This collection, acquired by the History Center over the course of many years, contains thousands of photographs that provide a visual narrative of Morris County, New Jersey history. These photographs, drawings, maps and images comprise a visual history of Morristown and Morris County, New Jersey. From aviation to mansions, historic …
This previously unidentified Civil War diary spent years tucked away in our Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. With a little detective work, the author of the diary is determined to be Captain George Douglas Wise, a Confederate officer. Born in 1831 on the Eastern Shore plantation of a prominent Virginia family, Wise was educated in …
This viewbook, Morristown in Photo-Gravure, was published in 1895 by William K. Muchmore, a Morristown stationer and bicycle dealer, and printed by the Albertype Company in Brooklyn, NY. Viewbooks were a popular and inexpensive memento and gift item for tourists. The Albertype Company in Brooklyn was formed in 1890, and was well known …
This series of promotional photographs from the Greystone Asylum was digitally scanned from a scrapbook that was assembled at the turn of the 19th century. The photographs of Greystone’s original interior reception areas and staircases, its chapel, landscaped grounds, self-contained farm, gardens and reservoir convey an impression of a …
Frederick Venton Curtiss, an innovative freelance photographer, documented people, places and events in the Morristown, New Jersey area from 1903 to 1938. This collection of (approximately) 10,000 photographs provides images of social and historical events as well as glimpses into everyday life. The Frederick Venton Curtiss …
Picture postcards, most popular in the first part of the twentieth century, were an international craze and were published all over the world. Often using a simple and generic style, picture postcards recorded aspects of American culture that were not captured in any other medium. This collection features postcard views, …
John DePol, renowned printer, wood-engraver and book illustrator, is known for his distinctive small chiaroscuro prints. Often using New York as a source of subject matter, DePol also worked from sketches he made while stationed in Northern Ireland during World War II. This collection includes prints, book illustrations, and designs …
Thomas Nast, the preeminent nineteenth century political cartoonist, lived in Morristown, New Jersey, from 1872 - 1902. Nast's work transcended the political field into the area of children's literature, social commentary and historical painting, embodying much of American history from the Civil War to the turn of the …
Artist and illustrator, Aurthur Burdett Frost, lived in Convent Station, New Jersey, for many years, a time he later described as the happiest and most productive years of his life. Known for his exquisitely detailed and beautifully realistic sporting scenes, Frost was also a caricaturist and comic artist. But he is perhaps best …
Boonton, New Jersey native, Lucille Hobbie, was a self-taught artist who worked primarily in watercolor painting and lithographic printing. Hobbie is well known for her Historic Morris County prints that depict famous sites of this area. Also in this collection is a series of four color renderings of the Morristown Green as it might …
Atlas of Morris Co. New Jersey, from actual surveys by and under the direction of F.W. Beers, assisted by A.B. Prindle & others. The Beers family were important map publishers who worked from the mid to late 19th century, creating state and county atlases and maps of much of the northeastern United States. By F.W. Beers, A.D. Ellis …
Robinson's Atlas of Morris County New Jersey, compiled from official records, private plans & actual surveys under the direction of E. Robinson. The names that appear on the maps often indicate landowners, and whether multiple houses appeared on the property. These detailed maps indicate property divisions and are useful for …
Atlas of Part of Morris Co., N.J. Embracing the Town of Morristown, The Boroughs of Madison, Florham Park, Chatham and Mendham, Morris Township and Parts of Chatham, Hanover, Mendham, and Passaic Townships. Many of the Mueller maps were hand colored. These maps are invaluable for researching the history of particular buildings and …
Welcome to the North Jersey History & Genealogy Center Digital Collections, a department within the Morristown & Morris Township Public Library. We present materials here that are from our Special Collections and Archives, ranging in subject matter from everyday life in 19th century Northern Jersey, to the art of Thomas Nast and A.B. Frost, detailed historical maps and atlases, Morristown's Gilded Age, and fascinating images of Morris County life by the early 20th century documentary photographer Frederick Curtiss. Our patrons are now able to find images and historical information with easy and accurate subject searching, and we are able to save wear and tear on these fragile items. Collections are presented in a variety of formats, including photographs, art, and text. Our Digital Collections will be expanded and updated on an ongoing basis.
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