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P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
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Department of Agriculture and related agencies
New Jersey's State Board of Agriculture was established in 1872. Its administrative responsibilities were vested in the Department of Agriculture, which was created by law in 1916.
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Series:
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Department of Agriculture
Miscellaneous Publications, 1921-1975
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Control #:
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SAG00001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
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Department of Agriculture
Expense Registers, 1916-1930
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Control #:
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SAG00002
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Format:
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2.5 c.f. (5 vols.)
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Series:
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Department of Agriculture
Appropriation Account Ledgers, 1916-1971
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Control #:
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SAG00003
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Format:
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19 c.f. (41 ledgers)
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Notes:
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Departmental accounts end with FY 1968 (FY 1930 missing); Board of Agriculture/Office of Milk Industry cont. to 1971 (1953 missing).
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Agriculture
Cash Books, 1917-1975
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Control #:
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SAG00004
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Format:
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3 c.f. (25 vols.)
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Notes:
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The cash books record inspection fees, license fees and penalties. The volume(s) covering July 1930 - September 1934 is (are) missing.
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Finding Aid:
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Department of Agriculture
Fiscal Records, 1927-1974
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Control #:
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SAG00005
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Format:
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8 c.f. (8 boxes)
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Series:
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Department of Agriculture
Annual Reports, 1930-1967
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Control #:
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SAG00006
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Notes:
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See State Board of Agriculture/Annual Reports for earlier volumes.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Department of Agriculture
Bulletins, 1916-1928
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Control #:
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SAG00007
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Format:
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2 c.f. (4 boxes)
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Department of Agriculture
Circulars, 1922-1934
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Control #:
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SAG00008
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Department of Agriculture
Analytical Reports, 1966-1975
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Control #:
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SAG00009
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Notes:
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Missing 1973-1974.
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Series:
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Department of Agriculture
Highlights of Annual Reports, 1961-1974
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Control #:
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SAG00010
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
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Department of Agriculture
Secretary Philip Alampi (served 1956-1982)
Subject Files, ca. 1956-1979
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Control #:
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SAG05001
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Format:
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32 c.f. (32 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by subject
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Department of Agriculture
Office of the Secretary
Photograph Collection, 1893 & ca. 1920-1983, ca. 1920-1983
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Control #:
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SAGSE001
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Format:
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30.05 c.f. (69 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Includes Division of Information's and "Farmers Week" photographic collections; consult card-file in Manuscript Reading Room.
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station/New Jersey Agricultural College Experiment Station
Annual Reports, 1880-1907 & 1930
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Control #:
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SZAGE001
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Notes:
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Missing 1894-1896, 1907-1929.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State Board of Agriculture
Register of Expenses, 1910-1916
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Control #:
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SZAGR001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Notes:
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The Board's responsibilities were transferred to the Department of Agriculture in 1916.
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Series:
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State Board of Agriculture
Annual Reports, 1859-1914 [with gaps]
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Control #:
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SZAGR002
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Format:
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4.5 c.f. (9 boxes)
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Notes:
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In 1916 the State Board of Agriculture became the Department of Agriculture.
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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State Dairy Commission
Annual Reports, 1886-1900
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Control #:
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SZDAI001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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State Commission on Tuberculosis in Animals
Register of Expenses, 1910-1916
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Control #:
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SZTUB001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Notes:
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The commission's responsibilities were transferred to the Department of Agriculture in 1916.
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Related records:
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New Jersey State Agricultural Society
Draft of Report to Governor [incomplete], 1856-1857
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Control #:
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PAGRI001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 folder)
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Arrangement:
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Local society statements are by county
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Notes:
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Includes statements of local agricultural societies on their organization and progress, November 1856 - January 1857.
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Series:
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Department of State
Secretary of State's Office
Crop Reports, 1854
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Control #:
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SSTSE073
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 box)
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 107.5 c.f. of paper records ~
To contact the New Jersey State Archives about research, reference services, records transfers or donations, please email us at njarchives@sos.nj.gov
For additional and/or more recent records relating to this topic, contact:
Department of Agriculture, Health/Agriculture Building, John Fitch Plaza, PO Box 330, Trenton, NJ 08625-0330, tel. 609-292-3976, website: www.state.nj.us/agriculture
New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, PO Box 7788, 103 College Farm Rd., North Brunswick, NJ 08902, tel. 732-249-2077, website: agriculturemuseum.org
This page last updated 05/17/2006
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