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History updated 11/25/2009

Pre-Marconi Period (before 1912)
Marconi Period (1912-1925)
Navy Period (1917-1919)
Pleasure Seekers Club (1925-1935)
King's College (1936-1941)
World War II Radar Laboratory
Army Research Period (1946-1998)
Infoage (1998-today)
Documents Covering the Entire Site History
A Virtual Tour of the Site

Pre-Marconi Period

Land Owners

This link is to the excellent work of Mark Swanson, complete with all pre-Marconi land owners.

Marconi Period

Site Construction	November 1913 Story about Marconi's Belmar and New Brunswick Station construction Preparing to Connect the Continents by Wireless, The Wireless World - December 1913 A photo of the Belmar hotel under construction and one of the 300 foot wireless mast being erected
General Articles	1912 Marconigraph Article describing Marconi's vision of the first World-wide wireless ether network. Yes,Camp Evans is a part.
	1914 Story about Marconi's Belmar Station with a little history
	A 1920s description of the Belmar, Carnarvon and New Brunswick stations equipment from Bucher's wireless textbook
	A personal account of life at the station in the 1920's.
	Want a great job with a future? Become a wireless operator at a Marconi High-Powered station. -- "The Wireless Operator's Future"
	Wall Township saves one of the Marconi station balancing towers as a memorial.
Photos	In 1914 Mr. Edward Henderson rode his horse wagon from his Glendola farm and took excellent photos of the Belmar Station. Check these out! Another page of Henderson photos, with comments from Dr. H.O. Peterson and Harold H. Beverage.
	In 1914-1925 timeframe postcards were published of the Marconi Station and The King's College in 1938.
	When completed in 1914 an eleven page photo story about Marconi's Belmar Station was published in Wireless Age Another Wireless Age article featured the transmitter site - The New Brunswick Station
	Take a look at eight photos of Belmar station when RCA owned it in 1922
	The Smithsonian Institution has *Photos* on file in the G.H. Clark Collection. *The creator of the Smithsonian 'Radioanna' collection, George H. Clark, worked at the Belmar station during his early collection years.* " In July 1919, after resigning from the Navy, Clark joined the engineering staff of the Marconi Telegraph Company of America, which became part of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) later the same year. His first work was at Belmar and Lakewood, New Jersey, assisting the chief engineer, Roy A. Weagant, in his development of circuits to reduce the interference caused by static (static reduction). Clark and his wife were assigned to the unheated Engineer's Cottage. His wife decided not to stay and left for Florida. Clark moved his trunks of wireless material to the heated RCA hotel at Belmar and spent most of the winter 'pasting.' As Clark mentions, 'From that time on I was wedded to scraps.' "
Famous Names	In 1914 David Sarnoff, Edwin Armstrong, and others tested the famous circuit here
	Famous General Electric engineer Dr. Ernst Alexanderson works at Belmar Station for Marconi, Navy and RCA
	Albert Einstein looks into radio and visits the New Brunswick station

Navy Period

WWI	Belmar and New Brunswick Marconi stations are play a part WWI Armistice negotiations by wireless. And, the start of radio propaganda!
Dr. A. Hoyt Taylor	From 1917 to 1919 Camp Evans was taken over and run by the Navy...Some of the most important messages of WWI were dispatched via Belmar station. Read the details from Dr. A. Hoyt Taylors book Dr. Taylor given title of Trans-Atlantic Communications Officer - TCO Communication to Eifel Tower and first direct exchange with Rome by President Wilson Alexanderson alternator installed at New Brunswick System of wires buried in Shark River inlet to improve reception Staff at Belmar 2000 Foot trench servers as a radio version of Army 'KP -Kitchen Patrol' duty German submarine messages and suspected spies French radio experts visit to help improve reception Lots of gadgets tested at Belmar, Hoxie photographic recorder, Vreeland - audio frequency filter and G.E receiver Alexanderson gets zapped while working in hotel basement Roy Weagant continues his work on balanced loops, which had been underway before the Navy took over the station. Weagant’s theory was that static originated from overhead Asbury High School closed to provide coal to keep station running Other stations are directly connected to Washington
	Roy Weagant works for Marconi and the Navy at the Belmar station Weagant's Anti-Static Invention - During WWI Roy A. Weagant made a technology breakthrough at the Belmar station that gave America and the Allies a distinct advantage in the 'wireless war'. This 1919 article has "Details of a Great Discovery Which Has Revolutionized Long Distance Wireless Communication".
RCA	Once WWI was over the Navy returned the station over to it's old staff, now a new corporation, the Radio Corporation of America - RCA. Station staff member G. H. Clark's radio history collection is now at the Smithsonian with photographs of his old station

King's College

Beginnings	The founding of King's College
Rev. Percy Crawford	The testimony of Rev. Percey Crawford
Photos	Art Nordin and Marie Schober's Photo Album Views of the college from Ruth Stockton Shuck taken in the fall of 1940 More views of King's College The 1939-40 Basketball Team In 1914-1925 timeframe postcards were published of the Marconi Station and The King's College in 1938.
Class Reunion	Silver Anniversary Supplement Army re-opens Camp Evans to former King's College students after 58 years A story describing the special time between the wars when The King's College graced the historic grounds of Camp Evans.

WWII Radar Laboratory

Pearl Harbor	50 minutes before W. W. II began a radar unit designed by the engineers of Camp Evans, deployed in Hawaii, detected the enemy planes attacking Pearl Harbor
Nazi Spies	RADAR was key to battle success. Thanks to the FBI and author William B. Breuer we know Nazi Spies wanted America's radar secrets.
Panama Canal	Camp Evans radar protects the Panama Canal from enemy attack. An attack on the Canal locks could hurt our efforts to get supplies and troops to the Pacific threatre. Army mobile radar, the SCR-268 was deployed on the sea An article based upon this history published in The Coast Star. Dr. Zahl tells how Camp Evans made the radar to protect the canal....and more.
RADAR LABORATORY NEEDS SERVICEMEN	In response to numerous inquiries from readers eager to offer their services to the U. S. Government, Radio‑Craft is pleased to publish full information regarding positions open to Radio Servicemen as well as to laboratory and administrative workers. InfoAge Member and Volunteer Steve Goulart who found this article in the July 1942 issue of RADIO-CRAFT at a flea market in 2009
Shops	The shops of Camp Evans could make anything...and in secret. They had to, allied and American armed forces depended upon the Signal Corps for equipment that would be one step ahead of the enemy. At camp Evans they could design, develop, test, production engineer and work with industry to manufacture advanced communications and radar systems
Progress Reports	Secret monthly progress report for August 1943 (declassified) See the list of 1943 secret radar projects and list of Camp Evans Officers
The SCR-268 Radar	The SCR-268 was the backbone of America's radar defense. Developed at Fort Hancock it was continually upgraded during the war at Camp Evans to meet challenges of NAZI radar jamming, to incorporate more reliable componebts and to integrate the radar with IFF.
Electronic Countermeasures	Camp Evans was the home of the U.S. Army's first electronic countermeasures group. They worked in the attic of the Marconi hotel. This 1946 article gives an overview of all the countermeasures needed to defeat the Axis powers. Camp Evans played a roll in many of these electronic tricks. A captured German radar is examined at Camp Evans.
Keeping radars working	The WWII radars took lots of spare parts to keep going. This story tells of some of the challenges of keeping early electronic equipment running in every WWII front and the U.S.
Dymaxion Deployment Units	Dymaxion Deployment Units designed by Buckminister Fuller used at Camp Evans
The AN/TPS-3 and TPQ-3	The basic AN/TPS-3 system was developed at Camp Evans to protect the Panama Canal. Later it was realized this excellent equipment could be modified to provide radar protection for landing beaches from planes and mortars. RADAR ON 50 CENTIMETERS This little radar would see action in WWII and Korea. Dr. Zahl tells the roll the TPS-3 and the TPQ-3 played in the war and how the radars were developed. A Tale of Two Crises More AN/TPS3 history from "The Test" pages 261-265
The SCR-584 Radar	The SCR-584 was more than a radar. It was an integrated system of microwave radar, a M-9 gun director, and IFF. Add the proximity fuse to the mix and you have a Luftwaffe killer. The British supplied the cavity magnaton that was the heart. The MIT RAD LAB designed the prototype with astounding speed. AT&T and Western Electric supplied the M-9 gun director. <> Camp Evans engineers took the MIT prototype and integrated it with IFF and re-enginered it to MIL-Spec. Progress on the SCR-584 - August 1943 Secret Monthly Progress Report General Electric was the prime contractor. Chrysler Corporation made the antenna mount It was introduced into WWII in February 1944 - Camp Evans-developed radar key at Anzio, It would help shoot down many V-1s and locate V-2 launch sites. More SCR-584 history from "The Test" pages 265-274
D-Day Preparations	To prepare for the D-Day invasion Allied planners needed information. Brave persons collected and sent the information using radios built at Camp Evans. Spies ushered in D-Day with radios from Wall
D-Day radar action	The Nazi plan was to kill any Allied landing on the beach with their Panzer tanks. Radar-countermeasures was used to confuse Field Marshal Erwin General Rommel's staff in figuring our where the landing really was. Landing that June day was the SCR-584 radar, TPS-3, TPQ-3 and other equipment that Camp Evans played a major design roll and American industry built.
Black History	Read the oral histories of Camp Evans members who did their part to win WWII for freedom and democracy, even though they knew they would not be able to enjoy the full fruits of victory No Short Climb is a video being produced by Prof. Robert Johnson that needs your help to be professionally edited and narrated. Help preserve the stories of black radar pioneers CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS TO ELECTRONIC RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION, AND TRAINING AT FORT MONMOUTH, 1940-1982 BY THOMAS E. DANIELS
Project Wolf	A trip to the National Archives located primary documentation of a number of interesting Camp Evans WWII secret projects. One called 'Project Wolf' - was designed and tested at Camp Evans to kill Japanese soldiers hidden in island caves. The problem to solve was these soldiers, deep in caves, would survive aerial bombing, granades and flame throwers. T hey would later emerge and kill U.S. Marines. Radio controlled explosives were delivered into the caves by unusual means... The Caves of Camp Evans
MX-301	Described in an official Army History of WWII - The Signal Corps - The Outcome as "one answer to wireman’s prayers". The MX-301 helped communications, but unlike most Camp Evans creations it did not need a single vacuum tube.
Anti-Kamikaze Radar	Camp Evans radar engineers under direction of E. King Stodola develop and test special anti-Kamikaze radar for the planned invasion of mainland Japan
Dr. Harold Zahl	Dr. Harold A. Zahl was an electronic pioneer, a WWII radar developer/hero, a key player in the application of the transistor to military systems and much more. He was an author. Were it not for his written words much of the amazing history of Camp Evans would have gotten lost to time. The members of Infoage may have not been inspired to work to save Camp Evans to honor the heros of this site. . We have a number of Dr. Zahl's papers and photos in our archives and a number of his history articles on this site. Our Dr. Zahl papers In Case You Have Forgotten A Tale of Two Crisis Excepts from ELECTRONS AWAY.
Mr. Marchetti	Mr. Marchetti is a Camp Evans SUPER-HERO In Building 20 at Camp Evans - they delivered
Lt. Col. Paul E. Watson	Lt. Col. Paul E. Watson was the second of the five WWII commanding officiers at Camp Evans. Sadly, he died in 1943 in the Marconi Hotel. Watson road was named in his honor. See all five officers super-imposed on a June 1945 aerial photo of Camp Evans.
RADAR at WAR	*Photo* SCR-527 at Radar laboratory and in combat in Iwo Jima Compare a photo published in the August 1946 issue of the Proceedings of the IRE with the 1945 Camp Evans aerial photo on file at the National Archives and used in the 7th War bond drive.
Winning the War	W.W.II Radar Sets SCR-268, SCR-270, SCR-271 built at Camp Evans help win the war The Westinghouse Tube that powered the SCR-270 "The Secret Tube that Changed the War" from March 1964 Popular Electronics Tubie wins WWII!! Who is tubie? The unsung hero of WWII. Every piece of electronic equipment used in WWII was designed with electronic tubes. Camp Evans was the home of the Signal Corps tube design and test laboratory. August 15, 1945 WWII ends! U.S. Gives Radar Secrets, ‘Major Reason’ of Victory It is an excellent overview of the major roll radar played in the Allied victory. It also predicts the future of electronics. As the Signal Corps radar laboratory Camp Evans played a fundamental roll in the "story of victory in a laboratory race against the enemy" Dr. Zahl's VT-158 graces the cover of 'electronics' magazine
Evans... Center of Phenominal Developments	The front page of the November issue of the signaleer pays tribute to the work at Camp Evans... Evans...Center of Phenominal Developments
Photos	Camp Evans Group Photos... It took the efforts of thousands of men and women of all races to out-wit the Nazi and Japanese radar engineers. Take a look at American heroes who fought and defeated the Axis with electronic creativity and ingenuity at the Signal Corps Radar Laboratory June 1945 aerial photo WW2 IFF Staff at Camp Evans. This photo shows the guests at the farewell luncheon for Bernard H. Strouse. IFF engineered at camp Evans played a critical roll in the allied victory. This photo was published in the October 16, 1945 issue of the Signaleer Farewell to Maj. Cottony Major H. V. Cottony, Chief, Thermionics Branch, ESL, was tendered a farewell luncheon at the ESL Cafeteria, 18 October 1945, by fellow members of the Branch
Security	As a secure facility in WWI and WWII the military secrets of the U.S. Naval Wireless Station at Belmar and Camp Evans Signal Laboratory needed to be protected. We added a page on the Guards of Camp Evans.

Army Research Period

Operation Paperclip	After the end of WWII German radar scientists were relocated and employed at Camp Evans as a part of Operation Paperclip
Project Diana	Our Project Diana Overview page Diana Photo gallery. Thanks to David Mofenson An exerpt from an article by Dr. Hanz Ziegler mentioning Project Diana "Radar Echoes From the Moon" by Jack Mofenson published in the April 1946 issue of "Electronics", A McGraw-Hill Publication. Thanks to Harry Visser, who created the page and gave us permission to use it on our site Audio Radio Broadcast of Interview of Project Diana team, including replication of the moon shot (1946). Thanks to Cynthia S. Pomerleau.
	JCP&L Advertising based on Project Diana First Radar Detection of the Moon (482-485), by E. King Stodola from: Some examples of post World War II radar in the USA', Thanks to Cynthia S. Pomerleau Herbert Kauffman authored "A DX Record: To the Moon and Back, How the Moon-Radar Feat was Accomplished." Thanks to Russ Brahn, AE2X we have a copy here
	In 1958 NY Times Radio and Television Editor, Jack Gould authored a childrens book in the 'allabout books' seriers printed by Random House. Chapter 17 tells the story of radar and Project Diana. Thanks to David Mofenson
Project Diana and UFOs	Some persons claim, even a famous actor, that the radar waves bounced off the moon in 1946 alerted aliens to our presense. The Army says weather balloons launched from Camp Evans were mistaken for UFOs. Here is a story with the details... A 1949 true explanation behind the "flying saucer"
Diaperville	Have you ever heard of Diaperville? While important top-secret projects were being researched at Camp Evans, families were also creating memories outside the fence
Pioneering research	Many pioneering papers have originated from Camp Evans and many significant persons have worked there during the past 90 years. This pioneering paper provided an explanation of what later became known as LED's, or light emitting diodes. Our optical networks depend on LEDs. After leaving Camp Evans Dr. Levovec would be recognized as a co-inventor of the integrated circuit. Dr. Accardo would join MIT and in 2002 the Emperor of Japan formally proclaimed Carl Accardo, a National Treasure of the Empire! Injected Light Emission of Silicon Carbide Crystals by K. LEHOVEC, C. A. ACCARDO, AND E. JAMGOCHIAN in The Physical Review Vol. 83, No. 3, 603-607
House of Magic	Why Camp Evans was called the Army's "House of Magic"
	Evans cited: Introduction A certain closely guarded area Abstruse forms of electronic and nucleonic research Tickling clouds We deal in lethal voltages Evans Laboratory transistor section Miniaturization, Ruggedization and Reliability Auto-Sembly System Subminiature electronics Mechanical brains Unitizing components Mobile radio teletypewriter Silent & stratospheric chamber Monmouth’s robot weasel G-String: Beaming waves through the air Project Diana Evans scientists plan
Senator Joseph McCarthy	In 1953 Senator Joe McCarthy's Communist Witch Hunt found its way to Camp Evans. On October 20, 1953 the Senator, his lawyer Roy Cohn and others visited Evans to get the goods on the spies Camp Evans was the center of a TOP SECRET unit (9677th) which had equipment at Camp Evans and in friendly countries to detect atomic test blasts. They detected the first Chinese test and others. We have been told this was the secret project which Senator Joe McCarthy insisted his staff be allowed to see and was refused entrance to building 9400. Details soon

Astro-Observation Center	As part of early satellite development the Signal Corps removed the SCR-271 Diana antenna and replaced it with two modern antenna dishes. This site, named the Astro-Observation Center would serve as the Command and Control Center for TIROS 1 and 2.
Sputnik	Sputnik & Camp Evans Overview Dr. Zahl's Sputnik Diary
Satellite Development	Before NASA was created the Signal Corps and Camp Evans played a part in the exploration of space. Here is Dr. Hans Ziegler's 1981 account of early satellite development. Dr. Ziegler was responsible for the first application of solar cells as a power source for satellites. Introduction The V-2 Threat Project Diana IGY 1958/59 Vanguard SRDL Involvement Spitnik I Explorer I A Space First NASA Dr. Hans K. Ziegler - 1981 bio
	This 10 page article by Brig. Gen. H. Mc D. Brown., published in The Army Communicator gives an insider's view of SCORE, the world's first communications satellite and the final phase of other pioneering contributions of the Signal Corps to the early space age.
Testing Satellite designs	In the early days of America's space research facilities at Camp Evans helped test satellite designs and satellite component functions in special chambers that subjected the test items to the stress of the vacuum of space. Goal: find material problems before you launch electronics into space.
TIROS	The world's first weather satellite photos were received and developed at the Project Diana site with a new dish and advanced electronics. Two articles from the Monmouth Message have the details: "Signal Pilots Fly Photos To NASA" & "Teams Now Monitoring Its Signals" Our TIROS I & II overview page. The Project Diana site was the TIROS I & II satellite ground station. The world's first cloud cover photos arrive at this historic site, from above the ionoshere. At the historic site where communication through the ionosphere was first achieved. During TIROS II communication improvements would.... Lab Speeds Tiros Photos.
Silicon Transistors	Camp Evans and the development of silicon transistors
The "turntable"	Huge 'turntable' designed here for research
Nuclear Laboratory and Dr. Stanley Kronenberg	The nuclear laboratory at Camp Evans: Building 9401 was the Army Dosimetry Laboratory. December 14 "Renowned Fort Monmouth physicist dies." The Asbury Park Press, By John A. Harnes, Page B1 December 17 "Scientist hailed for inquiring mind." The Asbury Park Press, By John A. Harnes, Page A17 December 21 "Wall's mad scientist leaves behind a legacy of brilliance, humor." The Coast Star, by Desiree DiCorcia Pg.14
Photo-Optics Laboratory	The Army Photo-Optics Laboratory was established at Camp Evans in 1963. A 1969 AFCEA article describes important intelligence equipment developed at Camp Evans and fielded in Vietnam.
Pioneer V	Tracking Pioneer-V from the Diana site
Joint Stars	This system was rushed into use during Desert Storm. It is in use in war on terrorism today!
REMBASS	REMBASS is an unattended ground sensor system that detects, classifies, and determines direction of movement of intruding personnel and vehicles.
Firefinder	Overview Project history Photo of the original major project office team, July 1973 Photo of the first Malor/Firefinder leadership team
Atomic Test Blast	The January 11, 2007 issue of The Coast Star tells how Camp Evans was the center of a TOP SECRET unit (9677th) which had equipment at Camp Evans and in friendly countries to detect atomic test blasts. They detected the first Chinese test and others. We have been told this was the secret project which Senator Joe McCarthy insisted his staff be allowed to see and was refused entrance to building 9400.
Star Wars	A project called 'Pulse Power' had a unit in an old WWII radar shelter at Camp Evans during President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (aka Star Wars). We believe they were trying to develop the technology to disrupt Soviet satellites in orbit using very high voltage and high amperage pulses of power. However, we are sure the explosions and failures of transformers during testing caused PCB contamination. The building had to be completely removed including tons of soil.

Infoage

Building our Archives	September 12, 2002 After 80 years eight books from the Marconi Belmar Station Electrical Library return to Camp Evans to become part of the Infoage Archives and library. Thanks to Mr. John Etter, W2ER, who saved the books from the Riverhead RCA Library when that station was closed in the 1970s. Mr. Etter worked with radio pioneers, such as Dr. Harold Beverage and Dr. H. O. Peterson, who worked at the Belmar Station during its wireless days. He presented the books to Infoage to preserve them as the only artifacts of the original station we have other than the grounds and buildings. July 18, 2001 The National Broadcasters Hall of Fame arrives at Camp Evans. Thanks to the New Jersey Broadcasters Association this historic collection will be saved!
Site Renovations	July 30, 2002 Sheriff Oxley sends inmates to clean and restore historic New Jersey Site October 27, 2001 Camp Evans is a work site for "Make a Difference Day" and what a difference our volunteers made at the Wireless Station Manager's Residence. InfoAge Volunteers from NJARC, QCWA, NJHDA, Franklin Township Boy Scouts and friends salvage materials from the New Brunswick Marconi Transmission Station in Franklin Township. April 17, 1999 Our member organizations: NJARC and GSC cleaned up leaves, branches, and helped trim the hedges at Camp Evans. Thanks!
Sewer Issue	July 23, 2002 Pentagon Officials visit Camp Evans at Congressman’s Smith’s Request. At the Congressman and Wall Township's request Penagon officials come to Camp Evans for a fact-finding visit. A MARCONIGRAM thank you
Events	October 12, 2002 Infoage has display for Archives and History Day at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters. July 12, 2002 Infoage welcomes first busload of students 90 years to the day the first piece of property was purchased for the Belmar High-power Wireless Station, aka Camp Evans. February 25, 2002 Congressman Chris Smith's visit to the concept center of Infoage Science-History Center at Camp Evans encourages volunteers. June 14-17, 2001 Infoage is a part of 'Salute to the Armed Forces Weekend". We set up a display with historic photos, our Camp Evans site model, and gave out information. We brought Marconi Wireless, WWI Navy history, and Signal Corps history for Fort Monmouth families to see! John Marchetti, one of a small group of scientists who labored at Camp Evans in a top secret laboratory during the 1930s and '40s on electronic equipment, returns to take a tour and discuss his work there. See Bob Judges Marconi Miniature on the 1999 White House Christmas Tree April 24, 1999 For 24hrs, to celebrate Marconi's 125th birthday, Camp Evans was a wireless station. Preparing for the Marconi 100th anniversary our member organizations: OMARC and the QCWA contacted nearly 1000 different wireless operators. April 1999 Thank You CABLEVISION TV-34 and John Szelega. We were a guest on John's 'THINK ENVIROMENTALLY' program. John ran our 10 minute promotional video. The progran has been running most of April. January 25, 1999 Sad news, Jack DeWitt, head of Project Diana passed away. January 28, 1999 The Fort Monmouth Region Outreach Forum was an excellent event. Thank you to General Nabors, Dr. Connie Zimmerman, and Dr. Frank Curcio for inviting INFOAGE to this event. A special thank you to Dr. Peter Burnham of Brookdale College for sharing his vision of a 'Communiversity' at Camp Evans and to General Hilsman of the National Science Center for the encouragement for our efforts. December 15, 1998 Thanks to the NJ Historic Trust, NJ Office of Historic Preservation and Monmouth County Historical Society for touring Camp Evans. CAMP EVANS...ITS NOT SECRET ANYMORE! Well, OK most of the work done here after 1985 is still classified. Thanks to the NJ Science Teachers Association for the booth at their convention at the NJ convention center in Somerset. We met the most motivated science teachers in NJ and showed them Bob's model of their future association headquarters. November 21, 1998 The QCWA setup a one day radio/wireless station at Camp Evans in the old Marconi Hotel. They are getting ready for the October weekend when the Army gives INFOAGE the Keys during the 100th Anniversary of Marconi in America event.
National Register of Historic Places	April 3, 2002 Camp Evans Historic District entered onto the National Register of Historic Places! The official letter arrived today.A quest begun in 1974 by the Army and forgotten has been completed by Infoage volunteers! We submitted a completely rewritten nomination in 1998 to the state of NJ, the state approved it in 1999, the Army Federal Preservation Office would not process it, in 2000 we entered a protest to the Keeper of the National Register, the Army stated they would process the nomination in writing in July of 2001. During the over 18 months the Army Federal Preservation office was in control of the nomination, they lost the nomination, photos, maps etc. multiple times. Infoage spent over $300.00 replacing missing parts and mailing them to the Army so the process would move forward. What a waste of our funds! Finally in February 2002, Mr. Fatz, the Army Federal Preservation officer signed the nomination. The kind staff of the Keeper of the National Register office proceesed the application as quickly as possible once Mr. Fatz signed and forwarded it. Why did this have to be this difficult? Camp Evans is so historic the approval should have been a 'Slam dunk'. April 2, 2002 The National Park Service Approved our application for the Camp Evans Historic District. We had to make extensive changes to the application. Originally submitted as separate requests for areas B and C of Camp Evans, the NPS required us to rewrite the application for the entire historic district as a single request. We did it, they approved it! The application has been forwarded to the Department of the Army for their review and acceptance. The updated application contains 109 pages of narrative, over 204 photos, 36 architectural drawings, 8 color diagrams, a survey and hundreds of additional hours given by dedicated volunteers working to save Camp Evans and give the site a new and historically appropriate new use.. March 30, 2002 "On the Radar Screen" by John A. Harnes, Asbury Park Press May 22, 2001 The binders with our National Park Service application for areas B and C of Camp Evans before they were mailed for review. Even though our web updates have slowed in the past months...we were busy! The application contains 80 pages of narrative, over 180 photos, 28 architectural drawings, a survey and hundreds of hours given by dedicated volunteers working to save Camp Evans and give the site a new and historically appropriate new use. November 1, 1999 "Historic Status Sought for Camp" by by Don Stein, Asbury Park Press A copy of the NRHP application
Dr. Constella Hines-Zimmerman	July 12, 2002 Infoage welcomes first busload of students 90 years to the day the first piece of property was purchased for the Belmar High-power Wireless Station, aka Camp Evans. On January 25, 2002 the commanding General of Fort Monmouth, General William Russ, appointed a talented and long-time supporter of establishing an education center at Camp Evans. May we introduce Dr. CONSTELLA HINES-ZIMMERMAN, our Fort Monmouth Science and Technology Liason to Infoage. Thank you, General Russ! January 28, 1999 The Fort Monmouth Region Outreach Forum was an excellent event. Thank you to General Nabors, Dr. Connie Zimmerman, and Dr. Frank Curcio for inviting INFOAGE to this event. A special thank you to Dr. Peter Burnham of Brookdale College for sharing his vision of a 'Communiversity' at Camp Evans and to General Hilsman of the National Science Center for the encouragement for our efforts.
Black History	November 12, 2001 No Short Climb - This video in development by Professor Robert Johnson of Framingham College, was reviewed at Rutgers University. The IEEE History Center sponsored the review. The excellent work was given excellent reviews by History of Technology facility. Project Diana scientist - Dr. Walter S. McAfee is listed in 'Little Know Black History Facts' booklet distiributed by McDonald's Corporation. The story is on page 12 of the purple booklet, 'Who calculated the speed of the moon?' by Dr. Henry Louis Gates of Harvard University. See our Project Diana page for technical details. Fort Monmouth honored the late Dr. McAfee by naming a building after him.Also available in on this site: 02/06/1994 Interview of Dr. Walter S. McAfee by Robert Johnson Jr., An Oral History of African-Americans and the Development of Radar Defense Technology at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 1940-1959. On File, Monmoth County Library, CECOM Historical Research Collection, InfoAge at Camp Evans Collection.
Land Transfer	March 14, 2001 The Wall Township Committee endorsed our application to the National Park Service to apply for the no cost transfer of the Camp Evans historic district under the historic surplus property program. We have been busy working on this application . This is a major step in our efforts to preserve Camp Evans and give it a vital and historically compatable reuse as a science-history center.

Documents Covering the Entire Site History

NRHP Application	37 acres of Camp Evans is now a state and national historic district. Our National Register of Historic Places application was approved by the NJ state historic review board on March 20, 2000 and the Keeper of the National Register on March 26, 2002
Reference List	Primary and secondary sources by year published. It contants references to books, maps, drawings, newspaper articles etc. that relate to Camp Evans history.
Cultural Resources Report	A step in the BRAC process was to determine if the BRAC site had any historical value. In 1996 Geo-Marine, Inc. prepared under contract the "EVALUATION OF SELECTED CULTURAL RESOURCES AT FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY: CONTEXT FOR COLD WAR ERA, REVISION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES DOCUMENTATION, AND SURVEY OF EVANS AREA AND SECTIONS OF CAMP CHARLES WOOD". Some title...the short form is 'Cultural Resources Report - 1996'. Researchers Mary Beth Reed and Mark Swanson of New South Associates did excellent research into the history of Camp Evans. We have most of it here on our web site to assist persons researching topics in the history of technology.
National Archives Photos	The National Archives has many of photos from Camp Evans, we have a dozen or more here for you to view
General Articles	1949 Asbury Park Press article which summarizes Camp history from Marconi to 1949 One interesting statement is the proximity fuse was developed at Camp Evans