NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, 1936-1995

Summary:Newspaper clippings documenting the history of Roosevelt, New Jersey from its foundation to the present.

Of particular interest are the borough history subseries, which includes contemporary articles on Jersey Homesteads as well as retrospectives written in recent years; the general subseries, which includes articles on regional, state and national events and how they affect Roosevelt; the housing and development subseries, which contains articles on the geodesic dome houses which were built in Roosevelt and the Solar Village senior citizens housing project; and the environmental pollution and public works subseries, which discuss the community's attempts to update its antiquated water and sewage treatment facilities.