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Archives and Special Collections collect records, publications, photographs, audiovisual materials, scrapbooks, and ephemera documenting the administrative, scholarly, social, and physical history of the campus from the University’s founding as a Normal School in 1855 to the present day, along with political papers of elected officials with ties to Passaic County and the University.
Our collections include:
Papers representing Congressman Robert A. Roe’s career in local and state government. Includes speeches, news releases, state contracts, and photographs reflecting Roe’s years as the New Jersey Commissioner of Conservation and Economic Development.
https://repository.wpunj.edu/handle/20.500.12164/3317
Correspondence, Papers, legislative reports, photographs, blueprints, press releases, personal items, and campaign publications produced during the career of New Jersey Congressman Robert A. Roe from 1966 to 1980.
https://repository.wpunj.edu/handle/20.500.12164/3318
Bound Volumes relating to William Paterson’s years as a New Jersey judge and Attorney General, with selected Supreme Court Decisions. Holdings include State and County Court Cases 1765-1791, Docket books for courts in various NJ Counties, and Federal Court Cases, 1793-1803.
https://repository.wpunj.edu/handle/20.500.12164/3316
Campaign files, photographs, scrapbooks, press clippings, and personal effects of Nicholas Martini, Freeholder, Commissioner, and Mayor of Passaic, 1931-1991.
https://repository.wpunj.edu/handle/20.500.12164/3319
Meeting minutes, course catalogs, fact books, and other archival records retained in accordance with University retention policies.
https://repository.wpunj.edu/handle/20.500.12164/3057
Articles, datasets, and creative works produced by William Paterson University faculty researchers, released under Creative Commons and Open Access licenses.
https://repository.wpunj.edu/handle/20.500.12164/52
Special collections produced by the Cheng Library Digital Initiatives department, including scanned newsletters, student newspapers, yearbooks, and historic photographs from the Lorraine Cheng Digitization Center.
https://repository.wpunj.edu/handle/20.500.12164/3023
Our collection of over 500 rare books, 1,800 texts on Chinese culture and life, and some 2,400 carefully selected books on the history and culture of our home state of New Jersey, augmenting a rich and growing archival presence.
Selected audiovisual materials from the Archives and Special Collections:
https://www.youtube.com/@WPUSpecialCollectionsArchives
William Paterson University Audio and Video Archives:
https://wpunj.yuja.com/Library/6ea25b84-1627-446e-af0e-3bdf871acfb0
