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Historical Archive Room: Finders Guide
All items are located in the Mendham Borough Library Historical Archive Room, unless otherwise noted.

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Account Book, 1848 - 1877 Unidentified owner, Sparta, NJ
Apgar Family collage of photos
Apgar family photo
Apgar family photos (12)
Apgar family photos (4 in frames) unknown members
Apgar photo
Apgar photo, 3 men 0 Unemployed 1932
Apgar photo, Aaron Amster
Apgar photo, Clarence B.
Apgar photo, Mendham - Dore & Sadi Apgar on fourth seat from back. Parents of Roberta Apgar
Apgar photo, Roberta
Apgar photo, That old gang of mine 1924
Apgar photo, the new truck & boss 1924
Apgar photo, The same day 1924
Apgar photo,Just leaving 1924
Apgar photos in Deguerretype case (unknown)
Apgar Scrapbook - Newspaper clippings of local happenings in the area
Apgar tintypes (3)
Apgar, Dore Photo of Dad - July 4, 1947
Apgar, Dore, Sadi Apgar, daughter Roberta, Photo (1913)
Apgar, Dorothy Roberta - St. John Baptist School Graduate's Certificate
Apgar, Dory & Sadie Ellen Hill marriage certificate
Apgar, Dory photo
Apgar, Dory R. - 60 years membership certificate in the Masonic Fraternity
Apgar, Roberta - Baby shoes belonging to Roberta (2 pairs)
Apgar, Roberta - County School Certificate
Apgar, Roberta - Mione Treasure Chest
Apgar, Roberta - Report Cards
Apgar, Sarah Photo (Sadie Ellen Hill) - Age 24
Axtell Family

B

Babbitt Family Genealogy, letters, & newspaper clippings
Beach Family Genealogy
Black Horse Inn
Bockoven, Family Genealogy
Book - Neighbors to the Winter Camp (2 copies)
Book - Our Mendham by Ella W. Mockridge
Book - This time Tempe Wick by Patricia Lee Gauch
Book and Thimble Club
Book, Stained Glass Portrait by Helen Martha Wright
Borough Records (Clippings)
Borough Zoning Ordinance, 1951
Bowers, F. C., MD newspaper articles & Memorial Card
Byram Family Genealogy - Byram-Crawford and Allied Families Genealogy Book
Byram, Eliab Family History
Byram, Family Papers

C

Cochran, Jean Carter - Tempe Wick Rides, and "The Singing Postman" in the Monday Afternoon Club Magazine, May 1951 and December 1948, respectively
Conkling, Josiah Business Ledger 1818
Conkling, Josiah Business Ledger 1819
Conkling, Josiah, Papers
Continental Army Hospital Plans, Jockey Hollow
Cooke, Family Ancestry
Cordingley, William Wade, Architect - his life & papers by Robert D. Stevens
Cordingly, William M. Papers
Cordingly,Correspondence, Misc.
Cory Family Genealogy (related to Axtell's)
Covert Family
Crane Family Genealogy

D

Davenport Family History
Day, Charles H. photo
Day, Gus - Auctioneer
Demarest Family
Doubleday, Abner General
Doughty, Joseph W., General
Drake Family Genealogy

E

Emmons, Catherine (Kate)

F

Fire Department Photos
First Presbyterian Church History and members
First Presbyterian Church Manual 1855
First Presbyterian Church Mendham Record Book
First Presbyterian Church Newspaper Clippings
First Presbyterian Church of Monmouth Old Tennent Church Brochure
Flag Photo - Identification of flag era (located at the Phoenix House)
Flag Photo History (located at the Phoenix House)
Flag Raising in the center of Mendham circa early 1900s (located at the Phoenix House)
Flag Raising in the center of Mendham circa early 1900s (different view) (located at the Phoenix House)
Fletcher, Andrew (former Mayor of Mendham & benefactor)
Florie Farm Dairy Milk Bottle
Florie Farm Dairy Receipts (3)

G

Garabrant Family Alblum
Garabrant Family History
Genealogy Book belonging to Emma Rood
Guerin Family
Gunther Motors Fire and Demise
Gunther newspaper article 7/6/62 "Tribute to a Lucky Lady"
Gunther, Amy Alleta Mattox
Gunther, Amy, Photo of House (1938)
Gunther, Amy, Photo of house back door with hollyhocks
Guntner,Amy, Poem - February Morning

H

Hill, Sadie spelling book
Hilltop Cemetary - Burial Map of United States Veterans (compiled 6/30/1957
Hilltop Cemetery - School boy's prank
Hilltop Cemetery Old Yard Directory 1926
Hilltop Church - First Presbyterian Church Directory 1927
Hilltop Church Architectural Drawing of cellar (1 sheet)
Hilltop Presbyterian Church Accessions Book - Register 1981 - 1982
Hobbie, Lucille
Holloway, Malachi, Letter, Re ( 1946)
Hudson Family
Huemer Family
Huntting, Lucy, photo

I

Index - Collection of Daily Record Newspaper Clippings Box 1 - A-B
Index - Collection of Daily Record Newspaper Clippings Box 2 - C-D
Index - Collection of Daily Record Newspaper Clippings Box 3 - H-M
Index - Collection of Daily Record Newspaper Clippings Box 4 - N-T

J

Jersey Genealogy, Scrapbook 3 - 1913
Jersey Genealogy, Scrapbook 4, 1914 - 1916
Jersey Genealogy, Scrapbook 5 - 1916 - 1917
Jersey Genealogy, Scrapbook 6 - 1918
Jersey Genealogy, Scrapbooks 1 & 2, 1912
Johnston, Grandfather, photo
Johnston, Lucy, photo
Johnston, Rosa, photo

K

Kagan, Elizabeth photo framed
Keppler, Charles A., Liquor License
Kerr Family
Ketch
Knox, Mr. & unidentified, photo
Knox, Mrs & Unidentified, photo

L

Leddell, M.M. (Principal of Washington Seminary in Washington, NJ 1874
Leddell, S.W.
Legacy Through The Lens A Study of Mendham Architecture by Janet W. Foster (Photography by E. Kenneth Hoffman
Legacy Through The Lens Proofs of photos
Letters to Kate Emmons re Local History

M

Malin, Thaw Deed of property in Mendham Township - 1793 (located at the Phoenix House)
Malin, Thaw Deed plot plan & letter of property in Mendham Township - 1793 (located at the Phoenix House)
Map - Hand drawn undated of Mendham Twp. Properties
Map - Reprint of 1868 Map of Morristown
Map of Mendham Business Directory
Map of Mendham Village - June 27, 1961
Map of Mendham, circa 1919 Bridal Paths (located at the Phoenix House)
Maps, Mendham Street Maps
Marsh Family
Master Typographers of the Ages
Mayor Elliott - 1st Mayor of Mendham
McMurtry Family (McMurtrie?)
Mendham - Church Street: stories of American village life by Jean Carter Cochran (book about Hilltop Rd, formerly known as Church St., Mendham)
Mendham - Crossroads Magazine article, "My Home" by John Cunningham Nov 1965
Mendham - Harold Ketchum
Mendham - New Jersey Historic Preservation Survey Form
Mendham Archive Minutes July 31, 1950 to Nov. 7, 1950
Mendham article, "Town and Country" in New Jersey Magazine, Nov 2003
Mendham Artists 1984 Exhibit Program
Mendham Bicentennial Committee Minutes
Mendham Blacksmith Shop at 11 Mountain Ave, c 1798 (photo 12/21/02)
Mendham Borough Architectural Walking Tour 1997
Mendham Borough Children's Historical Walking Tour
Mendham Borough Council - Newspaper Clippings - 1930s - 1940s
Mendham Borough High School - 1956
Mendham Borough Personnel Mid 1980's (names on back)
Mendham Borough Reports - years 1939, 1940, 1941
Mendham Borough/Mendham Twp Bicentennial Calendar
Mendham Boyscouts Information
Mendham Brief History Booklet
Mendham Buliding Ordinence, 1931
Mendham Elections 1952, Clippings
Mendham Fire Department 75th Anniversary Yearbook 1980 (2)
Mendham Fire House (4)
Mendham First Aid/Rescue Squad 50th Anniv. Yearbook 1990
Mendham Flag Photo (located at the Phoenix House)
Mendham Garden Club
Mendham Garden Club Photo - First Exhibit of Mendham Club Dish Gardens in Gunther's Show Room - Winter of 1933 (located at the Phoenix House)
Mendham General Store old account book dated 1807
Mendham Historic District Information
Mendham Historical Society Correspondence
Mendham History Newspaper Clippings
Mendham History Of People, Booklet
Mendham home drawings, newspaper articles & photos
Mendham Information - newspaper clippings and hand drawn maps
Mendham Junior Woman's Club
Mendham Ledger of Accounts (owner unidentified)
Mendham Library
Mendham Library - Bernardsville News/Observer Tribune April 1, 1976
Mendham Library - Study of Local Library Usage in the Chesters and Mendhams New Jersey 1969
Mendham Library Book and Thimble Club
Mendham Library Book and Thimble Club 1915
Mendham Library Company Record Book dated 1799
Mendham Library Dedication
Mendham Library Dedication in Daily Record June 20, 1932
Mendham Library Financial Report January 2, 1957
Mendham Library Fire December 20, 1973
Mendham Library First Annual Report December 20, 1912
Mendham Library History - March 30, 1980
Mendham Library History back to 1799
Mendham Library History Clippings
Mendham Library History March 30, 1980 (2 copies)
Mendham Library Laws and Catalogue 1871
Mendham Library Newspaper Clippings
Mendham Library Officers elected May 5, 1937
Mendham Library Open House October 14, 1971
Mendham Library organized 159 years ago - March 20, 1958
Mendham Library Original Shareholders
Mendham Library Photo of Dedication
Mendham Library Reception August 15, 1974
Mendham Library Record Book 1829-1842
Mendham Library Record Book 1843-1848
Mendham Library Record Book 1912
Mendham Library Treasurer's Report March 31st, 1923
Mendham Local History news articles 1921
Mendham Methodist Church
Mendham Methodist Meeting House Program Reproduction (located at the Phoenix House)
Mendham Misery Club
Mendham Open Space Map Report, Spring 1984
Mendham Opera House Program
Mendham Parent Teachers Association 1933-1957
Mendham photo - looking west from St. Anne's
Mendham Photo of Mayor Bruss
Mendham Photo of Mayor Rockefeller
Mendham Photos
Mendham Photos - Miscellaneous copies of photos and photos of Mendham scenes
Mendham Photos of Mayors -
Mendham Photos of Mayors - E.W. Elliott
Mendham Photos of Mayors and Council Members
Mendham Photos, Church Street
Mendham Photos, Firehouse
Mendham Photos, Hilltop Church
Mendham Photos, Hilltop School c. 1900s
Mendham Photos, Hilltop School c. 1900s (2)
Mendham Photos, Map of Mendham
Mendham Photos, St. Joseph Church
Mendham Photos, St. Mark's Church
Mendham Photos, Water Works Post Card, early 1900s
Mendham Post Card - St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Mendham Post Card Hilltop Presbyterian Church
Mendham Post Card Hilltop Presbyterian Church - different view
Mendham Post Card Mendham Elementary & HS
Mendham Post Card Methodist Church
Mendham Post Card Public Library
Mendham Post Cards -
Mendham Post Office - 1951
Mendham Real Estate Transfers
Mendham Republican Club
Mendham Rescue Squad 1950s?
Mendham School - Babbitt Select School 1881 - 1901
Mendham School - Ezra Fairchild's Hilltop School - 1827 to 1840
Mendham Schools Listing
Mendham Short History (W. Cordingly)
Mendham Snapshots, from 1940-1950's.
Mendham Suffolk, England Brochure
Mendham Switchboard, August 31, 1931
Mendham Theatre Group
Mendham Township, School Tax Voucher
Mendham Youth Center
Mendham, "Legacy Through The Lens" newspaper clippings
Mendham, Bank Robbery - Daily Record, dated October 18, 1961
Mendham, Bank Robbery - LIFE Magazine, dated January 5, 1962
Mendham, Bank Robbery - Reprint of LIFE Magazine article (1/5/1962)
Mendham, Bank Robbery news articles
Mendham, Library (1980), photo.
Mendham, Scrapbook clippings
Mendham/Mendham Township - "Fragmentary Historical Notes about Mendham Township" collected and compiled by Calvin C. Davis (undated).
Methodist Church Information
Methodist Church, A Tale of Three Villages - Methodism in Mendham, Bernardsville, Basking Ridge
Mockridge, Ella
Morris County Map - from early 1900s
Morristown First Presbyterian Church History, Part 1, 1742 to 1882
Morristown Ghost by David Young
Morristown, Early Printing

N

New Jersey Historical Society - Quarterly Magazine April 1949
New Jersey Historical Society Lore. V 2 1912 -1913
New Jersey Historical Society Lore. V1 1912- 1913
Nicholas, C. E.

O

Old Justice Docket 1834 - 1839. John Ballantine
Old Presbyterian Church Session Book Reproduction
Oliver Sisters
Oswald, Peggy; Presentation to Historical Society

P

Pastime Club Lanes - "The First 50 Years" by Judy Swiencki
Pastime Club Thirteen Years of Progress 1951 by F. Clyde Bowers
Pastime Club, Inc. - First Thirteen Years by F. Clyde Bowers
Phillips, A.G., Post Card Picture of House, Ralston
Phillips, Andrew, son of Ned Phillips, photo.
Phoenix Family Papers
Phoenix Family Photos
Phoenix Family Photos. Many of these photos contain more than one person.
Phoenix House - Framed watercolor
Phoenix House - Needlepoint
Phoenix House - pen & ink drawing - J.M. Rose, 1920
Phoenix House Antique Advertisement (located at the Phoenix House)
Phoenix House Correspondence
Phoenix House description 1938
Phoenix House Guest Book 1938 - 1959
Phoenix House Guest Book 1957 - 1960
Phoenix House Information - Gift from Senator & Mrs. A.S. Whitney
Phoenix House Lapkin (framed) (located at the Phoenix House)
Phoenix House list of presentation of gifts, June 1, 1938
Phoenix House list of purchases
Phoenix House news article 1938 opening
Phoenix House Northwest Parlor c. 1910
Phoenix House opening, June 3, 1938
Phoenix House photo - 1936
Phoenix House Photo c. 1938
Phoenix House Photo east parlor, north end
Phoenix House Photo east parlor, south end
Phoenix House Photo entrance hall
Phoenix House Photo front door
Phoenix House Photo Miss Julia's room
Phoenix House Photo of Parlor as Meeting Room
Phoenix House Photo old dining room 1920?
Phoenix House Photo southwest room
Phoenix House Photo, northeast bedroom 1920?
Phoenix House Photo, northwest parlor 1920?
Phoenix House regulattions for use 1947
Phoenix House short history
Phoenix House terms of deed
Phoenix Photo - Elizabeth & Rod - taken in front of St. Joseph Church (located at the Phoenix House)
Phoenix, Aunt Emma as a baby, photo.
Phoenix, Aunt Kate Ketchum, photo
Phoenix, Aunt Kate, photo.
Phoenix, Aunt Rose holding Roderick (1896), 11 days old, photo.
Phoenix, Aunt Sarah, photo.
Phoenix, Carrie & Friends in auto, postcard.
Phoenix, Carrie & Lucy, photo.
Phoenix, Carrie & Lucy, photo.
Phoenix, Carrie (Johnston)
Phoenix, Carrie and Elizabeth, photo.
Phoenix, Carrie and Ely, photo.
Phoenix, Carrie Johnston, photo.
Phoenix, Carrie, Rod, Elizabeth photo
Phoenix, Elizabeth - framed Resolution dedicating oak tree in front of Bowers Bldg to her (located at the Bowers Building)
Phoenix, Elizabeth - Resolution honoring her (located at the Phoenix House)
Phoenix, Elizabeth & Cassie Collet, photo.
Phoenix, Elizabeth & Mother, photo.
Phoenix, Elizabeth & Roderick, photo.
Phoenix, Elizabeth and Farther in Oldsmobile photo
Phoenix, Elizabeth and Roderic photo
Phoenix, Elizabeth newspaper photo & article dated 10/17/68
Phoenix, Elizabeth photo
Phoenix, Elizabeth, photo.
Phoenix, Elizabeth, photo.
Phoenix, Elizabeth, photo.
Phoenix, Elizabeth, photo.
Phoenix, Elizabeth, photo.
Phoenix, Elizabeth, photo.
Phoenix, Family, photo.
Phoenix, Father & Harry Hoope, photo.
Phoenix, Grama Johnston & Aunt Phoebe, photo.
Phoenix, Grama Johnston, photo.
Phoenix, Jack photo
Phoenix, Julia A., photo.
Phoenix, Richard C., photo. Son of Roderick Phoenix.
Phoenix, Roderick (?), photo.
Phoenix, Roderick (1918), photo.
Phoenix, Roderick and Elizabeth,photo.
Phoenix, Roderick with dog, photo.
Phoenix, Roderick, (1897), 5months old, photo.
Phoenix, Roderick, photo.
Phoenix, Roderick, photo.
Phoenix, Roderick, photo.
Phoenix, Unidentified little child, photo.
Phoenix, Unidentified, photo.
Phoenix, Unidentified, photo.
Phoenix, Unidentified, photo.
Phoenix, Unidentified, photo.
Phoenix, Unidentified, photo.
Phoenix, Will and Carrie, photo.
Phoenix, Will N. & others unidentified, photo.
Phoenix, Will N., photo.
Phoenix, William, photo.
Photo Mendham School Buildings circa 1900 and Parish House circa 1914
Presbyterian Church (First) Choir & Organ Dedication Recital Booklet
Presbyterian Church (First) Deed of Church Property 1745
Presbyterian Church (Hilltop) Records & drawing of log church
Presbyterian Church (Morristown) Members 1820
Presbyterian Church (Second) Book of Statistical Record 1885

R

Ralston - Nesbitt Ledger of Accounts 1788
Ralston General Store & Post Office History
Ralston Letters
Ralston, Emma Rood, photo.
Record of Marriages performed by George Hankinson & J. Branton Wallace
Robinson Drug Shop - Ice cream dish and papers
Robinson Drug Shop - Ice cream scoop
Robinson Drug Shop - Ice cream soda mixing cup and spoon
Rockabye Railroad, first riders photo
Rockaway Valley Railroad - Deluxe Edition (Copy 1, & Copy2)
Rockaway Valley Railroad - Photo (2) of first passenger train June 17, 1891
Rood Family Genealogy

S

Schiff Scout Reservation Information
School Referendum, 1928
Scrapbook of Historical Items 1914 - 1921
Simpson, Alex & three others, postcard.
Song and Lyrics "My Garden State" by Edna Mohr Dooley
Speed, John Gilmer (descendant of George Keats brother of the English poet, John Keats.) Genealogy and Death Notice
St. John Baptitst School
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church
St. Joseph's Church Photo 1950's
St. Mark's Church Photo (Inside 1996)
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
St. Mark's Episcopal Church Rectory Photo 1996 (4)
State and Municipal Statutes, 1952

T

Thompson Family Genealogy & Photos of Dr. Lawrence Thompson
Thompson House Architectural Drawings (10 sheets)

U

Union Schoolhouse & Mountain Schoolhouse

V

Van Etten Family Genealogy

W

Washington, Martha - Booklet of description of Mr. Huntington's description of Photo
Wells, Hoxie photo
Welsh Family History
West Morris Regional High School
Willis Family History
Wills Family - Letter of donation of 18th Century Tea Table and pair of matching chairs from Walter Patten, Jr. (located in the collection of Walter Patten, Jr.)
Wolfe, Peter House Architectural Drawings (20 sheets)
Wolfe, Peter Land Grants
WW II Defence Plans Clippings
Wyckoff Family Genealog

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