North Jersey History & Genealogy Center

Archival & Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Title & Description
Abell, Frank D. Papers, 1901-1968
Morristown, New Jersey banker and politician; [Related collection, Jennie Dean Beaver, M.D., Papers, 1900-1967]
American Association of University Women – Morristown branch Records, 1930-1999.
Local branch of service organization of university and college educated women who lobby for educational opportunities for women and girls, as well as for equal pay.
American Civilization Institute of Morristown, 1965-1969.
Educational program and archeological excavation of a colonial-era farmhouse in Morristown, New Jersey.
Angus Family Evidence Scrapbook, 1853-1969.
One scrapbook of research materials used to compile Angus family genealogy. Includes photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings and one burial record.
Arnold Family Papers, 1763-1878.
Owners of Revolutionary War era tavern; family records; business transactions; Morristown, New Jersey.
Auchincloss and Schnell Family Papers, 1835 – ca.1987.
Personal papers and genealogical information from two New York and New Jersey families and their work in the publishing and engineering fields.
Ball Family Papers, 1810-1950
The Ball Family Papers include legal documents, property records, diaries, correspondence and photographic material of a successful Morris County farming family, dating from the mid- 19th to early 20th century.
Beaver, M.D., Jennie Dean Papers, 1900-1967.
First female physician of Morristown, New Jersey.
Blue Gate Farm Collection, 1839-1971. Personal and business records related to the Miller, Vail, Ford, Lawson, and McEwan families.
Boonton Iron Works Records, 1876-1900
Business papers and correspondence from a local iron works.
Brienza Family Collection, 1914-1964.
Boxing in New Jersey; U.S. Army; American Red Cross; Fencing, Newark, New Jersey.
British Plays at the North Jersey History and Genealogy Center, 1675-1807
This collection contains 43 plays from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The types of plays include dramas, satires, comedies, amatory fiction and one musical. Written by English and Irish authors during the Restoration and Georgian time periods, the collection includes the works of 35 playwrights, three of whom were women.
Brookside Woman’s Club Records, 1945-2012
Brookside Woman’s Club Records include documents, publications and scrapbooks created by a Mendham Township woman’s group from the mid-twentieth century until its’ dissolution in 2012.
Burnham Park Association Records, 1967-1989
The records and photographs of this collection deal mainly with the April 29, 1989 Arbor Day Commemoration of Kenneth W. Allen as the first Chairman of the Burnham Park Association Board of Trustees.
Business and Professional Women’s Club of Morristown, 1927-1957.
Local chapter of early 20th century national professional women’s organization in Morristown, New Jersey.
Business Ephemera and Artifacts Collection, circa 1816-2007.
Business materials intended to enhance or supplement research regarding Morris County and Morristown, New Jersey.
Canfield-Phillips Family Papers, 1890-1952.
Prominent Morristown, New Jersey family; correspondence; genealogy.
Civic Association of Morristown Records, 1905-1942
Civic organization that helped with the modern development of Morristown, New Jersey’s infrastructure.
Cobb Family Papers, 1826-1961.
Records from a family of prominent Morris County landowners involved in ironmaking, agriculture, and horse breeding.
Colles Family Papers, 1807-1946.
Letters of a late 19th and early 20th century family; Morristown, New Jersey.
Community Crusade for Worth-while Children’s Book Records, 1948-1949
Pocket Book marketing campaign in Morristown, New Jersey.
Community Theatre Records.
Records of the Community Theatre (now the Mayo Performing Arts Center), including photographs, administrative papers, and marketing materials.
Concerned Citizens of the Second Ward, 1959-2008 (bulk 1995-2006)
HM51 MSS Conc Rec consists of eleven manuscript boxes of documents and photographs relating to the neighborhood activist group, Concerned Citizens of the Second Ward and its affiliated organizations and projects.
Conn Farm-Tamaracks Collection, 1789-1940.
Deeds; Byram township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
Conover's Cash Store News Collection, 1918-1922.
News sheets published by George Conover to promote his general store, which was located in Chester, NJ.
Cromwell and Kissel Family Papers, 1854-1947
Family papers, scrapbooks, and business records of a prominent Morristown and New York family, and their work in the banking and textile industries.
Cutler Family Paper and the Cutler Land Company Records, 1763-1974
One of Morristown’s most prominent founding families, the Cutlers were physicians, politicians, lawyers, and owned a significant amount of land in New Jersey and the Midwest.
DeCamp Family Papers, 1745-1976.
Early Morris County history; genealogy; Morris County, New Jersey.
DeChiara, Raymond Family Papers, 1905 – 2005.
Personal and business papers of the head of urban renewal responsible for planning Morristown’s Headquarters Plaza redevelopment project.

Dover Memorial Association Records, 1921-1995
Dover, New Jersey based veterans association.

Dustan Family Papers, 1884-1959
The Dustan Family Papers chronicles a prominent Morristown family whose veterinary practice spanned two generations. The collection contains correspondence, paper documents, account books, bound volumes, a scrapbook, oversized charts and certificates and photographs.

Faesch Correspondence and Genealogy Collection, [1764-1828]; 1963; 1982-1983.
Pre- and post- Revolutionary war era correspondence and genealogical collection created by the Faesch family of Morris County. John Jacob Faesch was an important figure in the iron mining/iron ore industry that helped to supply George Washington’s army with artillery and ammunition.

Faiello, Sam Papers, 1959-1987
Writer, publicist, and novelist whose career encompassed work on New Jersey legislative campaigns, with advertising and public relations firms, and as a published novelist.

Female Charitable Society of Morristown Records, 1813-1967
Charitable association created by prominent women of Morristown, New Jersey.

First Baptist Church of Morristown Collection, 1752-1985.

Ford Family Papers, 1693-1979.
Personal papers, genealogical notes, and photographs from a prominent Morris County family.

Fowler, Alex Collection, 1771-1984.
Historic Homes of Morris County, New Jersey.

Frances, Helen Clark Girl Scout Papers, 1926-1937.
Personal documents of an early Morristown, New Jersey Girl Scout.

Friends of Steven B. Wiley Gubernatorial Campaign Scrapbooks, 1984-1985
Scrapbook containing photographs, news clippings, campaign flyers, and other ephemera from the Democratic Senator’s 1985 run for Governor.

Furlong, Ethelbert E. Collection
The Ethelbert E. Furlong Collection contains three manuscript boxes of professional material and approximately 1000 professional landscaping plans created by Furlong during his career.

Furlong, Ethelbert Landscape Architecture Collection, 1913-1965.
Ethelbert Ely Furlong (1894-1993) was a landscape architect in practice in northern New Jersey from 1920 until 1983. The collection consists of over 1000 landscape architecture plans, design layouts, blueprints, trade magazine articles, and photographs.

Garden Club of Morristown Records, 1913-2007 [bulk 1970-2003]
Minutes, annual reports, budgets, scrapbooks and membership lists of the Club.

Greene, M. Louise Photograph Collection, circa 1911-1914
M. Louise Greene was one of Morristown’s first women business owners. Between the years of 1910-1914 she owned and operated a photographic studio on Speedwell Avenue.

Greentree, Joan Shapiro Papers, 1931-2014.
Selection of working papers from Greentree's landscape design practice, as well as research materials on the Habberstad Houses of the Boonton area.

Halsey, Edmund D. Papers, 1793-1906.
Legal abstracts, surveys and search notes for properties in the town of Denville, and the townships of Rockaway, Pequannock and Hanover, New Jersey from the 19th century.

Harper, Ethel Ernestine Papers, 1905-1981.
First African-American to become a professional in the Morris Area Girl Scouts Council; Morristown, New Jersey.

Hibernia Underground Railroad Records, 1889-1894
Records of the narrow gauge railroad that took iron ore from inside a mountain in Hibernia (Rockaway Township, New Jersey), to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western platform at Dover and Rockaway Junction.

Hill Family Papers , 1841-1946
The papers document a prominent upper middle class Morristown family that endeavored to enter high society while confronting financial instability and personal conflict. The papers especially highlight the life and career of Alice Leslie Hill, an avid Republican reformer, feminist, and birth control activist whose fractious personal life led to her institutionalization at Greystone Park.

Hoffman, Henry Byram Collection, 1850-1945.
Scrapbooks of indexed Morris County, New Jersey news and events.

Home Garden Club of Morristown
Administrative and working papers of Club activities, programs, and community beautification projects.