Montclair History Center

Guide to the Library Files

Table of Contents

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Scope and Content…………………………………………………….2

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Guide to the Library Files Montclair Historical Society

Summary This collection contains a large volume of files that pertain to many aspects of

Montclair’s rich history. It includes a vast wealth of information on specific people, organizations and groups, as well as the town’s government, committees, and schools. It highlights significant aspects of Montclair’s history, such as the Crane family and the town’s African American heritage. Through the many types of documents in these files, we are able to gain insight into the various facets of life in Montclair throughout the years.

Creator(s): Montclair organizations and people, town government, departments, committees, etc.

Dates: Late 19th - 2oth century; bulk is mid-later 20th century

Location: Library (upstairs)

Quantity: 4 file cabinets

Scope and Content The types of documents in this collection include (but are not limited to) receipts, financial records, legal documents, reports, articles, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and correspondence. Some of the documents were created as early as 1874, but the majority was created in the later 2oth century. They consist of a combination of originals

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General New Jersey history is also included. Montclair’s African American history and the Crane family files make up the largest portions of this collection. There are files on individual members of the Crane family, and several folders dedicated to Crane family genealogy. This collection is limited primarily to organizations, groups, people, etc. Files concerning homes, churches and other buildings in Montclair are also incorporated into this collection.

Arrangement Note The files in this collection are arranged by subject. The staff and volunteers responsible for the processing of this collection felt that this was the most sensible arrangement because the materials are intended for frequent access. The green hanging folders represent a general category. The manila legal-size folders within each hanging folder represent subcategories. For example, the hanging folder entitled “Legal Folder 3” is the third folder for the general “Legal” category. This folder contains a manila folder called

“Indian Deed of 1703,” which is a subcategory. The folders that contain files on specific people are arranged alphabetically. All of the files relating to places are located in File Cabinet 4. The hanging folders containing these files are arranged alphabetically. This collection has been entered by file folder into the Past Perfect database. Corresponding accession numbers are listed on each folder.

Container List This is an inventory of the collection. It includes the file cabinet number, drawer number, the folder title (this corresponds to the green hanging folders mentioned above in the Arrangement Note) and the folder contents (this corresponds to the manila folders within each green hanging folder mentioned above in the Arrangement Note).

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File Drawer Folder Folder Contents Cabinet Number Title (subfolders) Number 1 1 Legal Folder 1  Government  Government correspondence  Miscellaneous Charters and related documents  Report on Montclair government by student Bunny Borden (now Linda Stark) April 19, 1957 1 1 Legal Folder 2  Petitions requesting commission form of government 1916 1 1 Legal Folder 3  Miscellaneous legal  Envelope with 1 photograph  Envelope with photographs of former mayors, town clerks office, etc  Petitions for town meetings 1 1 Legal Folder 4  Indian Deed of 1703  Private deeds/stocks  Grove Street Documents: Charles Lindsay to Montclair Building and Loan Association; Harvey Durr to Mary Lindsay; Mary Lindsay to Grace Roush  Deeds: Sigler; Holmes; Gaylord 1 1 Legal Folder 5  Town property ordinance papers  Petitions relating to various businesses  Petitions relating to liquor license  Petitions relating to theaters and moving pictures (letter signed by Thomas Edison enclosed)  Montclair Children and the Movies, Montclair PTA, 1933 1 1 Legal Folder 6  Harrison papers  Deeds: Love papers 1 1 Legal Folder 7  Indentures 1 1 Elections Folder 1  Elections General Information  Election notices 1868-1910, miscellaneous ballots and tickets  Election poll books  Election statements of results 1 1 Elections Folder 2  Election tally sheets – miscellaneous and undated 1 1 Finance Folder 1  Minutes of town Council – Harry

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Trippett 1920: Includes supplemental debt statement – 10 different statements  Passaic Valley Serial Sewer bond and list of bonds and coupons  Certificate of determination and award – 5 different statements  Documents relating to assessment bonds 1 1 Finance Folder 2  Fireman’s Insurance Company – 1879, 1881  Various Statements and bills of sale from Montclair businesses  Miscellaneous Finance documents  Various documents relating to tax matters  Budget article clippings 1937  Montclair Community Audit 1980 1 1 Finance Folder 3  Montclair Trust Company Newsletters 1932-34 1 2 Public Health  Public health – ordinances/ Folder 1 codes; associate committees  Public health complaints and petitions 1887-1929  Booklets and pamphlets relating to Mountainside Hospital/ Mental Health Resource Center  The Morality of Carelessness: The Montclair Typhoid Epidemic of 1894 1 2 Public Safety  Fire department – organizational Folder 1 documents, bylaws, rosters and receipts  Fire Department Hook and Ladder Company Number 1  Fire Department Excelsior Hose Company Number 2  Fire Department Washington Hose Company Number 3  Fire Department Cliffside Hose Company Number 4  Miscellaneous letters, advertisements, and notices concerning the fire department  Fire Department – Firemen’s Balls

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 Montclair Times on the history of the Fire Department 1 2 Public Safety  Organizational documents, Folder 2 rosters and receipts relating to police department  Miscellaneous letters and complaints  Montclair Defense Council 1 2 Public Affairs  Documents relating to town Folder 1 planning  Zoning  Land subdivision regulations Photocopy June 29 1934  Documents relating to Urban renewal  Complaints – 1921 to 1923 – Recorder Henry Trimble  Outline of U.S. Development 1787-1850  Booklet – Analysis of Population trends in Montclair N.J. March 1, 1939 1 2 Public Affairs  Documents relating to Welfare Folder 2 1 2 Education Folder 1  General Board of Education documents and articles 1 2 Education Folder  Stories of NJ prepared for public 2 schools  Montclair Yesterday, Social Studies Curriculum, 1986  1950s speech curriculum information  Adult School of Montclair 1 2 Education Folder Montclair High School 3  Drama (1970-1973)  Graduation Programs (1874-1917, 1937, 1967)  Misc. Programs  1874-1921, 1962, 1973); 50th Anniversary Reunion class of 1932  Music (1929, 1970-1979)  Sports (1927-1989)  Student Publications (1937, 1969- 1973): See Print Flat Files, Drawer 9  Student Rosters (1874- Circa 1972)

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 MHS Bulletins (1897-1912); Above cabinet 1  Paraphernalia 1 2 Education Folder  Edgemont School 4  George Inness School  Glenfield School  Lacordaire Academy  Montclair Kimberly Academy  Montclair Military School  Montclair Normal School/Montclair University  Watchung School  Misc. schools 1 3 Businesses Folder  Central business district – 1 newsletters, meeting reports, plans, correspondence  CBD – documents relating to Hahne’s Store and the May Department Store  CBD – documents relating to Lackawanna Slope Association  Documents relating to various businesses  Montclair business guides and newspaper clippings  Images of Montclair businesses 1 3 Businesses Folder  Peter Doremus Store 2  Fairfield Dairy Company  J.B Osborne, Carpenter/Builder; 469 Bloomfield Avenue  Bank of Montclair  Montclair Trust Company  Memorandum of Invoices, 1772  Applegate Farm 1 3 Transportation  Railroad information Folder 1  Kinds of transportation in Montclair – History 1 3 Transportation  Railroad Photograph book Folder 2  Lackawanna Station – History  Lackawanna Station – National Register of Historic Places  Upper Montclair Railroad Station 1 3 Transportation  Boonton Line-Montclair Branch Folder 3 Corridor Study 2016 1 3 Animals  Dogs, cats, chickens, horses, pigs,

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sheep  “Hitching Posts of History” booklet  Montclair horse show booklets 1 3 Towpath Post  Towpath Post 1970 – Autumn Folder 1 1973  Towpath Post Winter 1973-74 – Autumn 1975  Towpath Post Winter 1975-76 – Spring/Summer 1977 1 3 Celebrations  Montclair Centennial 1968 Folder 1  Celebrations  Freedom Week 2 1 Schools Reports  Various Reports Folder 1 2 1 Colonial Days  Various Reports Reports Folder 1  Early American Life, Dec. 1974 2 1 Kitchen Reports  Various Reports Folder 1 2 1 Early Recreation  Various Reports Folder 1 2 1 Household  Various Reports Reports Folder 1 2 1 Textiles Reports  Various Reports Folder 1 2 1 Early Lighting  Various Reports Reports Folder 1 2 1 Furniture Reports  Various Reports Folder 1 2 1 Antique Tools  Antique Tools Collection 2 1 Crane Country  Various Reports Store Reports Folder 1 2 1 Horticulture  Various Reports Reports Folder 1 2 1 City Planning  Various Reports Reports Folder 1 2 1 Women Reports  Various Reports Folder 1 2 1 Recollections  Various Reports Reports Folder 1 2 2 Recollections  Various Reports Reports Folder 2 2 2 Montclair History  Early Montclair Reports Folder 1  Those Were the Days by Segar  Overarching History 2 2 Montclair History  An Ethnic History of Montclair, Reports Folder 2 New Jersey (1690-1955)

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 Evolution of Montclair  Evolution of a Suburban Town  Montclair, NJ: The Development of a Suburban Town and Its Architecture, PH.D. diss. 2008  Montclair Times articles: Winter of 1881, Newspapers, 1881 in Review, General History of Montclair, Social Activities and Entertainment 2 2 Montclair History  Montclair Yesterday: The History Reports Folder 3 of Montclair – 3 copies  Montclair in Colonial and War Times, 1912  Baedecker Guide Book: Montclair  Montclair Realty Co., 1900  Montclair, Caldwell & Verona, NJ and Their Attractions, 1911  A Goodly Heritage: Montclair, New Jersey Tercentenary  Living in Montclair, 1945  Montclair Miscellaneous-Facts  Montclair and WWII  Montclair and WWI 2 2 Montclair History  Notes/research for Montclair Book history book 2 2 Arts Folder 1  Montclair Art and Artists  Musical Performances  Miscellaneous Playbills  “At the New Grill Leon” Sheet Music 1929  Essex Couty Summer Music School 2 2 Arts Folder 2  Programs of Unity Institute  Programs for Montclair Players  Programs for College Women’s Club of Montclair  Programs of Women’s Club of Upper Montclair  Miscellaneous Programs  Joseph Lamb events/programs 2 2 Specific Groups  Studio Players and Theaters  Theaterfest Folder 1  Nutley Little Theater  Old Library Theater  Whole Theater Company  Williams Street Theater

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 Wellmont Theater  Montclair Operetta Club  Miscellaneous Cabinet Drawer Folder Title  Folder Contents Number Number (subfolders) 2 3 Organizations and  Documents relating to Rod and Clubs Folder 1 Gun club  Shooting club  Documents relating to various military groups  Women’s Club, Montclair  Women’s Club of Upper Montclair  Junior League of Montclair  Miscellaneous groups and organizations 2 3 Organizations and  Benevolent and Procreative Order Clubs Folder 2 of Elks, Montclair  Pamphlets relating to Cosmopolitan Club  Garden Club of New Jersey  Girl Scout Council of Greater Essex County  Boy Scouts  Montclair Lodge Program  League of Women Voters  YMCA colored branch  Montclair YWCA  Memorial Home of Upper Montclair for Aged People, 1947  Opticians Guild of Montclair (artifact)  Presby Memorial Iris Gardens  Rotary Club  United Way  Wild Dogs of America  Women’s Association 2 3 Montclair  Montclair Historical Society Historical Society  Terhune Library (History Center) 2 3 Club Pamphlets  Upper Montclair Country Club, Folder 1 Outlook Club, Montclair Club  Research Club  Three O’Clock Club  Women’s Education Club  Garden Club of Montclair

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2 3 African American  Birth books (2) Montclair Folder 1  Black History Month  Busing 1960-70 (newspaper articles, integration)  Articles relating to children  James How House (369 Claremont Ave.) 2 3 African American  Montclair African American Montclair Folder 2 Heritage Foundation  Montclair Community Audit 1947  Montclair Times Articles  NAACP, Montclair Chapter  Newspaper clippings  NY Times articles 1930s  NY Times articles 1940s  NY Times articles 1960s  NY Times articles 1970s  Petitions

3 African American  Reports 2 Montclair Folder 3  Women’s Association (see

organization folder)  William Zaubler, “Segregated Swimming,” 2015 3 1 African American  Schooling Montclair Folder 4  Slavery/abolition  Urban World Magazine  Underground railroad

3 1 Italian Americans  Community Study report Montclair 1  Italian heritage Day 1995  Exhibit by New Jersey Historical Society  Italian Americans in Montclair 3 1 People Folder 1  African American Women  Geneology – LeBruen, Treat, Jenkins Families  Miscellaneous-Montclair African Americans-Individuals  Montclair Authors  Miscellaneous Montclair People  Obituaries 3 1 People Folder 2  Descendants of the founders of Newark  W. J. Lincoln Adams  Washington Irving Adams

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 Buzz Aldrin  Mary W. T. Arny  Earl LeRoy Athill  John Holmes Awerdick  The Ayres Family  Albert J. Bailey  Edwin A. Baldwin  Thomas Ball  Charles Baskerville Sr.  The Beach Family  D. M. Bedikian  The Behr Family  Betty Bell  Martha Belle-Williams  Yogi Berra 3 1 People Folder 3  Julia Berrall  Vivian E. Bethea  George Biggs  Sara J. Bird  Dr. Emily Blackwell  James H. Blair  Mrs. Lottie Blanchard  Julius C. Booker  The Bonnell Family  Dr. A. E. Bostwick  Bostwick  William Hull Botsford  Richard Boyd  Amory Howe Bradford 3 1 People Folder 4  Bill Bradley  Jacob Castor Brautingam  Eunice R. Bravmann  Joseph S. Britton  Ogden Brouwer  Harry A. Bruno  Jewell Lee Patterson Bryant  Aurora Stewart Bull and Family  Otis F. Burgess  Dr. Clarence Willard Butler  Clifton Alonzo Butler  John Cage  Elinor Winston Jackson Caines  Sarah B. Carey  Rob Carlisle  The Cavanaugh Family  Jack Chance  The Chestnut Families

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 Arthur H. Churchill  Dr. James Henry Clark (and Clark House) 3 1 People Folder 5  Gladys Clegg  James A. Clemons, Sr.  E. DeForest Cole  Evelyn A. Cole  Lillie Margaret Walthall Connor (see PastPerfect Books)  Ezra Cornell  Samuel Crump  Elizabeth Lillian Mills Cummings  Pamela Janine Davenport  Robert Ritter Sr. Davenport, Sr.  Alexander Jackson Davis  Robert Dawson  Dearth Family  Thomas Deates  Beryl May Stephenson DeShong  Morresa Helen Debnaun  Alma Picola Powell Dickerson  Leroy Dickerson  William B. Dickson  Larry Doby  The Dodd Family  Carol Jean Dokes (placing needed, too large)  Doremus, Owen, Phillip, Peter  Frank Dormaw  John Mason Doubleday  Daisy Douglas  Olympia Dukakis  Allen Balcom Du Mont  Marlene Louise Dunn  Robert C. Dunneman  Elizabeth Dusenbery 3 1 People Folder 6  Thomas Edison  Craig L. Edwards  John Henry Edwards  William Eshbaugh  Betty Evans  Paul R. Everitt  Harry Fenn  Edgar A. Ferdon (missing)  Alan D. Fitch  John Fitzgerald  Lucy Fitzgerald  Michael A. Flanagan

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 John Flynn 3 2 People Folder 7  Alice Hooe Foster  Ethelbert E. Furlong  George Futrell, Jr.  Catherine Ellen Sinclair Frye  Harvie Galloway  Frederick T. Gates  Garret N. Garrabrant  John Garrett, Jr.  Howard Ellsworth Garrestson  Theophilus Madison Garriss  William Robert E. Grisby  George and Lillian Gilbreth  Aaron W. Godfrey  The Gould Family  Kenneth Victor Goulden  Daddy Grace  James Green  Agnes Beatrice Greene  Alexander Greenfield  The Greenman Family  The Greenoughs Family  Carl E. Gregory  The Gustavson Family  Anna Rhodes Hager (39 Afterglow Way)  Lethe Hargis  Anna Marian Harris  Auretha Josephine Harris  George I. Hartley  Amanda Jane Hatcher  Amy Hatrak  Virginia Haycock  Hunter Reed Moses Hayes  Gregory Hayes  William E. Hayes  Heinrich Heep  Harriet Bigelow Hidreth  Augustus Hill  Mr. Christopher A. Hinck  Jerome Hines  Loretta C. Hodge  Charles Holmes  Mango M. Holmes  Samuel Holmes  Hooe Family  George Washington Holt, Jr.  Sarah B. Hoskins

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 Margarest Elizabeth Flippa Holmes  Mary Edith Holt  Frank Hughes  Ella C. Huff  Herman Hupfeld George Inness 3 2 People Folder 8  Dudley Stuart Jackson  Thomas Lockyer Jefferson  Daniel A Jenkins  Edward Monroe Jenkins  Ivy Elaine Jenkins  Estella Miriam John  Anna V. Johnson  Rosemary Allen Jones  William “Lean” E. Jones  Willie Earl Jones, Sr.  Wilhelmenia Keitt  Jean Kidd  Knox, Henry  Kuser Family  Joseph Lamb  Marie Evelyn Minfee Lambert  Mrs. Henry Lang 3 2 People Folder 9  Senator Frank Lautenberg  Frank Dodge Leffingwell  Alfred Frederick Leslie  Christopher Theophilus Leslie  Garriss Garfield Leslie  Isaac N. Lewis  Charles A. Lindo  William S. Lindsay  Mr. & Mrs. Littrell  David W. Love, Sr.  Gertrude Wilson Love  Gloria Louise Couch Love  John H. Love  Mrs. Minnie A. Lucy  Katherine Lyman  James Corwin Mabey 3 2 People Folder 10  Mr. MacVicar  Bernhard Mahon  Thomas Rathborne Manley  Betsey Martin  Bessie Marsh  Philip Mazzei  E.M. McBrier

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 Norma Lena McCain  Louise Virginia McCoy  Leah Rose McMarrick  Carrie Allen McCray  John McGill  John McGill, Jr.  Ethel May Meadows  Oscar Micheaux  Kelly Miller  Donald M. Miller  Christopher H. Milner  James W. Minfee, Jr.  Millie Minfee  George Minniefield  Erma Mockler  Ernestine “Tina” Morgan  Benjamin Moore  Harvey W. Mortimer  David W. Morton, Sr.  David W. Morton, Jr.  The Munn Family  Captain Joseph Munn  George Welwood Murray  Starr Murphy Letters  Henry W. Nason  Francis Augustus Nelson  Helen Estelle Nicholl  Alfred F. Norris  Deborah L. Burke Ortiz  J.B, Osborne (see Businesses 2)  Richard Parr  Fabian G. Parrish  Elizabeth Berrien DeParrie  Charles Parsons  Lynden Sinclair Pearman  John Calvin Philpott  Thomas Pierson  Alberta E. Pittman  George Marshall Plaskett  John Plumbe 3 2 People Folder 11  Sylvia Pollard-Paterson  Amy Carolyn Stone Pearman  Frank H. Presby  Eleanor Price  Nathan T. Porter Jr.  Mrs. Proescholdt  Quigley Family

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 Ramapo Mountain People  James Ramsey  Jasper Rand  Charles J. Reeves  Mathew Reiker  Robinson  James L. Robinson  Brian E. Rounsavill  Harland E. Rudd  Jean Russell  Russell Family 3 2 People Folder 12  Max Baer Salov  Lesley Sambrook  Cyril Dailey Samuels  Roslyn M. Samuels  Celeste Marie Scantlebury  Patricio Athelstan Scantlebury  Henry J. Scheick  Rabbi Jeshaia Schnitzer  Ms. Gladys Segar  Charlotte Seymour  Roy Shepard  Stanley “Peter” Sherman  Isaac Sigler, Dr.  Bernard A. Silvera  Ladd Sisson  John and Mary Lou Skillin  Michael Ellen Smith  Roswell Smith  Edward Sosman 3 2 People 13  Randall Spaulding  Speer Family -Speer Home -Speer Home Photos  William Moses Squire  Thomas J. Stanton  Gladys Louise Steed  William Samuel Steed, Jr.  William Steinitz  Allan Stephens  Thomas W. Stephens  Emile Stehli  Milton H. Stephenson  Ena Stewart  Ethel Wilmer Stewart  J.A.E. Stewart Clarissa Stoddart  Lucy Stone  Nahum and Sarah Runyon

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Sullivan  Edythe Sydnor 3 2 People 14  Vincent Tango  Herbert H. Tate  Hortense Tate  Fred H. Taylor  Raymond Taylor  Samuel Bartlett Taylor, Jr.  Griff Teller  Terhune Family  Arthur Thornhill  Eugene Thompson  Julia Ellen Ruffin Thompson  Isaac Tichenor  Julian Tinkham  Donald B. Timmons  Goergia Bell Thornton  Roy Tomlinson  Trull Family  John W. Tuthill 3 3 People 15  Dorothy Marie Upperman  Van Ripers of Acquackanonck  Van Vleck  Viola Lee Wanamaker  Michael Waldholz  George Walker  Ruth E. Walker  F. P. Walther  George W. Waples  Ward  George Washington  Paul L. Washington  Kenneth W. Waters, Sr.  Dr. S.C.G. Watkins  William Henry Watkins  Theodore Wells 3 3 People 16  The West Family  Judy an Josh Weston  Richard Wesley  Wheeler Family  Henry Whittemore  Samuel Wilde  David F. Wiley  Benjamin Leroy Wilkinson, Sr.  Dudley Woodbridge  Anna Rose Wright  Clifton Wright

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 Leroy Milton Yale Jr.  Irving Q. Yearwood  Vernon Aubrey Yearwood, Jr.  Selah Young  Emmy Zeller  Frank E. Wallis  Effingham R. North  Simone Coonrod 3 3 Pierson Family  Old Pierson Homestead 1764  Pierson descendants  History of the Oranges, 1922  Military service  Genealogy  Deeds 3 3 Shultz Family 1  Charles Shultz  Last Will and testament of Marion Shultz  Molly’s Prior Wills  Shultz Family Correspondence  Shultz Family Documents  Shultz Family Legal Documents 3 3 Shultz Family 2  Shultz Family History  Photos of the Shultz Family  Shultz Family Album, original 3 3 Shultz Family 3  Shultz Family Album, rewritten copy

3 3 Individual Cranes  Crane related documents Folder 1  Azariah Crane  Israel Crane  Oliver Crane  Zophar Crane  Marjorie Crane Mentz  Nathaniel Crane  Silas Crane  Timothy B. Crane  Margery Atwater Crane  Robert Treat 3 3 Individual Cranes  Fannie Pierson Crane Folder 2  William Crane  Percy Waldron Crane  Stephen Crane 3 3 Individual Cranes  Jasper Crane Folder 3  Mary Crane  Samuel Crane  Mercy Crane  Ken Crane

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 Beverly Lowndes Crane  Job Crane  Miscellaneous Cranes 3 3 Crane Family  Crane Genealogy Genealogy Folder 1  Crane Family Genealogy Subfolder 1 Crane Family Genealogy Subfolder 2 3 3 Crane Family  Crane Family Genealogy Genealogy Folder Subfolder 3 2  Crane Family Genealogy Subfolder 4 3 3 Crane Family  Crane Family Genealogy Genealogy Folder Subfolder 5 3 3 3 Crane Family  Crane Family Genealogy Genealogy Folder Subfolder 6 4  Genealogy – related correspondence from Crane descendants 4 1 How to Research  Various resources 4 1 Barn  Barn building/raising 4 1 Religion  The Young Girl’s Book of Healthful Amusements and Exercise  New Instructive History of Miss Patty Proud; or the Downfall of Vanity: with the Reward of Good Nature, 1804  Pictures of Bible History, 1838  Prayer cards 4 1 Churches 1  Misc. Churches  Bright Hope Baptist Church  Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church 4 1 Churches 2  First Baptist Church  First Congregational Church 4 1 Churches 3  First Presbyterian Church of Orange  Mount Carmel Holy Church 4 1 Churches 4  Mount Zion Baptist Church 4 1 Churches 5  New Calvary Baptist Church : Constitution  New Calvary Baptist Church : history/news  New Calvary Baptist Church : Legal and financial documents 4 1 Churches 6  New Calvary Baptist Church :

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programs/events/bulletins  New Calvary Baptist Church : Resolutions 4 1 Churches 7  St. James Church  St. Luke's Church  St. Mark's United Methodist Church 4 1 Churches 8  St. Paul's Baptist Church: articles and photocopies  St. Paul's Baptist Church: booklets  St. Paul's Baptist Church : newspaper clippings and photos 4 1 Churches 9  St. Peter Claver Church  Swedish Baptist Church  Trinity Temple Church of God  Trinity United Presbyterian Church 4 1 Churches 10  Union Baptist Church : booklets, copies of articles, etc.  Union Baptist Church : history  Union Baptist Church : 100th anniversary booklet 4 1 Churches 11  Union Baptist Church 3: people and activities  Union Baptist Church 5: copies of programs 4 1 Churches 12  Union Congregational Church 4 1 Churches 13  Watchung Congregational Church (see “Guide to Watchung Congregational Church” for more info) 4 2 Cemeteries  Montclair Cemetery Files 4 2 Crane Properties  Nathaniel Crane House History  "The Restoration and Conservation of the Israel Crane House and the Country Store" by J.L. Berrall  Old Crane Homestead 4 2 Crane House  Accession cards Furnishings  Deeds of Gift  Inventories and Appraisals  Lincoln Galleries appraisal of Crane House, 1994  Description of Original Furnishings for Historic Crane House 4 2 Crane House and  Cranetown history Cranetown History

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1  Crane House  Slide list  Slide Presentation  Crane House newspaper clippings  News Clippings from Berrall 4 2 Crane House and  Conservation of the Israel Crane Cranetown History House 2  Israel israel House  “The Hearth Meal” cookbook 4 2 Essex County  Newark Pompton Turnpike Places 1  Glen Ridge  Bloomfield  "Historic Homes of West Caldwell, N.J." booklet 4 2 Essex County  Misc. Essex County Places 2  Essex County Resource Book: A Tercentennial Historical Tour Guide 4 2 Evergreens 1  Evergreens: History and articles  Photos of Evergreens  Reports about Evergreens 1 4 2 Evergreens 2  Reports about Evergreens 2  Reports about Evergreens 3  Mechanical Systems 4 2 General Montclair  Upper Montclair  Montclair points of interest  Misc. general Montclair  Montclair Cemeteries 4 2 Geology and  Archaeological Society of New Archaeology Jersey Bulletin: #12, November 1956 and #13, May 1957  Geology - Great Notch  Bradford Ave. Quarry 4 2 Historic Houses:  Montclair properties on National Montclair 1 and State registers  Early Montclair historic homes/locations 4 2 Historic Houses:  Negatives of old houses Montclair 2  Houses-addresses  Historic houses  Historic American Buildings Survey 4 2 Historic Houses:  Housing proposals/ordinances Montclair 3  Historic Preservation Commission  House building plans - St. Luke's Place FRAGILE  165 Gates Ave

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4 2 Historic Houses:  Misc. articles, letters, etc. relating Montclair 4 to Montclair places  369 Claremont Ave "Slave House:" See also James Howe people file  "Architecture" by Eleanor Price  39 Afterglow Way: See also Anna Rhodes Hager people file  “Suburb and Spring: An Architectural History of Two American Towns, 1893-1918” 4 3 Historic Houses:  Book - Township of Montclair: Montclair 5 Watchung Plaza Historic Business District Nomination Report, September 2012 4 3 Historic Houses:  Trinity Cathedral, Newark, Other Newark Sunday News, May 1966  “Preserving Old Houses,” Houses and Gardens, Jan. 1927  Image of unknown window (?) 4 3 Kip’s Castle  Kip’s Castle 4 3 Howe House  Howe House, Claremont Avenue 4 3 Library  Montclair Public Library  Library booklets 4 3 New Jersey 1  Government  New Jersey history pamphlets/publications 4 3 New Jersey 2  Guides (tourism) 1  Guides (tourism) 2 4 3 Parks and  Misc. recreation brochures, Recreation 1 petitions and receipts  Montclair Beautification Committee 4 3 Parks and  New Jersey Gardens Directory Recreation 2 (1987)  Montclair Gardens  Shade trees 4 3 Parks and  Park Commission documents, Recreation 3 donations, petitions/ complaints, misc. letters  Montclair Nature Center  Anderson Park & Branch Brook Park  Brookdale Park  Clairidge Court Park  Edgemont Park  Erwin Park  Essex Park

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 Marlboro Park Historic District 4 3 Parks and  Mountainside Park (iris garden Recreation 4 and playground)  Nishuane Park  Pearl Brook Park  Rand Park  Sunset Park  "Triangles" Area Park  Tuers Park  Watchung Park  Yantacaw Brook Park 4 3 Surveys  Environmental assessment/survey 4 3 Town Planning 1  Assorted town plans for Montclair, 1930s-1940s 4 3 Town Planning 2  Progress reports from Town Planning Board, 1950s 4 3 Misc.  Misc. Places  Misc. Photos  Misc. Items 4 3 Games and  Junior Chemcraft Manual Recreation  How to Make Crepe Paper Costumes booklet 1 Top Montclair High  1897-1906 School Bulletin Box 1 1 Top Montclair High  Oct 1912-1916 School Bulletin Box 2

1 Top Montclair High  1907-June 1912 School Bulletin Box 3

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