• New Jersey Council for the Humanities
• New Jersey Historical Commission
• New Jersey Historical Society
• New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance
• Scholarly Communication Center, Rutgers Universities Libraries
• Seton Hall University
• Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries
• Star-Ledger
• Women's Project of New Jersey

The Encyclopedia of New Jersey is the most extensive reference work ever published on the Garden State. The Encyclopedia contains nearly 3,000 original articles, along with 585 illustrations and 130 maps, collecting a wealth of information about the state in one volume. The Encyclopedia is filled with fascinating and interesting entries ranging from New Jersey's earliest history to the present. For example—Did you know that New Jersey was once divided into two parts-East Jersey and West Jersey? That streptomycin was first isolated at Rutgers University? Or that the first vote cast by an African American under the Fifteenth Amendment was in Perth Amboy? How about that New Jersey was the site of the first intercollegiate football game? These facts, and thousands more, can be found in the pages of the Encyclopedia of New Jersey. This volume will provide the answers to questions about New Jersey that you never even knew you had!

Overseen by an editorial board composed of distinguished experts in a variety of fields and edited by two leading specialists in New Jersey history, the Encyclopedia of New Jersey is an indispensable resource for both the scholar and the general reader. Anyone interested in the history, culture, and diverse life of New Jersey should own this book. It is the most definitive reference work ever published on the state.

• Architecture, decorative arts, painting, and sculpture
• Biographies
• Business and economics
• Communications and media
• Education
• Ethnicity
• Folklore, museums, and theater
• Geography
• History
• Government, law, politics, and public policy
• Literature
• Medicine and health
• Municipalities and counties
• Recreation and sports
• Religion
• Science and technology
• Transportation
• and many more subjects

Maxine N. Lurie is an associate professor and chair of the history department at Seton Hall University. She is the editor of A New Jersey Anthology.

Marc Mappen is the executive director of the New Jersey Historical Commission and author of Jerseyana: The Underside of New Jersey History.

Michael Siegel is staff cartographer in the Rutgers Geography Department. He has been running the Cartography Laboratory and teaching undergraduate cartography courses in the Geography Department since 1988. He enjoys exploring the changing landscape of New Jersey, and maintains a website of historical maps.