersey beer collection, 2016-present
- Sinclair New Jersey cookbook collection, 1902-2006. Stored off-site
- Sinclair New Jersey restaurant menu collection, 1873-present
Music
For finding aids and additional information contact our reference services. Materials stored off-site must be requested three days in advance.
- Folk Project records, 1976-2005
- Hymnals collection, not dated
- National Musical String Company records, 1891-1978
- New Brunswick Music Scene Archive collection, 1981-present
- New Jersey Folk Festival records, 1974-2013
- New Jersey sheet music collection, 1846-present
- Pinelands Cultural Society records, 1974-1978
- Song sheet collection
Sports, theater, and entertainment
For finding aids and additional information contact our reference services. Materials stored off-site must be requested three days in advance.
Rutgers University Sports
- Rutgers University photograph collection--Athletics
- Records of the Rutgers University director of intercollegiate athletics, 1931-1977
Theatrical collections
- Jerry Cunliffe theatrical papers, 1951-1985
- Robert Heide theatrical papers, 1964-1986
- Theatre promptbooks, not dated
- Tom O'Horgan theatrical papers, 1965-1991
Travel and tourism
For finding aids and additional information contact our reference services. Materials stored off-site must be requested three days in advance.