To learn more about Kentucky Avenue and the Northside in Atlantic City, and African-American history and jazz more generally, check out some of these resources available at the Atlantic City Free Public Library.
Resource Guide
Selected Electronic Resources in the Library Collection
Sanborn Digital Maps for New Jersey (1867-1970) - see street maps and building locations for New Jersey communities for various years.·
Heritage Quest - research people who lived in Atlantic City's Northside and along Kentucky Avenue through census records, family records, and local histories.·
Selected Print Resources in the Library Collection (Search the Library Catalog for more information about these resources or to request a hold.)
Ira Berlin. The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations. New York: Penguin Books, 2010.
Bob Blumenthal. Jazz: An Introduction to the History and Legends Behind America's Music. New York: Collins, 2007.
Richard Cook. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. London: Penguin, 2006.
Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Henry Louis Gates Jr., Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African-American History, 1513-2008. New York: Knopf, 2011.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country. New York: Free Press, 2000.
Gary Giddins. Jazz. New York: W.W. Norton, 2009
Alton Hornsby. Milestones in 20th Century African-American History. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1993.
Preston Lauterbach. The Chitlin Circuit and the Road to Rock n' Roll. New York: W.W. Norton, 2011.
Stanely I. Mour. American Jazz Musicians. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1998
Jeffrey C. Stewart. 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African-American History. New York: Main Street Books, 1998.
Geoffrey C. Ward. Jazz: A History of America's Music. New York: Knopf, 2000.
Deborah Willis, editor. Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African-American Portraits. Washington: National Museum of African-American History, 2007
Resources in the Library's Atlantic City Heritage Collections Related to Kentucky Avenue and the Northside
Published Resources
Atlantic City City Directories.
Atlantic City Amusements
Atlantic City newspapers - Collections on Microfilm.
Boardwalk Illustrated
Herbert James Foster. The Urban Experience of Blacks in Atlantic City, New Jersey: 1850-1915. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers, 1981.
Richlyn Goddard. Three Months to Hurry and Nine Months to Worry: Resort life for African Americans in Atlantic City, NJ (1850-1940). Howard University, 2001.
Richlyn Goddard. The Other Side of the Boardwalk: The African American Experience in Atlantic City, NJ 1880-1940. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University, 1991.
Nelson Johnson. The Northside: African Ameircans and the Creation of Atlatnic City. Medford NJ: Plexus Publishing, 2010.
David C. Munn, editor. The Black Experience in Southern New Jersey: Papers Presented at a Symposium at the Camden County Historical Society, February 11-12, 1984. Camden County Historical Society, 1985.
Turiya S.A. Raheem. Growing Up in the Other Atlantic City: Wash's and the Northside. Xlibris, 2009
Archival Resources
ACFPL Collection of Atlantic City Photographs (H009)
ACFPL Collection of Atlantic City Postcards (H049)
ACFPL Map Collection (H020)
Atlantic City Board of Trade 1939, 1940, 1942, 1945
Abrams Photographs of Paradise Club and Basin Street Club (H007)
Alma Fay Horn Photographs (H008)
Club Harlem Collection (H039)
Walls Family Photographs (H063)
Local History Subject File - Nightclubs
Local History Subject File - Black History
Local History Subject File - Kentucky Avenue Renaissance
Local History Biography File - Chris Columbo
Local History Biography File - Larry Steele
Local History Biography File - Alma Fay Horn
