Readers Review: “Six of Crows”, “Scythe”, and “Lying in the Deep”

Welcome to a new review series featuring book reviews written by teens, for teens! Each season, our reviewers will share their thoughts, critiques, and recommendations based on what they’ve read. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Ketterdam is a mischievous

Records from Morristown’s Community Theatre are open to researchers

Constructed in 1937, the Community Theatre served as Morristown’s single-screen movie theater exclusively presenting first runs of films. It opened on December 23, 1937 with a screening of Nothing Sacred, starring Carole Lombard and Fredric March. The theater briefly showed

Records of New Jersey landscape architect and Morris County arts and crafts home builders.

The working papers of one of New Jersey’s notable landscape architects, Joan Shapiro Greentree, are now open to researchers in the History Center’s reading room. Born in Brooklyn, Joan Shapiro (1929-2012) graduated high school at sixteen years old and briefly

Book Playlist: The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

  From NOVL: “The Grandest Game is finally here, and I have the perfect playlist to accompany your reading (or rereading). This book is as unputdownable as they come. They’re not just players—they’re players with a backstory. And don’t even

Picatinny Arsenal newspaper acquisition and updated Morris School District records

One aspect of preserving New Jersey history involves identifying weaknesses in our collections. While reviewing materials related to the state’s military history, Archivist Jeff Moy noted a lack of detailed information on Picatinny Arsenal, which is one of Morris County’s