In this Zoom presentation, Marty Kane, President of the Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum and Chair of the Lake Hopatcong Foundation, will illustrate why Lake Hopatcong was "The Jewel of the Mountains." The Lake was a major northeast resort in an…

Thomas Nast, the political cartoonist who drew Santa Claus the way we think of Santa Claus, lived at the corner of Miler Road and MacCulloch Avenue for much of his life. He is the subject of John Adler's 722 page…

Nathaniel M. Sullivan will discuss his most recent book, The Psychogram: A History of an Asylum Newspaper. The Psychogram was a periodical that ran from 1914-1977 at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in Morris Plains, New Jersey. It provided the reader…

Since the introduction of photographic portrait studios in 1840, photographs have been among the most treasured of family records but, while most are long-lasting when stored optimally in archives, in the home environment, they are all too often prone to…

Peter Zablocki, historian, author, teacher and podcaster, will discuss his most recent book, Presidential Visits to New Jersey: A History from the History Press. Some, like Abraham Lincoln in 1861, came to garner support. Others, like N.J. Governor Woodrow Wilson…