The majority of the resources listed on this page concern collections that have finding aids. For additional materials concerning related subjects, please do a targeted advanced search in our library catalog (view instructions). Please check back regularly, as we continue to add collections to this site.
Revolutionary War
For finding aids and additional information contact our reference services. Materials stored off-site must be requested three days in advance.
- Detailed list of Revolutionary War documentation at SC/UA: available online
- Diaries and journals: view a list of diaries and journals, 1740s to the 1950s (PDF), organized in chronological order.
- John Bogart collection (letters received), 1776-1782: transcriptions available online
Civil War
For finding aids and additional information contact our reference services.
For information about Rutgers College during the Civil War and the 169 alumni who participated download and Rutgers in the Civil War (PDF) and Rutgers and the Civil War (PDF). For a digital exhibit, including primary sources, see Struggle Without End
- Brooks family papers, 1861-192
- Guide to New Jersey and other Civil War Manuscripts: available in the reading room (Part 1 includes a description and transcriptions from journals and letters)
- Rutgers College biographical files and class photos
- Rutgers College Yearbook, 1860: view Final farewells: signing a yearbook on the eve of the Civil War (PDF)
- Marcus L. Ward papers, [ca. 1782], 1831-1884
World War I
For finding aids and additional information contact our reference services. Materials stored off-site must be requested three days in advance.
For a detailed list of collections and documents relating to WWI: download PDF
- Philander Betts papers, 1892-1938. Stored off-site
- J.F.C. Fuller papers, 1893-1965
- Gaston family papers, 1808-1960
- Liberty bond poster collection, 1917-1919 (including selected digitized images)
- Rutgers College War Service Bureau records, 1917-1919
- For digitized letters from alumni serving: click on "view folder" underneath the name of the correspondent in the finding aid (read blog posts about these records)
- Terradell family papers, 1873-1983
World War II
For finding aids and additional information contact our reference services. Materials stored off-site must be requested three days in advance.
- Ardath W. Burks papers--military service files, 1939-1954
- J.F.C. Fuller papers, 1893-1965
- Oral histories with Rutgers alumni who served in WWII: (including transcripts online)
- Rutgers Defense Council records, 1941-1945
- Rutgers University veterans history collection, 1942-1995 (bulk 1942-1946)
- E.H. Tepper collection of World War II posters (including selected images online)
- Tracy Stebbins Voorhees papers, 1890-1974
- World War II and postwar letters of Edward G. Scagliotta, 1945-1946
Americans participating in local conflicts abroad
- Valentin Kenner papers, 1937-1967 (Spanish civil war)