New Jersey Historical Commission

Government agency in New Jersey, United States

Michael Fernandez, Chair
Sara Cureton, Executive director

Parent agencyNew Jersey Department of StateWebsitehttp://www.nj.gov/state/historical/index.html

The New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC) is a government agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its mission is "to enrich the lives of the public by preserving the historical record and advancing interest in and awareness of New Jersey's past".

The NJHC offers General Operating Support Grants, Project Grants, County History Partnership Grants and more to support a variety of programs and activities related to New Jersey history. It also offers prizes and free archival evaluation services through the Caucus Archival Projects Evaluation Service or CAPES. ^[1]

References

^ "NJ Department of State - Historical Commission - Grant and Award Opportunities". www.nj.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-16.

External links

Official website
Green, Howard L. (September 2007). "Forty Years of the New Jersey Historical Commission" (PDF).

Mid-Atlantic U.S. historical societies

Delaware

Wilmington	Business History Conference Delaware Historical Society

Maryland

Baltimore	Baltimore Heritage Community College Humanities Association Maryland Historical Society Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing
Others	Association of Black Women Historians (Silver Spring) Berkshire Conference of Women Historians (Clarksville) C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Chestertown) Early American Industries Association (Hebron) Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Railroad Museum (Walkersville) Historical Society of Baltimore County (Cockeysville) National History Day (College Park)

New Jersey

Boonton	Boonton Historical Society and Museum United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey
Trenton	New Jersey Historic Trust New Jersey Historical Commission
Others	Hunterdon County Historical Society (Flemington) Monmouth County Historical Association (Freehold) Montclair Historical Society (Montclair) New Jersey Historical Society (Newark) Sussex County Historical Society (Newton) The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills (Basking Ridge) Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society (Vineland)

New York

Albany

New York City

The Bronx	The Bronx County Historical Society
Brooklyn	Brooklyn Historical Society
Manhattan	American Irish Historical Society American Jewish Historical Society Association for the Study of Nationalities Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Historians of American Communism Historic Districts Council Leo Baeck Institute New York Morgan Library & Museum Municipal Art Society New-York Historical Society New York Landmarks Conservancy New York Military Affairs Symposium The Renaissance Society of America Royal Oak Foundation Society of American Historians Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York World Monuments Fund
Queens	Greater Astoria Historical Society Queens Historical Society
Staten Island	Staten Island Historical Society

Others

Adirondack Architectural Heritage (Keeseville)
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (Buffalo)
Brunswick Historical Society (Brunswick)
Chemung County Historical Society (Elmira)
Clinton Historical Society (Clinton)
Columbia County Historical Society (Hudson)
Dutchess County Historical Society (Poughkeepsie)
Historic Palmyra, Palmyra Historical Society (Palmyra)
Historic Saranac Lake (Saranac Lake)
Jay Heritage Center (Rye)
Rensselaer County Historical Society (Troy)
Schenectady County Historical Society (Schenectady)
Social Science History Association (Ithaca)
St. Lawrence County Historical Association (Canton)
Theodore Roosevelt Association (Oyster Bay)
Thomas Paine National Historical Association (New Rochelle)
Ulster & Delaware Railroad Historical Society (Roxbury)
Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society (Penn Yan)

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia	German Society of Pennsylvania Historical Society of the Episcopal Church Historical Society of Frankford Historical Society of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania German Society Presbyterian Historical Society Society for Classical Studies Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
Pittsburgh	Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation
Waynesboro	Antietam Historical Association Waynesboro Historical Society
Others	Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society (Bellefonte) Carbondale Historical Society and Museum (Carbondale) Chester County History Center (West Chester) Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association (Gettysburg) Historical Society of Berks County (Reading) Johnny Reb Gaming Society (York) Lehigh County Historical Society (Allentown) Luzerne County Historical Society (Wilkes-Barre) Moravian Historical Society (Nazareth) Peace History Society (Gwynedd Valley) Pennsylvania Historical Association (Mansfield) Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (Harrisburg) Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association (Kinzers) Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation (Washington)

Washington, D.C.

Northeast	Florida House on Capitol Hill Supreme Court Historical Society United States Capitol Historical Society
Northwest	Advisory Council on Historic Preservation American Battlefield Trust American Historical Association American Institute for Conservation Association for the Study of African American Life and History Atomic Heritage Foundation German Historical Institute Historic Preservation Fund Historical Society of Washington, D.C. National Society of the Colonial Dames of America National Trust for Historic Preservation United States Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites White House Historical Association
Southeast	Naval Historical Foundation Naval History and Heritage Command
Others	American Studies Association Society for History in the Federal Government