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First Name
Brittney
Last Name
Ingersoll
Country
United States
State
NJ New Jersey
Affiliation
Cumberland County Historical Society
Website URL
https://brittneyingersoll.com/
Keywords
United States, 19th century, gender, sexuality, material culture, social and cultural history
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About Me

I am an Independent Historian and the Curator of the Cumberland County Historical Society in Greenwich, NJ. I received my Master’s with distinction in 2018 in American History with a Certificate in Public History from Rutgers University – Camden. My historical interests are 19th century gender, sexuality, material culture, and social and cultural history. I routinely write for CCHS’s newsletter, The Cumberland Patriot, on research pertaining to Cumberland County and have presented at invited talks at the Cumberland County Historical Society, Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society, Greenwich Presbyterian Church, and at a Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) meeting. I also research and write on areas outside of Cumberland County, mainly focusing on Philadelphia and New York City.

Current Project: Masculinity & Brothel Guides in 19th-Century America

Recent Publications

Books:

John G. Keyser: Sketchbook with Sketches from the Battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville 1862-1863, (2017)

Responsible for compiling the book based on original archival collections; organized and curated images; wrote introduction. The book was done for an internship with the Cumberland County Historical Society.

Articles:

“Aspirational News: Woman’s Edition of the Daily Pioneer and the Presbyterian Improvement Society in Bridgeton, NJ 1898” in the SoJourn: A journal devoted to the history, culture, and geography of South Jersey, Vol. 4.2 (Summer 2020).

“2019 Cumberland County Historical Society Annual Business & Dinner Meeting: Harriet Beecher Stowe” in the Cumberland Patriot, Cumberland County Historical Society’s Newsletter, (Spring, 2020).

“Literary Figures and Their Connection to Cumberland County, NJ” in the Cumberland Patriot, Cumberland County Historical Society’s Newsletter, (Fall, 2019).

“BYOB at Mom’s: Beer Parties and Illicit Behavior at “Mom” Cook’s House, Bridgeton, NJ 1904-1911” in the Cumberland Patriot, Cumberland County Historical Society’s Newsletter, (Fall, 2019).

“Constructing History: The Use of Memory in Writing History,” co-authored, in the Cumberland Patriot, Cumberland County Historical Society’s Newsletter, (Spring, 2019).

“The Bridgeton High School Riots of 1971,” in the Cumberland Patriot, Cumberland County Historical Society’s Newsletter, (Spring, 2019).

“Paupers & Patients: The Souls of Cumberland County Potter’s Field,” in the Cumberland Patriot, Cumberland County Historical Society’s Newsletter, (Winter, 2018).

“Celebrating Black History Month: William Steward and Mary Felts Dixon of Cumberland County,” in the Cumberland Patriot, Cumberland County Historical Society’s Newsletter, (Spring, 2018).

“Dear Betsey… Collection of Elizabeth Beatty Fithian Letters,” in the Cumberland Patriot, Cumberland County Historical Society’s Newsletter, (Spring, 2018).

“Digitization of the John G. Keyser Civil War Sketch Collection” in the Cumberland Patriot, Cumberland County Historical Society’s Newsletter, (Spring, 2018).

“John Cheesman: The Newspaper Man Who Caught the Bullet,” in the Cumberland Patriot, Cumberland County Historical Society’s Newsletter, (Summer, 2017).

“Cheesman’s Paper: The History of the New Jersey Patriot,” in the Cumberland Patriot, Cumberland County Historical Society’s Newsletter, (Summer, 2017).

Media Coverage
Country Focus
United States
Expertise by Geography
United States
Expertise by Chronology
19th century
Expertise by Topic
Gender, Libraries & Archives, Material Culture, Museums, Public History, Sexuality, Urban History, Women