Wayne Historical Commission |
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Collected and Prepared by Walter D. Zonenberg, Troop 104 for his Eagle Scout Service Project June 23, 2010 |
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Family Folder |
Item Description |
“Genealogy Index” | |
Subfolder “Dutch Families” |
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Map - “Dutch settlements on N.J.” + copy | |
Map - “N.Y. At the time of the Revoltion” | |
Map - “Areas of Dutch population in the late 18th Century” | |
Report - “Guide to Genealogy and Local History of Passaic County” | |
Report - “Dutch-American Geneology” | |
Order form - “Indices of Revolutionary stuff” | |
Letter on Reformed Church in America archives | |
Subfolder - “Genealogy Index” |
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Flier – Wayne Public Library | |
Scrap of newspaper mentioning Wayne and history | |
Contact information for John C Vanderschaaf | |
List of Van Riper-Hopper House genealogy files | |
Subfolder - “Historical Names” |
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Letter from Wayne Historical Society “Names for 3rd Middle School”. March 14, 1966 | |
Report - “Historical names not yet used for street” | |
“Ackerman” | |
33rd Annual Reunion – 10/15/1994 – Program | |
2 4x5 photo prints of the Ackerman house, Alps Road | |
1 35mm strip negative, 4 frames, Ackerman house | |
1 photo processing receipt | |
1 business card “Carol Kaszubski”, Norwich CT | |
1 hand written sheet of notes concerning the 10/15/1994 reunion | |
“Berdan” | |
Berdan Family tree – 1902 – Preakness Reformed Church (plus copy of same) | |
Article - “House of Albert Berdan” View Image | |
Newspaper article - “Old Berdan Records Trace N.J. History” - no date (original plus a copy) View Image | |
Family Tree – 6 plates - “Berdan Family Tree” - hand drawn | |
Photo print 4.5 x 6 – Jacob, Albert & Rebecca Berdan house, Valley Road – 1972 (2 prints, 1 negative) | |
Photo print 8x10 – Some old house – undated (plus negative) | |
Photo print 8x10 - “Albert Berdan house” - undated (plus negative) View Image | |
Photo print 8x10 - “Smokehouse, Berdan farm” - undated View Image | |
Photo negatives 4x5 (3) of some of the above prints | |
Report - “Albert Berdan House” by Herbert J. Fisher – 1955 | |
Notes, handwritten, “Agnes Guild sees Carlton Berdan” - references Preakness Reformed Church, Garret House, Rev. George Laban | |
Note – Michelle Novak - “Has Berdan Genealogy” | |
“Benson” | |
Photo print, color, “Benson House” - undated | |
Photo print, monochrome, “Benson House” - 1978 | |
“Betts” | |
Report - “History – Guest House as related to Dr. William E. Betts” - 1963 plus memorandum on the property, originally part of the Schuyler-Colfax farm. | |
Real estate listing flier – 308 Terhune Dr. | |
Color advertisement - “Sunny Knoll” 308 Terhune Dr. w/ floorplans and maps | |
Photo prints, color 3.5 x 5 – 20 exposures - Exterior and interiors of Sunny Knoll w/negatives – 1991 | |
Photo print, monochrome – Sunny Knoll – 1991 | |
“Birchenough” | |
Photos 3.5x5 monochrome – 2 sets (5 & 15 prints plus negatives) copied from old originals. Subjects include farms, horses, Preakness shopping center. Notes on back of photos. 1007 Preakness mentioned. | |
“Byrne” | |
Email hard copy – Eddie & Liz Byrne about the name of Byrne Ct, | |
“Carter, Randal - plus Black History in Wayne” | |
Newspaper clipping - “Wayne Resident remembers wood and ice cutting days” - Herald News - “Father born in slavery in Virginia, Carter put children through college” - after 1940 (+ 2 copies) View Image | |
Report - “Martin Grant Carter” - May 17, 1960 – by Marcia Silk (original plus draft and copy) | |
Report - “History of Wayne, talk to the commissioners” - July 27, 2004 – first person narrative of an unknown friend of Randal Carter | |
“Cialone” | |
Newspaper clipping - “Family Watches Wayne Grown” - Wayne Suburban News – 4/26/1978 View Part 1 Part 2 | |
“Casey” | |
Newspaper clipping- “Where Wayne Township was Born”- Paterson, NJ Morning Call- 6/25/1947 | |
Newspaper clipping- “Birthplace of Wayne Township Discovered by Centennial Committee After Intensive Search” Paterson Evening News (plus copy) | |
Photo of Henry Casey House- 1329 Paterson Hamburg Turnpike | |
Photo of Henry Casey- 1329 Paterson Hamburg Turnpike | |
Photo of Jackson House- 1329 Paterson Hamburg Turnpike (plus copy) | |
“Colfax” | |
Article- “Colfax Family Cemetery” | |
Photo of Schuyler Colfax (copy) | |
Obituary of Mrs. Maria Colfax Ward (copy) | |
Colfax Family Tree (copy) | |
“Costello” | |
Deed-Max Bornstein Selling 611 Hamburg Turnpike to Alhtaha Council, Boy Scouts of America Nov. 1964 | |
Note From Wayne Township Historical Commission saying Lou Costello did not live at 611 Hamburg Turnpike | |
“Demarest” | |
Newspaper clipping Wayne Suburban News 11/17/1976- Showing Demarest House at 378 Fairfield Road | |
Newspaper clipping Christian Science monitor 12/2/1944- “First Demarest Home in America 1678 | |
Newspaper clipping Sunday Record Call 2/9/1969- “Chas. Addams Could Have Slept Here” | |
Flier for Wayne Township Recreation Commission Annual Bowling Tournament 1967 | |
Newspaper Clipping- “Board Approves Theater Plans”- Road originally named Borden Boulevard was changed to Demarest Drive by Donald Giles | |
Newspaper Clipping 5/24/1968- “It's (Almost) Sock It To Them Time In Wayne”- Mentions Ida “Betty” Demarest | |
Article- “Memorandum of Ryerson Family” | |
Article- Untitled- Mentions Demarest Family | |
“DeMille” | |
Newspaper clipping 2/27/1956- “The DeMilles of Pamlico Pompton Lakes to Hollywood” (plus copy) | |
Note from Cholly Jackson on DeMille House | |
Wayne Township Historical Commission List of Wayne Historical Sights 7/1991 (plus copies) | |
Article from Wayne Township Historical Commission- “Did Stanford White Design the DeMille Gatehouse” (plus copies) | |
Map of Terhune Drive | |
Photo of Music School Owned by DeMilles 9/7/? View Image | |
Photo of DeMille House View Image | |
“DeMott” | |
Newspaper Clipping Paterson Evening News 3/6/1968- “Lloyd DeMott, 89 Years Old, Still Rides Bicycle, Takes Camping Trips, Swims” (plus copy) | |
Newspaper Clipping Passaic Herald News 5/6/1959- “80 Persons Visit Wayne Man Marking His 90th Birthday | |
Newspaper clipping- “Lloyd DeMott, Still Spryly Shoveling Snow, Marks His 94th Birthday Today” (plus copy) | |
Newspaper clipping- “Lloyd DeMott, 91, Still Takes Bicycle Rides” (plus copies) | |
Newspaper clipping- “Patriarch Enjoy Reminiscences Delights in Present Events, Too” | |
Article about interview of Lloyd DeMott | |
Letter to Lloyd DeMott 5/9/1959 From Passaic County Court Office | |
Photo of DeMott and Ryerson Store | |
Photo of Lloyd DeMott on 89th Birthday | |
“Dey” | |
Newspaper clipping - “How Col. Varick, Nephew of Col. Theunis Dey, Helped to Thwart Treason by Arnold” | |
Article - “Dey History” from “The History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America”. | |
Article - “Theunis Dey” | |
Magazine - “195” with article on Dey's Farm in Manhatten | |
Letter – from Raymond F. Dey to Wayne Mayor Newton Miller 9/17/92 | |
Biography of Raymond Francisco Dey – 15 September 1992 | |
“DeYoung” | |
Email from Robert Monecelli about DeYoung family | |
“Doremus” | |
E-mail from Ingrid Fox about Judy Doremus Sellers | |
Article about Jones Doremus Cemetery | |
Article “Memorandum of the Ryerson Family” | |
Article from the Huguenot Society of New Jersey about Cornelius Doremus | |
Article “Ancestry of Family Doremus” | |
Article about items stolen John Doremus in 1780 | |
Articles taken from “Paterson and its Environs” | |
Article taken from “Preakness and The Preakness Reformed Church a history” | |
Photo of Doremus House (2 Copies and 1 negative) | |
Photo of Doremus House | |
Envelope of Mrs. Van Driel's pictures of Doremus House, + negatives | |
“Fairbanks” | |
Book - “Abraham Lincoln Sculpture: Created by Avard T. Fairbanks, Compiled by Eugene F. Fairbanks” | |
Copy of painting by John B. Fairbanks of aqueduct across Pompton River + description sheet | |
Pages printed from Web site - | |
Pages copied from book “The Fairbanks Family in the West” rne | |
Article by David N. F. Fairbanks, M.D. on Chrysler hood ornaments designed by his father Avard T. Fairbanks. | |
Letter from Virgil F. Fairbanks, M.D. To Robert Montacelli, June 21, 2005 | |
Letter from Virgil F. Fairbanks, M.D. To Robert Montacelli, August 8, 2005 | |
E mail from Robert Montacelli on Fairbanks family, June 21, 2005 | |
Letter from Robert Montacelli stating the location of Cornelius Kip's gravestone | |
Picture of Cornelius Kip's gravestone | |
Letter from Virgil Fairbanks to Robert Montacelli thanking him for meeting his daughter | |
and giving them two books, written July 8th, 2005. | |
Article on town of Wageningen, Holland | |
Map of Wageningen, Holland | |
Certificate of Character regarding Gerrit Gerritsen and history of the Van Wagoner-Van | |
Wagenen family | |
Article about 1816 summer, “The Year without a Summer” | |
Second article about 1816 summer of “Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death” | |
Article about house in Dedham, MA from 1636, owned and maintained by Fairbanks family | |
Third article on summer of 1816 | |
Article on Fairbanks house and family | |
Pictures of Lakeland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (with captions) | |
Photos of works by Avard T. Fairbanks, Sculptor (with captions) | |
Photo of sculpture by Avard T. Fairbanks displayed at Masonic Temple in Washington, D.C. | |
“Forsberg” | |
Photo of Forsberg House View Image | |
Newspaper clipping - “The Forsberg House” The Record, August 13, 1989 | |
Note from Cholly Jax about Forsberg House | |
Copy of Federal Register from March 18th 1980 (Mentioning Forsberg House) | |
Two blank menus from the Willow Tea House, Mountain View,N.J. | |
Flier advertising the Willow Tea House | |
“Gaede” | |
Photo - “Gaede Mansion and the Pond” | |
Newspaper clipping Paterson Evening News August 29th, 1961 “Gaede's Pond Gives Way to Progress” | |
“Gall” | |
Article - “Noah's Ark Revised” Paterson News, December 23, 1968 | |
Christmas cards from Helen and Ronald Gall, from 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1969. | |
“Graham” | |
“Interview with Mrs. Graham”, August 1978 | |
Appraisal - Estate of Andrew Graham by John Weiss, Jr. | |
Survey map of Block 614, lot 3, Wayne, NJ | |
Indenture document between Philip Schuyler and James Graham, April 16, 1866 | |
13 photos of Graham House + one of “bridge across Jackson Ave. looking towards Pompton Plains during a flood”. View Image View Image | |
Obituary of Sally Elizabeth (Graham) Siscoe, wife of Fred Funston, April 20, 2002 | |
Photo: Graham Barn, 1940 View Image | |
“Hammond General Store” | |
Photo – “Henry Hammond's General Store” | |
Photo – group of people, some itentified | |
Photo - “Beauty salon, former Hammond's Grocery” | |
“Haviser” | |
Photo 8x12– Haviser Home on Morris and Essex Canal (2 copies) | |
"Henn's Tavern” | |
Photo – 8x12 - Bar in Henn's Tavern (+ negative) View Image | |
Newspaper clipping – “Landmark bows to progress”, Herald News, October 1, 1968 View Image | |
Appraisal of Estate of Albert Hen, Wayne Township NJ, by John Weiss, February 8, 1952 | |
“Hinchman” | |
Photo – Front view from Hamburg Turnpike, c. 1942 | |
Copy of deed of James Hinchman, April 24, 1828 | |
Copy of family records from Bible of James and Susannah Hinchman, Preakness, NJ. | |
New Jersey State Library information on John Hinchman and Simon Simonson's war records | |
Copies of tax records for John Hinchman, 1839 and 1858 | |
11 photos of Hinchman family tombstones (+ 1 negative) | |
11 other Hinchman photos | |
“Hobart” | |
Copy of picture of Garrett Hobart | |
Pamphlet on Hobart Manner from William Paterson College | |
“Historic Preservation Assessment” for Hobart Manor, July 11, 1988 | |
Photo - “Former Hobart Residence – WPU Campus” | |
Photo - “Rear of view of Hobart Manor, c. 1876” | |
Photo - “Women on left of Garrett Augustus Hobart is Jenny Tuttle Hobart in the Dinging Room | |
Photo - “Baby Garrett Hobart V, in Hobart Manor, c. 1936” | |
Photo -”Unknown women, Hobart Manor, 12/89” | |
Photo - “Dining Room of Hobart Manor, 12/89” | |
Photo- “Couch house of Hobart Manor” | |
Photo - “Women on right is Jenny Tuttle Hobart, widow of Garrett Augustus Hobart” | |
“Holmes” | |
Newspaper clipping “John W. Homes dead at 87, was former mayor of Wayne” Paterson News, 5/20/1970 | |
Newspaper Clipping - “A House full of Memories” | |
“Hopper” | |
Book - “The Hopper Family Genealogy: Descendants of Andries Willemszen Hoppe(n) of New Amsterdam 1651-1658, The first six generation Compiled by Maria Jean Pratt Hopper” | |
Article - “The Ancestry of Andrew P. Hopper, Researched by maria Pratt Hopper, September 21, 2003" | |
Booklet - “The Van Riper-Hopper House” | |
Book scan and picture of the Goetschius House, Upper Saddle River | |
Book scan and picture of the Terheun Homestead, Hackensack. | |
Picture of Melvin Hopper(?) in uniform View Image | |
Family tree of the direct descendants of Jacob J. Hopper. | |
Articles on houses of Albert Berdan and Jan Berdan. | |
Article and picture on Van Houten House, Franklin Lakes, NJ. | |
Article and pictures on Van Horn House in Wyckoff, NJ and the two Zabriskie-Board Houses. | |
Pictures of Dye Mansion and Hopper House from book “PRE | |
-REVOLUTIONARY DUTCH HOUSES and FAMILIES.” | |
Photograph - farm building | |
Letter to Ms. Woodhouse, March 10, 1994 from Victoria J. Hopper. | |
Obituary of Irving W. Hopper (January 1921). | |
“Hennion” | |
Book - “”Hennion Family of Preakness, NJ: Line of David Johannes Hennion and Willemyntje Kip" | |
Copy of Newspaper Clipping - “Land in historic deed may be hard to pinpoint”, Bergen Record, 1/21/2005 | |
Copy of Indenture between Joseph Heale, Mercy Benthall, and Richard Ashfield, and David Danielson, August 30, 1717 | |
Article about items stolen from John Hennion in 1780 | |
Article - “The David Danielson Hennion Tract”, + two copies | |
“Jacobus” | |
Newspaper clipping - “Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Jacobus: Wayne Pioneers recall old days”, March 3, 1968 | |
Newspaper clipping - 67th wedding anniversary of Shirley and Flossie Jacobus, Paterson News, 11/12/1975 | |
Handwritten note about Thomas Jacobus's house | |
Handwritten note about Jacobus family tree | |
“Jones” | |
Copy of Jones family tree chart | |
Copy of Jones family portrait, 12/24/1896 | |
Copy of group photo, summer 1906 | |
Copy of photo of Jones Family, summer 1906, with identification key | |
Map of Wayne showing Jones Farm location | |
Article - “Thomas Jones & Elizabeth DeBow Jones”, 10 November 1989 | |
Article - “Thomas Jones Family Line” | |
E-mail from 6 June 1998 on Jones family, + Jones family tree chart | |
Family Group Sheet for Jacob Cornelius Smith and his wife Margaret Ann Straut | |
Family Group Sheet for Nicholas Jones and his wife Elizabeth Mead | |
Family Group Sheet for Maritje “Young” Dejong and her husband Nicholas Jones | |
Christmas card to “Markie” from “Barb” | |
Yellow card with address of Mrs. Paul Hazuda. | |
Notes about Thomas Jones' house on yellow card. | |
Summary of “Chapter Thirteen” on yellow card. | |
Family tree of Nicholas Jones, (1702-1775). | |
Obituary of Patricia Hazuda from newspaper on March 1, 2001. | |
Notes on Helen Kill. | |
Birth announcement of Zachary Sylvester (September 29, 2001), from the Today News. | |
Historical notebook written by James Machalhenny. | |
Photo: James Machalhenny 1856-1929 View Image | |
“ Kingsland” | |
Article - “Township of Lyndhurst: Historical Background Essay of 300 Years, in words and pictures” | |
Handwritten note on Kingsland family genealogy | |
“Kipp” | |
Article “The Kip Family” | |
Copy of affidavit of Nicholas Kip to recover debts, 1783 | |
Handwritten note on Kip family house | |
“Keuhm” | |
Five 3x5 photos of Keuhm farm, Black Oak Ridge Road | |
“Lafayette” | |
Newspaper clippings: | |
“Incident at Light Camp; The Day the General Came”, Paterson Evening News, January 8, 1952 | |
“Lafayette Headquarters, Built in 1750, to Be Razed for Plaza” | |
“Proof Held Lacking Ryerson House Was Headquarters Of Lafayette” Paterson Morning Call, April 1, 1950 | |
“Rotted Beams a Tip-Off on Historic House's Dilapidation” | |
“De Yoe Established Authenticity of Historic Lafayette House Now Being Saved by Patriots” | |
“Lafayette House Authenticity Corroborated By Ryerson Heirs As Commission Stays Its Hand” | |
“The Old Ryerson House Before Wing Was Removed” | |
“Civic Group Trying to Save Historic Spot Meets Tonight” | |
“Gerhardus Bos Has More Proof That Old Ryerson Homestead Was Lafayette Headquarters” | |
“Memorial Plaza on Ryerson House Site” | |
“Urges Park at Falls Site as Tribute to Washington Troops” | |
“Lafayette par Andre Maurois”, February 10, 1957 (In French) View Image | |
“Ryerson House Not Quarters For Lafayette, Records Show” | |
“Washington, Lafayette Carved names In Rocks of Paterson's Great Falls” | |
“1957 Is 200th Anniversary of Lafayette, Frenchman who fought in Revolution”, Paterson Evening News, March 13, 1957 | |
“Lafayette Bicentennial Recalls Early Paterson”, The Paterson Morning Call, September 5, 1957 | |
Caption of picture of Lafayette Headquarters | |
Copy of speech of General Lafayette, from Paterson Intelligencer, August 27, 1828 | |
“Langfritz” | |
Photo - “Milking barn on Langfritz farm, | |
Photo - “Old farmhouse on Langfritz farm off Garside Ave., late 1960's” | |
Photo - “Garside Ave. runs along rear of photo, 9/89” | |
Photo - “Barn building on Langfritz farm on Garside Ave. in Wayne | |
“Lockett” | |
Article - “History of the Lockett Collection” | |
Article - “S. Hobart Lockett Memorial Bookshelf”, | |
Inventory of books in “S. Hobart Memorial Reference Library of American History Books on New Jersey: at Wayne Library | |
Another inventory of Lockett Collection books | |
Newspaper clipping - “Wayne Community Mourns Lockett”, North Jersey Times, December 22, 1960 | |
Certification of S. Hobart Lockett as member of the Historical committee of the Township of Wayne, October 28, 1947 | |
Extract from Congressional Record of February 28, 1961, containing tribute to S. Hobart Lockett | |
“Maass, Clara L.” | |
Article on life of Clara Louise Maass (3 copies) View Image | |
“MacDonald, Peter" | |
Newspaper clippings - | |
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“MacDonald Feted By Over 400 Friends Who Braved Bitter Weather To Do Him Honor, North Jersey Times, January 26, 1939 |
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“Dignitaries Honor MacDonald”, Morning Call, February 4, 1957 |
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“They Say Up Country”, Paterson Evening News, February 4, 1957 |
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“Township Clerk MacDonald Feted On Completing 30 Years Service”, Paterson Evening News, 2/4/1957 |
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“Township Clerk MacDonald Feted On Completing 30 Years Service”, North Jersey Times, 2/14/1957 |
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Untitled, February 18, 1957 |
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“Canfield Proud of His Solo S... (torn page) Against Cut in Defense Budget, Paterson Evening News, February 13, 1958 |
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“Friends, family join the MacDonalds on golden jubilee”, The Herald News, February 5, 1973 (2 copies) |
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“Peter MacDonald To Receive Salute On Air Tomorrow”, Paterson Morning Call, January 19?? |
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“Mrs. MacDonald Is Buried Today: Mother of Township Clerk Died Suddenly at Her Home” |
Pamphlet of “Testimonial Dinner in honor of Dorothy Stults”, May 29, 1961 | |
Pamphlet of “Testimonial Dinner in honor of Peter Mac Donald”, September 12, 1962 | |
Photo 8x12- “Mac Donald Barnyard, 1915” | |
Picture of Van Saun – Mac Donald – Cappio House, “Used as field kitchen during Revolution” | |
Map of ? | |
Two drawings on cardboard of house, Dan Nevins, 1 Sept. 74 | |
“Mandeville” | |
Article - “Giles Jansen De Mandeville and The Descendants of Charity Mandeville who married Reynier Speer”, by Jane Norman Smith, 1946 | |
Excerpts from book “Full-Blooded Yankee by S.G. Koon, 1946” | |
Copy of will of Gillis Mandeville, 1696 | |
Article - “Gillis Mandeville and the founding of Greenwich Village in New York, by Franklyn Frick, January 1976” | |
Excerpt from “Register of Ancestors, The Huguenot Society on New Jersey” | |
Article - “Our line of descent from the Mandeville Family” | |
Article - “Research on the possible ancestry on the De Mandeville Family” | |
Untitled article mentioning Mandeville family | |
Article - “Memorandum of the Ryerson Family” | |
Article - “The Manderville Family, by Rev Garet Schenck”, + pages of Mandeville genealogy records | |
12 copied pages from books mentioning the Mandeville family | |
Letters on the Mandeville Family : | |
Anita Nixon Peters to W.E. Berce, February 2, 1965 |
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W.E. Berce to Mrs. William A, Eckert, July 22, 1965 |
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Memo from W.E. Berce to John Breon, July 22, 1965 |
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Mr. William A. Eckert to W.E. Berce, July 19, 1965 |
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“Mansius” | |
Photographs: | |
Group photo of Mansius family (small children) View Image |
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Group photo of Mansius family (grown children) View Image |
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Van Cott Home |
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Women on porch of 2nd Mansius Home |
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Farm animal at Mansius Home, c. 1910 (where Packanack Ball Field is now) |
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Couple on porch of Mansius House |
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“Martin” | |
Hand drawn map of Martin House area | |
Strip of 5 photo negatives | |
Photographs: | |
Carlton Inn, 1920 (Young's Hotel, Singac, NJ) View Image | |
Possible Martin House, 30 Hobson Ave, Wayne, NJ | |
“Meeks” | |
Newspaper article - “Historic Wayne building fall under tank attack”, February 1958 View Image View Image | |
Clipping from LIFE magazine of February 1958 showing demolition of buildings by tank View Image | |
Photo of Meeks house, winter 1919-1920 | |
“Merselis” | |
List of items donated to Wayne Library: Clock, Cornelius Merselis portrait, Maria Post Merselis portrait | |
Article on Merselis family genealogy | |
Article by M. Sills on Edo Merselis house | |
Newspaper clipping – Wayne Hills Mall construction, Paterson Evening News, October 5, 1972 View Image Part 1 View Image Part 2 | |
Excerpt from book - “Immigrants to the Middle Colonies”, mentions Pieter Merselis, May 9, 1661 | |
Photographs: | |
Living room mantle detail in Van Houten home, June 25, 1936 |
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Front door detail of Van Houten home, June 25, 1936 (note says “May not be Merselis House” ) |
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“Mott” | |
E mail about Ruby (Mott) Challice, born in Van Riper Hopper House, sent December 2, 2002 | |
“Mumford” | |
Photograph – Harry Mumford with fire truck View Image | |
Newspaper clipping: Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Mumford | |
Newspaper clipping: “PTA founders' day celebration” | |
Obituary of Harry Mumford, age 86, Paterson News, August 16, 1971 | |
"Nellis" | |
Empty envelope Postmarked jan 13 7Pm 1904 in Paterson NJ, Co: The Mountain Springs Farm | |
Lower Preakness NJ | |
Envelope containing letter Postmarked April 6 from Paterson NJ, Mr J.H. Nellis - Manager | |
Mountain Springs Farm Co Paterson NJ | |
Letter July 1903, Union Buggy Company to J.H. Nellis | |
Envelope containing letter Postmarked Feb 16 1904, From: George W. Labaw, To: Mr. Jacob H. Nellis; Lower Preakness NJ | |
Newspaper Clipping Looks like it's Berdan avenue for senior citizens' housing by Joanne C. Hanlon | |
Wayne gave Senior Citizen Housing Corporation land to develop housing for Wayne senior citizens. | |
Newspaper Clipping, Past presidents of Passaic county council of PTA's were honored at a dinner held at Wayne manor. | |
Newspaper Clipping from the Herald News April 15, 1966, Tribute to PTA council again | |
Newspaper Clipping Herald news may 18 1971, Sounds Easy picture showing Harry Mumford in front of fire truck | |
Newspaper Clipping, Long Time Mountainview Resident remembers PTA council early days About Mrs. Harry E Mumford | |
Copy of Photo: Kip - Blain - Nellis house Wayne NJ 1985 | |
Color Photo of Nellis House - photo developed 1987 | |
Letter: To: Mrs. Estelle Perry, Council president, From: Federated Women's and Junior Women's clubs of Wayne; They want to use the Nellis house as their club house. | |
Nellis House |
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Letters: | |
H. Schoomaker to J.H. Nellis, on error in making change | |
Union Buggy Co. to J.H. Nellis on wheel order, July 10, 1903 | |
Parsonage Reformed Church to J.H. Nellis, February 16, 1904 | |
Letter and receipt | |
Business cards for Mountain Springs Farm, J.H. Nellis, Manager View Image | |
$55.00 check written by Ella L. Nellis | |
Wayne tax notice for J.H. Nellis, 1901 | |
Electrical certificate, Joseph Nellis, September 13, 1927 | |
Receipt, J.H. Nellis, Paterson Bros., December 28, 1899 | |
19 misc. receipts, J.H. Nellis, 1900-1902 | |
Receipt, 1902 | |
Receipt for cider, September 26, 1902 | |
Receipt for feed, grain, and hay of J.H. Nellis, March 9 1903 | |
Receipt for suit of J.H. Nellis, January 25, 1910 | |
Photograph: | |
Photograph: Richard Nellis on tractor, 1937 | |
Photograph: October 1976 | |
Photograph: Polaroid of Nellis house, 1985 | |
Photograph: Nellis house, May 1985 | |
Photograph: Polaroid of Nellis house, 1985 | |
Photograph: Living room fireplace in Nellis house | |
Photograph: Nellis house attic | |
Nellis House - Brown subfolder |
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Envelope with photos of Nellis House | |
Black envelope with 4 unlabeled 8*10 photos of house. | |
Notes on Escutcheon plate. | |
Letter to Marcia Sills from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (February 4, 1991) regarding eligibility of Nellis House for listing in the NewJersey and National Registers of Historic Places. | |
Second letter from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to Marcia Sills, (October 25, 1991). | |
Handwritten notes on National Trust for Historic Preservation | |
Article - “History of the Nellis Farm”, Susan Nellis Holmgren Pikaart, granddaughter of Clara Louise Nellis Berdan and Bird L. Berdan, 1988 | |
Letter to members of Wayne Township Council from Susan Pikaart, August 24, 1991, regarding Nellis Farmhouse | |
Notes on Nellis family, taken from account owned by Dorcas Berdan Bascomble, 1990 | |
Interview with Dorcas Berdan Bascombe Martin who lived in Nellis House | |
Handwritten notes on Nellis family | |
Notes and architectural diagram of Nellis House | |
Pencil drawing of Nellis House | |
Handwritten note on Ann Nevins and Nellis House | |
Article - “Nellis House: Present and Historic Physical Appearance” | |
Newspaper clipping: “Russo: Save Historic Sites”, August 13, 1989 | |
Newspaper clipping: “Handicapped Housing could be 'Tax free' “ | |
Newspaper clipping: “Nellis House May Escape Demolition” | |
Article about Mount Laurel project | |
“Historic House still hangs in balance”, December 17, 1987 | |
Report - “The Kip-Blain-Nellis House”, Carolyn Mumford Jackson, 1985 | |
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Nellis House (3 copies) | |
Summery of remarks of Susan Pikaart to Wayne Township Historical Commission meeting about Nellis House on April 11, 1994 | |
Typed notes on Nellis farmhouse Historic Sites application | |
Photographs - June 3, 1979, by Ken Fedor | |
House | |
Group of people | |
People eating cake | |
Girl playing guitar | |
Newspaper clipping - “Nellis Property Remains Dilemma for Those Involved”, August 20, 1992 | |
USGS map of Paterson, 1981 | |
Yellow Book map of Wayne, 1985 | |
Letter from New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to Marcia Sills, February 4, 1991, on Nellis House's NRHP application | |
Letter from New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to Marcia Sills, October 25, 1991, on Nellis House's NRHP application | |
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection survey form for Nellis House | |
Nellis - Brown Subfolder |
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Newspaper clippings: | |
“Look's like it is Berdan Ave. for senior citizen's housing” | |
“Council weighs the future of Nellis House”, July 13, 1988 | |
“Champ takes to his skis year-round”, November 2, 1988 | |
“Seniors”, November 2, 1988 | |
“Wayne Council to decide fate of farmhouse” | |
“Free tax help available to Passaic, Morris residents” , February 5, 1977 | |
“Wayne's mysterious mound” | |
“Nellis affordable access – easy units approved”, Wayne Today, February 5, | |
“Estate may house trucks”, The Record, December 20, 1977 | |
“Farming heritage of township found in Nellis House” November 4, 1987 (+ copy) | |
“Kathryn Nellis, former farm owner”, obituary | |
“History vs. housing crunch”, Record, January 18 | |
“Historic house still hangs in balance”, December 17, 1987 (copy) | |
“In brief: Group to decide house's fate”, The Record, December 10, 1987 | |
“Wayne OK's town site for senior's project” The Record, December 17, 1987 | |
Photographs: |
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Nellis House”, by E.J. Lemik | |
Inside of attic, by Bruce Gauger | |
View of staircase, by Bruce Gauger | |
View of wall, by Bruce Gauger | |
“Front door”, by Bruce Gauger | |
“Staircase”, by Bruce Gauger | |
“Attic showing gable”, by Bruce Gauger | |
View of inside of attic, by Bruce Gauger | |
View of fireplace, by Bruce Gauger | |
View of pipe, by Bruce Gauger | |
View of wall with ruler, by Bruce Gauger | |
View of floor with ruler, by Bruce Gauger | |
View of floor, by Bruce Gauger | |
Sheet with small copies of Bruce Gauger photos | |
Report on Nellis House, including photos, paintings, and floor plans | |
Canceled check from Nellis to G.W. Minters, January 29, 1903 View Image | |
Notepad with advertizements for Mountain Spring Farm Co. Paterson, N.J. | |
125th Anniversary map of Wayne | |
Photographs - “Nellis House garage, “Nellis House rear”, “Nellis House garage”. | |
Leaflet of Titanic International, Inc. | |
Letter from Donna Grey to Mrs. Katherine Nellis on Nellis Collection at Van Riper Hopper House, December 10, 1977 | |
Inventory of items in Nellis Collection | |
Plan of “Nellis Farmhouse Preservation Alternatives”, S. Pikaart Bristol and Henry P. Bristol, August 10, 1988 | |
“National Register Bulletin” guidelines for completing forms | |
Note from Susan Pikaart Bristol and Henry P. Bristol to Wayne Township Council on Nellis House preservation, September, 1988 | |
Card from Montain Springs Farm Lower Preakness NJ | |
Paterson nation Bank deposit book –blank | |
Assorted photographs and illustrations of the exterior and interior decoration of the Nellis Farm House (stuck together with tape making separation unadvisable) | |
Envelope of advertisements aimed at farming that were sent to J.H. Nellis View Image1 View Image1 View Image1 | |
“Olbon, Charles” | |
Newspaper clipping – Wayne “Twp. Receives Olbon Book Collection”, Paterson Evening News, 12/18/1961 | |
Newspaper clipping - “Wayne Historians Receive Collection of Late Educator”, December 21, 1961 | |
“Stories of New Jersey: Prepared for use in public schools” about 60 bulletins from 1936 to 1942 | |
“Parish, LeGrande” | |
Subfolder: “Janett Brown Artifacts” | |
Cassette tape – Jannett Brown, daughter of LeGrand Parish's chauffeur, dated 9/3/04, Topics: Janett Brown, Bob Brubaker, neighbor, Servants, Afro-Americans, Philanthropy, LeGrand Parish, Wayne residents. | |
Wayne Historical Commission September 28, 20004 agenda | |
Copy of newspaper article – New York Amsterdam News, May 20, 1939: family of Charles Herbert Brown inherited $20,000 from Mrs. LeGrand Parish | |
Program from operetta “The Tea House of Sing Lo” | |
Handwritten notes on LeGrand parish | |
Proclamation by Wayne Township Committee for period of mourning after death of Mrs. LeGrand Parish, May 11, 1933 , and newspaper article on her funeral. (+ laminated copy) | |
Obituary of LeGrand Parish (1866-1933), (+ laminated copy) | |
Will of Madge L. Parish, January 10, 1936 (+ copy) | |
Copies of photos of three houses: LeGrand Parish mansion, Mountain View, NJ, LeGrand Parish four-car garage, and 19 Maple Avenue | |
Photo album page with three pictures: LeGrand Parish showing off fish caught on vacation in Wisconsin, Front view of Parish home, old-time fire engine, and Mrs. Parish's Christmas card | |
Photo album page with four pictures: Parish mansion, Parish car with chauffeur Charles Brown, Mrs. Parish in car with chauffeur, and Parish mansion. | |
Photo album page with four pictures: LeGrand Parish's log cabin, one of parish's cars, Mountain View train station, and Parish mansion in winter. | |
Envelope with photos of Janett Brown | |
Photograph – Janett Brown, age 4, in front of 19 Maple Avenue | |
Notes on artifacts donated by Janett Brown to Wayne Historical Commission, “copy of will and photos”, August 26, 2004 | |
Letter from Janett Brown about Parishes, September 2004 (+ copy) | |
Copy of program for graduation at Mountain View Grammar School, June 22, 1936, including Janett Brown | |
Subfolder - “Photos, Parish” |
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“Le Grand Parish” obituary 1933 View Image | |
“Meade house on Parish Drive, Wayne, before 1925” | |
Photo: Le Grande Parish View Image | |
Group photos of cricket team | |
Man in front of factory | |
Boxcar on railroad | |
Inside of boxcar | |
View of wing of house (+ copy) | |
Subfolder - “Parish” |
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Photograph - “Mead-Parish House” View Image | |
Article on Le Grande Parish, presented to Wayne Rotary Club on February 6, 1963 View Image | |
New York Times articles on Le Grande Parish (obituary and on an attempt to rob his grave) compiled by E.W. F. Kittel, August 9, 1963 | |
Letter from P.E. Percy to Mrs. Kenneth G. Sills, February 11, 1972 | |
“Perrine” | |
Handwritten notes on Perrine Family | |
“Roat” | |
Newspaper clippings - | |
“What's In a Name? 'Mad' Anthony's Troops Marched Here” | |
“Century-Plus-Old Roat Home, Hamburg Tpk., Will Bow to Time – In Way Of Development” (+ copy) | |
“Roat Homestead, Long Twp. Landmark, To Make Way For Housing Development” | |
Winter family tree chart | |
E-mail from Oakley Winters to Carol D'Alessandro, November 17, 2009 | |
“Rohrbach” | |
Notes on Edgar Rohrbach, | |
Worship bulletin for Mountain View Methodist Church, January 14, 1968 | |
Note listing relatives of Rev. Rohrbach | |
Pamphlet - “Dedication of the Reverend Edgar B. Rohrbach Room”, January 21, 1968 | |
(2 copies) | |
Article - “In Memoriam: The Reverend Edgar B. Rohrbach 1893-1963” | |
Article on Rev. Rohrbach Room | |
Envelope with turkey feather inside | |
Funeral booklet for Mrs. Edythe Rieran Rohrbach (August 25 1896 – January 1 1962) | |
Letter of Rev. Rohrbach, January 20, 1962 | |
Letter of Rev. Rohrbach to Mrs. Marcia Sills, February 19, 1962 | |
Letter of Rev. Rohrbach to Mrs. Marcia Sills, February 28, 1962 | |
Newspaper clippings - | |
“Rev. Rorhrbach To Leave Local Methodist Church” | |
“Body of Rev. Edgar Rohrbach Found in Shallows of River” | |
“Pastor to Become Historian” | |
“Rev. Rohrbach has Led Many-Faceted Busy Life”, April 17, 1960 | |
“Wayne's Loss Is A Gain For Sparrowbush, N. Y.”, June 10, 1960 | |
“They Say Up Country”, Paterson Evening News, June 17, 1963 | |
Obituary of Rev. Rohrbach | |
“Heirs of Rev. Mr. Rohrbach Donate 500 Books to Wayne: Late Pastor of Methodist Church Known As Historian, Gardener, Civic Leader”, Herald News, September 11, 1963 | |
“Town Gets Rev. Rohrbach's Records”, September 12, 1963 | |
“Dedicate Museum Room in Memory Of late Wayne Minister, Historian”, Paterson News, January 23, 1968 | |
Photos - | |
Large version and numerous small versions of a portrait of Rohrbach | |
Rev. Rohrbach and Ed van Duyne presenting picture of Wayne historic buildings to Wayne Historical Commission, + April 1963 article on the presentation | |
Family Dinner at North Jersey Country Club, September 12, 1963, 2 photos | |
“Ryerson” | |
New clips – “Jenson Fine Arts” re: Margery Ryerson c. 1989 | |
News clip – “Tribute to Margery Ryerson” – 1999 | |
Hand notes – by Phyllis Ryerse Geneological Notes, 2pp. | |
Hand notes – “Ryerson Geneology” from Miriam Ryerson Arnott | |
Journals – “Port Ryerse Journal” Feb, June, October 2005, July 1994 | |
Pamphlet – “The self guided historic tour of Wayne township” by the Wayne historic commission – undated | |
New clip copy – ‘Wayne, Ryerson history entwine” – 4/14/1991 w/ original Newpaper section | |
New clips with notes – “W.B. Ryerson” obituary, Abram Ryerson obit, photos and articles about the Ryerson Graveyard | |
Photo, 8x10, B&W, picture of rear view of 137 Ryerson Ave | |
Map – Port Ryerse, Ontario, Canada | |
Book partial copy of Samuel Ryerson’s life in Canada 16 pp. | |
News clip – “Fiftieth anniversary of the passing of Egerton Ryerson” in Ontario | |
Copy of will of Col. Samuel Ryerse excecuted on 1812 | |
Magazine copy – “Antiques” Oct 1985, article about the 1787 Ryerson house | |
Hand notes “Ryerson Family Notes” on Wayne letterhead | |
New clip – “Martin Ryerson…” Oakland’s 50th Anniversary | |
News clip – Photo and caption about the old Ryerson forge and mill – Herald News 6/25/1968 | |
News Clip – “Abraham Ryerson to Speak on Radio” – undated | |
Memorandum about the Ryerson family, mimeograph w/ cover letter – 1/11/1965 | |
Letter & envelope – From Mrs. H Lindstrom to Charles R. Jackson about the Ryerse family | |
Form “New Jersey Historical Sites Evaluation (NJHSE)” about 44 Newark Pompton Tpke. 1787 Ryerson house, hand written and typed versions | |
Photo, 8x10, b&w, Abraham Ryerson portrait – undated View Image | |
Chart – ‘Lineal Descent of Col. Samuel Ryerse” | |
Photo 3x3 b&w Ryerson house, Passaic View Image | |
New clip – “Historian against uprooting tiny cemetery on Wayne” Ryerson family cememtary | |
New clip “Indians were indeed their dish” w/ photo of Ryerson’s church. Article about George and Martin Ryerson – c. 1966 | |
New clip “ Wanaque Resevoir progress via heartaches” – about the Ryerson furnace – 8/4/1963 | |
Newsletter “Bulletin of the Passaic County Historical Society” Nov 1950 referencing Helena Ryerse | |
Report – “Ryerson Family in America” by Ruth Woodall (onion skin carbon copy) undated | |
Photos, color 3x5, of a house printed 9/1988 View Image | |
Memo – RE: 44 Newark Pompton, Ryerson house “Thornewood” for the Historic Commission with several copies | |
Report and cover – about Cornelius Ryerson, draft of Paterson Evening News article 8/29/1930 | |
New clip copy pictorial – ‘Colonial Home Goes Traveling” about the Lafayette-Ryerson house 2pp. | |
Photo, b&w, 8x10 – “Ryerson Homestead built 1784, Wayne, NJ” c 1910 w/Xerox annotated copy View Image | |
Photo, b&w, 8x10 – George Ryerson house with notes on back | |
Letter from Thomas Ryerson, Canada about the Ryerse Family Journal – 3/20/1995 | |
“Schuyler” | |
Empty Folder | |
“Sisco” | |
Photo, B&W, 5x7 – Edward Sisco, Ludy, Cavalere – 1960 | |
Photo, B&W, 5x7 – Edward Sisco at his Mayor’s desk – 1960’s View Image | |
Photo, B&W, 5x7 – Edward Sisco, Aquino, Ludy, Klein, Giles | |
Photo, B&W, 8x10 – Edward Sisco Wedding to Donna Wilson – 1960’s | |
Photo, B&W, 8x10 – Edward Sisco, opening of Mt. View Treatment Plant w/ Fred Bauer – mid 1960’s | |
Photo, B&W, 5x7 – Edward Sisco at desk w/ Fred Damier – mid 1960’s | |
Photo, B&W, 8x10 – Edward Sisco on carnival ride – mid 1960’s | |
Photo, B&W, 8x10 – Edward Sisco posed golfing w/ Fred Bauer, Halter, Hoffman, Jasinski, Feddema, Hampshire – Mid 1960’s | |
Photo, B&W, 8x10 – Edward Sisco w/ T. J. Howard “opening of Ramapo Bank” | |
Photo, B&W, 8x10 – Edward Sisco – “Opening of Preakness Cinema” | |
Photo, B&W, 8x10 – Edward Sisco w/ Bauer, Feddema, Hoffman, Jasinski | |
Photo, B&W, 5x7 – Edward Sisco – “Opening of Fayette Park” w/ Damier, Kunzius, Snyder, Ludy | |
Photo, B&W, 8x10 – Edward Sisco w/ Lachmicht, Broione, Cipolaro | |
Photo, B&W, 8x10 – Edward Sisco w/ Bauer, Van Norde | |
Photo, B&W, 8x10 – Edward Sisco at microphone | |
Photo, B&W, 4x6 – Edward Sisco “ Memorial Day speech” | |
Photo, B&W, 8x10 – Edward Sisco w/ Aquino, Ludy, Auberg, Bauer | |
Photo, B&W, 8x10 – Edward Sisco w/ Anne Gerhold | |
Photo, B&W, 8x10 – Edward Sisco w/ Evelyn Keyes, Ed Feddema. Photographer: Michael Riccie | |
Photo, B&W, 8x10 – Edward Sisco w/ Sid Millburn, Chris Pappas, Dick Branson mayor, Jack Shepherd, Henry Van Dyke, | |
Photo, B&W, 8x10 – Edward Sisco | |
“Shackleton” | |
Photo 3x5 B&W, Ed Shackleton and wife Hattie at Garry Jeffries’ country store w/ Benjamin Earl – undated w/ enlarged Xerox copy | |
News Clipping – “The Schackletoons Ed and Hattie recall Wayn’s past” – 8/29/1975 Herald News (2 originals) | |
“Styles” | |
Letter – From Archbishop of Westminster RE: Prayer Card View Image | |
Prayer Card View Image | |
Letter – From : Norman Vincent Peale RE: Regrets about a speaking invitation View Image | |
News clipping copy – about Norman Vincent Peale | |
New clipping – “Open letter to Paperman” 3/11/1974 | |
News clipping - about Norman Vincent Peale | |
New clipping – “Tribute is accorded Stanley Syles …”, Printing News, 10/8/1983 | |
News clipping – paper Sales Convention newsletter – “Greatest Positive Thinker of the all speaks Tuesday” 9/26/1983 | |
Newsletter clip – “Profile of a Rotarian” c. 1978 | |
Newspaper clipping - “Stan Styles – Pacesetter for the Industry”, March 11, 1974 | |
Newspaper clipping - “Stan Styles – Pacesetter for the Industry”, March 11, 1974 | |
Pastoral Letter 1974 View Image | |
“Teetsel” | |
Book - “The Teetsel Family Heritage Book”, Beatrice Bayley, Inc. | |
“Terhune” | |
Terhune genealogy letters and charts | |
“Tether” | |
Photos, B+W, five frames of the Tether property View Image | |
Copy of photo – Jacobus Jones Graveyard | |
Photo – Harry Tether, 1930 View Image | |
“Tintle” | |
Newspaper clipping – obituary of Harry Tintle, age 87, Paterson Evening News, February 21, 1963 | |
“Van Ammers” | |
Photo – class portrait, c. 1917, with names on back View Image | |
Photo – Van Ammers Farm, c. 1910 | |
“Van Brunts” | |
Letter from David Van Brunts on Sills/Van Brunts genealogy | |
“Van Duyne” | |
Report - “Bott”, includes Nicholas Van Duyne | |
“Van Horne” | |
Report - “Joris Janzen Van Horne and his descendents”, C.S. Williams, 1911 | |
Tables and inventories by name, estates, and farms | |
“Van Ness” | |
Photo card – Van Ness homestead, Fairfield Road | |
Report, mimeographed - “Memo of the Ryerson Family” | |
Report, mimeographed - “Van Ness History” | |
“Van Peenen” | |
Newspaper clipping - “Wayne's last dairy farm”, April 16, 1967 (+ copy) | |
Photo – B+W 3x4, four frames of Van Peenen Dairy View Image | |
“Van Riper” | |
Report - “The Richard Van Riper House”, Herbert A. Fisher, Jr. | |
Email hard copy on descendent from early Wayne families | |
Booklet - “The Van Riper-Hopper House”, Charles S. Jackson, 1972 | |
Hand drawn Van Riper genealogy map | |
Letters, photostats, from Van Riper Manufacturing, on 1908 genealogy | |
Letter from George Van Riper to Mountain Springs Farm Co. complaining about milk, 1904 View Image | |
“Van Saun” | |
Subfolder - “Thomas Van Saun” |
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Newspaper clippings: | |
“Preakness home to be preserved as historical site”, Paterson Evening News, June 17, 1948 (+ copy) | |
“Lafayette a U.S. General at 19” with photo of Van Saun house, 1962 (+copy) | |
Photo of Van Saun house, 23 Lafayette Ave. | |
Van Saun house, 1964 | |
“Wayne has more history than London Town”, Paterson Evening News, March 8, 1966 | |
“Butler girl researches house's history”, Paterson News, October 23, 1972 | |
“Deed drawn in 1747”, October 24, 1972 | |
Polaroid photos – Van Saun house, (+ negatives) | |
Color photos – Van Saun house, (+ negatives) | |
Email hard copy - From John Briggs, on photo of Van Saun house | |
Folded card – painting of Van Saun house, with news article from June 18, 1964 | |
Report - “The Magic Pane”, Joseph Hannah, Wayne Tercentenary Commission | |
Subfolder - “Eno + Thomas Van Saun” |
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Photographs: | |
Van Saun house, 1988 (copy of older photo) | |
Thomas Van Saun house | |
Thomas Van Saun house | |
Samuel Van Saun house | |
“Vreeland” | |
Newspaper clipping – Vreeland house being demolished, 1958 | |
List - “Genealogy of the Vreeland Family 1619-1976” | |
Map - “8 generations to John Hopper Veader (1836-1917)” | |
“Watkins 1812” | |
Letter – Wayne Historical Commission to Mrs. Donna Aronson, on 1812 Watkins gravestone, 3/24/1997 | |
“Worbach” | |
Photo - “Worbach House with people”, c. 1902 | |
Survey map - “Property of Fred Worbach & others, Lower Preakness, N.J.” | |
Envelope with documents - “Worbach Family documents, Wayne deeds, etc.” |