Series VII: NJ State Documents: Commissions , 1878 - 2018

Collection

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This section of the open documents collection contains permanent commissions, as well as commissions and committees of the state, created temporarily to investigate an issue. Interstate commissions and New Jersey chapters of Federal projects like the WPA are also included.

These commissions in this series include interstate/bi-state commissions, governor appointed commissions, temporary study commissions, and permanent commissions which are independent from the legislature.

For committees/commissions within the legislature including joint commissions, special committees of the whole, Assembly commissions, and Senate commissions SEE: LEGISLATURE

Dates

1878 - 2018

Creator

New Jersey. (Organization)

Biographical / Historical

The Newark Public Library was historically a center for state documents, and remains so, although most documents are now digital.

Two sections include State Commissions and Interstate Commissions, which are divided in Permanent and Temporary Commissions (PC or TIC). This is based on whether the Commission was created as Permanent or created as a Temporary Commission or Committee.

All the documents were organized in a card file.

For commissions and committees, historically, staff also recorded on each card the resolution or law, which created each commission. Common Abbrevations include JR (Joint Resolution), ACR/AJR (Assembely Joint or Concurrent Resolution); SCR/SJR (Senate Joint or Concurrent Resolution), and Ch. (Chapter).

Extent

22.5 Linear Feet (TIC Temporary Investigating Commissions) : File Room: Aisle 5, 11.25 shelves

36.2 Linear Feet (PC Permanent Commissions) : File Room: Aisle 4, 14 shelves, Aisle 5, 1.1 shelves, Main: 3 shelves

1 Linear Feet (Main, Drawers TIC/PC) : Two half drawers #2-3

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

Permanent Commissions Aisle 4-5, File Room EXCEPT Port Authority Aisle 2 Main Temporary Commissions Aisle 5

Processing Information

Documents were listed in card files which have been transferred to this ArchivesSpace finding aid. Cards were edited over many years, documents were sometimes moved and cards sometimes contained references to other parts of the collection such as Periodicals, IF and archives, so there may be errors in the information presented here.