Creating Digital Histories: The History of Places in North America
This research guide is for the students in the "Creating Digital Histories: The History of Places in North America" (HIST 506:401:03). Professor Tatiana Seijas.
Books
River Rats: Growing Up on the Raritan River by
Dan Hyland, as a boy growing up in the city of New Brunswick, New Jersey from 1930-1938, saw the last boats being locked through the Delaware and Raritan Canal. He knew the old lock keepers and people who lived in the abandoned barges along the canal. The Raritan River and the D.& R. Canal provided recreation that was both exciting and extremely dangerous. Dan rode the ice flows on the Raritan after city work crews dynamited the frozen river in the early spring. He met strange and colorful people with names like "Corker Pete" and "Two-Cent Itszi." Dan and his buddies pulled a lot of stunts, caused mischief, and had run-ins with waterfront bullies. He enjoyed a free and virtually unsupervised boy's life. Money was nearly non-existent, so Dan and his friends pooled their resources, skills, and imaginations to find ways of earning money to go to the movies and acquire their play equipment. They learned how to capitalize on the neighborhood bootleggers and traveling junkmen. "River Rats: Growing Up on the Raritan River" is a memoir of the Great Depression. The stories are upbeat and at times humorous, reminiscent of the exploits of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
Call Number: SCUA Sinclair NJ Open Stacks ; F142.R2H9 2000ISBN: 9780595147472Publication Date: 2000
Delineation of Flood Hazard Areas : Raritan River Basin. Flood Hazard Report No. 3: Green Brook.[online publication] 1972. Trenton, N.J: The Division. It is the investigation of the Flood Hazard Areas within the 1100 square mile Raritan River Basin that covers 30 streams with 333 lineal stream miles of floodplains. The scope of this study of Green Brook includes 13 linear miles of stream extending from the upper limit at the confluence of Blue Brook and Green Brook, downstream generally in a southwesterly direction to the mouth of Green Brook at the Raritan River.
Spruce Run-Round Valley Reservoir Project : Raritan River Basin Water Resources Development. [online publication] 1958. New Jersey: State of New Jersey, Dept. of Conservation and Economic Development, Division of Water Policy and Supply.
Databases & Online Resources
- New Jersey Environmental Digital HighwayA database developed and managed by RUL in collaboration with NJ Department of Environmental Protection.
- New Brunswick, NJ: Yesterday, Today, TomorrowLibrary research guide about different aspect of the city of New Brunswick.
- Encyclopedia of New JerseySee entry: "Raritan River."