Historic Themes and Resources within the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail, Southern New Jersey and the Delaware Bay: Cape May, Cumberland, and Salem Counties

摘要

The four-month HABS reconnaissance study was aimed at identifying significant cultural themes and representative resources, from Indian occupation in the seventeenth century through World War II. The document includes a general overview of the area's history, a list of existing sources for graphic and written historical data, and recommendations for subsequent HABS/HAER documentation by measured drawings, large-format photography, and written history. The themes identified are: transportation, education, religion, social/cultural, and industry with its important sub-themes of maritime and agriculture. The architectural resources affiliated with each are highlighted in the respective chapter, and are the subject of a concluding chapter summing up recommendations for further study. A bibliography of sources includes written material grouped by the same themes addressed in the general context, visual material, general collections and repositories, and those sources that exist but have yet to be tapped.