Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate History program. The holdings are bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts degree.During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were received from consenting student authors), the Monmouth University...

Abstract Perth Amboy is a city with a rich and significant history that often gets overshadowed by its famous neighbors, New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston. Its original occupancy stretches back thousands of years to the Native populations who dominated New Jersey territory up until the Contact period. By the seventeenth century, Perth Amboy was populated by Scottish, English, and Dutch immigrants who formed Perth Amboy into the city we know today. This thesis is an analysis of the artifact...

Abstract The purpose of this research is to analyze a collection of commingled skeletal remains and one articulated burial that were excavated in 1960 from Saint Peter's Episcopal Church in Perth Amboy, New Jersey and determine their probably [sic] identities. Previous scholars believed these remains represented the family members or servants of Scottish Proprietor David Mudie, whose plantation was once where the church currently resides. The purpose of this study...