September 28, 2011
Mapping New Jersey
Maxine Lurie
Professor of History, Seton Hall University
Mapping New Jersey
Maxine Lurie
Professor of History, Seton Hall University
Minutes of the Third Meeting of the 70th Year
ur president, Robert Varian, called the third meeting of the 70th year to order at exactly 10:15 o'clock and Don Evans led us in singing the invocation.Larry Pervin read the minutes of last weeks meeting to our assembled members. Don Edwards gave an eloquent introduction of our guest speaker, Maxine Lurie, retired professor of history at Seton Hall University.
Dr. Lurie gave an interesting, informative and multislide presentation on the beautiful book she co-edited “Mapping New Jersey”. It was obviously a significant undertaking, a labor of love that took years to complete after a great deal of research.
The book contains many maps, illustrations and statistics and is divided into six chapters: 1. The Environment 2. Land Use 3. Demographics 4. Transportation 5.Economy and 6. History and Politics
Maxine presented a great deal of interesting and often unrealized information about New Jersey including:
The extensive and lively question period included population increases, the tv and oil industries, military history, the deer population, indian tribes, an accurate n.j. map, slavery etc.
As Maxine concluded ,the ten copies of her book “Mapping New Jersey” sold out immediately.
Respectively sumitted
John Lasley
Dr. Lurie gave an interesting, informative and multislide presentation on the beautiful book she co-edited “Mapping New Jersey”. It was obviously a significant undertaking, a labor of love that took years to complete after a great deal of research.
The book contains many maps, illustrations and statistics and is divided into six chapters: 1. The Environment 2. Land Use 3. Demographics 4. Transportation 5.Economy and 6. History and Politics
Maxine presented a great deal of interesting and often unrealized information about New Jersey including:
- 186 languages are spoken in New Jersey schools.
- New Jersey is a small state, you could fit 77 new jerseys into Alaska
- New Jersey is the most suburbanized state in the country
- Levittown in willingborough did not initially sell houses to african americans
- New Jersey in the 17th century was a dutch, swedish and english colony.
- Presbyterians were the predominate religious group in 17th centory New Jersey
- Today there are multiple religious groups, some that didn't even exist in the 17th century
- Jersey City is the transportation hub of New Jersey
- The lincoln tunnel was a four minute crossing to new york when it first opened.
- Early industries, such as glass making, brick making and ceramics were very important in New Jersey.
- Camp Kilmer was a major operation in early New Jersey
- There has been a gradual increase of women in politics, with a significant jump in 2008.
- New Jersey was the first state to recycle and has the highest recyling percentage in the nation
The extensive and lively question period included population increases, the tv and oil industries, military history, the deer population, indian tribes, an accurate n.j. map, slavery etc.
As Maxine concluded ,the ten copies of her book “Mapping New Jersey” sold out immediately.
Respectively sumitted
John Lasley