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The Morristown NHP library and archives represent in large measure the convergence of two separate collections. With the founding of the park in 1933, it acquired the collection of the Washington Association of New Jersey. Twenty-two years later the park was again the beneficiary of another significant contribution when Lloyd W. Smith bequeathed his substantial archival and book collection to the park. Mr. Smith, an investment banker from Florham Park, NJ, spent nearly half a century collecting and bringing together representative samples of virtually every aspect of our western European cultural heritage. In addition to the library holdings donated by the Washington Association of New Jersey, Mr. Smith’s bequest in 1955 enables the park today to boast a library collection of nearly 50,000 volumes and an archive of nearly 250,000 manuscripts—journals, diaries, account books, letter books, military orderly books, inspection returns, muster lists—and other documents.
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The Division of Cultural Resources invites Park patrons to visit the archaeological treasures on display at the Jockey Hollow Visitor Center. This exhibit features objects that were unearthed in Jockey Hollow during one of our many surveys. Discarded and lost items like stoneware, pipes, grapeshot, spectacles, bayonets, buckles and tools are among the recovered artifacts.
Archaeological exploration at the park began in 1933, the year Morristown National Historical Park was founded, and the most recent excavation took place in 2006. Historical study of the found artifacts continues today.
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Exhibit curated by Krystal Poelstra.
Dr. Jude M. Pfister, curator at the Morristown National Historical Park and author of
The Jacob Ford Jr. Mansion: The Storied History of a New Jersey Home will hold a book signing this Saturday, December 5, 2009.
When: Saturday, December 5, 2009, from 12:00- 1:30pm
Where: Military Gallery
30 Washington Place, Morristown NJ, 07960
* Books for sale in the museum shop.
The Washington Association of New Jersey Papers have been returned to the Morristown NHP Library and Archives after being processed/rehoused and cataloged by the Northeast Museum Services Center. The manuscripts are currently available for researchers.
The New Jersey Iron Industry Papers have been returned to the Morristown National Historical Park Library and Archives after having been on long-term loan at the Joint Free Public Library of Morristown-Morris Township.
These papers which include the Oram Collection, Moses Tuttle Papers, Tuttle-Hoff Papers and the Cobb Collection cover the mid-eighteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries and include the personal and business papers of prominent family owned iron-works located in Morris County, NJ.
Microfilm is available for these papers.
We would like to thank all of the teachers who participated in our recent
Primary Source Seminar teacher workshop. It was great working with such an enthusiastic group of educators. We hope to see you and your students in the spring!
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Curator Jude M. Pfister's recent book
The Jacob Ford Jr. Mansion: The Storied History of a New Jersey Home is now available for purchase at the Morristown NHP museum store and from all major book retailers. All proceeds from the sale of the book support the Morristown NHP library and archival program.
