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Abstract The Revolutionary War is a rich part of American History, with countless historical documents telling stories of the people who liberated the Colonies from British rule. The colonial artifacts left behind also have stories of their own to tell, yet the challenges in learning about those stories are the methods used to glean information and what amount of information is there from the past to understand the stories. In the case of the Site III wreck remains that still lie on a shifting...