Saving New Jersey's History, County by County, and Town by Town.
For the above chocolate program, please use this link to easily register and also to pay online:
https://www.metlarbodinehousemuseum.org/civicrm/event/info?id=217
Tuesday, January 25—Virtual
The Lawnside-Haddonfield Connection
Presented by Shamele Jordon
Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 7-8:30
PM
Join us for a discussion about The Lawnside-Haddonfield Connection. We will start with the beginnings. What is the origin story for the two towns and their early connections? Then we will move to the modern era. What was it like to live and grow up being African American in Haddonfield? Then we will move to Now and the Future. What can we do to foster meaningful connections between the communities?
Jordon is a
professional genealogist, lecturer, writer and podcaster (Genealogy on
Demand). Her professional background includes being a researcher for the
PBS series Oprah’s Roots: African American Lives I and II, a NJ
State Library grant recipient, researching Civil War Burials in Lawnside,
NJ; former president of the African American Genealogy Group in
Philadelphia, past board member of the Genealogical Society of
Pennsylvania, faculty at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research,
Athens, GA, and a workshop volunteer at the Family History Center in Cherry
Hill, NJ
This online program
is presented by Haddonfield Friends Meeting.
To
pre-register and receive the zoom information one day before the program
please use this link:
https://www.southjerseyquakers.org/the-lawnside-haddonfield-connection/
For additional
information, email: haddonfieldmm@gmail.com
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Wednesday, January 26—Virtual
Online Author Lectures at the Old Barracks Museum
The Old Barracks is pleased to host two lectures by leading historians sponsored by the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of New Jersey.
Lectures are online, free to
attend, and start at 7 pm. Books can be ordered online at www.barracks.org.
Larry Kidder will present a lecture on his book The Revolutionary World of a Free Black Man: Jacob Francis, 1754-1836. Born in Amwell Township to a free Black mother, Jacob Francis lived his 82-year life in a world of revolutionary change. He became caught up in the rising tide of revolution in the 1760s and 70s and served fourteen months in the 16th Continental Army regiment, including at the Battle of Trenton, and then in the Third Hunterdon County militia regiment for over six years.
Establishing himself as a farmer, he married an enslaved woman named Mary, freed her and together they raised their nine children in the vicinity of Flemington during a period of rising interest in abolition. The story of Jacob Francis and his family provides an inside view of life in New Jersey in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and the revolutionary changes affecting the lives of both free and enslaved Black people.”
The book puts a
spotlight on what may be the most unappreciated moment of a young nation’s
revolutionary struggle when George Washington’s army narrowly escaped
destruction to keep alive its fight for American independence. Registration
required. Both lectures will be
streamed on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/oldbarracksmuseum/live
Next lecture: February 9
Wednesday, January 26—Virtual
News from the New Jersey Association of Museums
Don't Miss NJAM's Virtual Boxed Lunch:
NJAM Brown Bag Lunch Roundtable: Museum
Programs and COVID -- Part I: Schools
Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 12:00 p.m. ET
Online via Zoom
Your museum is open to the public; you have school group programs available with safety protocols in place – but no bookings. Your museum is offering virtual field trips – yet very few slots reserved. What can we do to change up the school program model in museums?
Bring your lunch and join colleagues in an informal discussion,
co-moderated by Deborah Farrar Starker, Executive Director of The Museum of
Early Trades & Crafts and Claudia Ocello, Chair of NJAM’s Programming
Committee and President & CEO of Museum Partners Consulting LLC to think
through what our opportunities are to provide value to schools and earn revenue
for museums.
Note: This program is
discussion-based—no expert speakers, no breakout rooms. We're hoping
participants can share ideas and thoughts and questions, as if we were all
sitting around a table eating lunch and chatting.
This program is the
first in a two-part series about Museum Programs and COVID. After registering,
you will receive a Confirmation Email and under “Additional Information” there
will be instructions about how to register for the Zoom link. This roundtable event
is free to all participants. We hope you can join us on January 26!
TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT, CLICK HERE
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Register by January 26
for this February 2 event—Union County
Westfield Historical Society’s February First Wednesday Luncheon: The Pilgrims and the Mayflower – from Sea to Shining Sea with Joel Farkas
For the Westfield Historical Society’s First Wednesday Luncheon series in February, guests are welcome to the in-person luncheon at Ferraro’s Restaurant on Wednesday February 2nd, 2022, at 11:45 am. Joel Farkas, will present a program on The Pilgrims and the Mayflower—from Sea to Shining Sea.
An expert on our founding fathers and
mothers, Joel Farkas will weave the tale of why and how the Pilgrims set sail
on the Mayflower and its legacy. Beginning with the Ancient Greeks through a
history of explorers, he will connect the voyage of the Mayflower to the wives
of Henry VIII. Farkas’ talk proves to be a voyage to remember.
Mr.
Farkas has lectured extensively on the American Revolution, including insights
on George Washington, the Founding Fathers, the war in New Jersey, the lesser-known heroes of the Revolution, and the role and impact of women during the
war. He is a Lecturer at the Lifelong Learning Institute at Fairleigh
Dickinson University and a volunteer docent at Washington’s headquarters in
Morristown, NJ. He received the National Park Service Centennial Volunteer
Challenge Award. A collector of original historical autographs, Mr. Farkas is a
graduate of Ohio State University and served as an officer in the United States
Army.
Those wishing to attend the luncheon may make a reservation by email to westfieldhistoricalsociety@gmail.com; or, by calling 908-654-1794, before Wednesday, Jan. 26th. Please advise if there are special dietary needs. The luncheon fee of $35 (WHS members) or $40 (non-members) includes a three-course meal, coffee/tea, and gratuity. Depending on Covid transmission levels, tables will be spaced out and mask wearing is recommended except when actively eating or drinking. The luncheon fee should be paid in advance (check payable to Westfield Historical Society) by mailing to Westfield Historical Society, P.O. Box 613, Westfield, NJ 07091; by Venmo to @Westfield-HistoricalSociety; or, online at: www.westfieldhistoricalsociety.org/registration. Payments should be received by Friday prior to the luncheon.
Ferraro’s
Restaurant is at 14 Elm Street, Westfield, NJ. Elevator access is available.
For more information on the Westfield Historical Society and their events, visit http://westfieldhistoricalsociety.org, like us on Facebook, and follow on Instagram.
At the next meeting of the Haddonfield Historical Society, Kathy Tassini will present a virtual program, How the Spanish Influenza Impacted Haddonfield: 1918-1919.
Join
us on January 26 at
7pm as Kathy Tassini explores the 1918 flu pandemic and how it impacted
Haddonfield. While many cases were from Spain, its true origin is unknown.
Many epidemiologists think it originated in the US or France, then spread to
the rest of Europe and America during WWI.
According to newspapers at the time, Haddonfield
counted over 900 cases of flu and lost 27 residents, though that number might
be slightly higher because some people died elsewhere. Register
here for this free
event and you will be sent the Zoom login in your confirmation email.
Our website is www.haddonfieldhistory.org
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Thursday, January 27—Virtual
Frederick Law Olmsted:
Designing America
Thursday, January 27, 2022. Virtual program starts 6:30 p.m.
ADMISSION: $15; $10 for
Members of Morven Museum
Zoom link provided day
of program. Recording link available to attendees following program.
Spend an evening
discovering Frederick Law Olmsted's huge imprint upon America's landscape with
historian & filmmaker Laurence Cotton.
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Thursday, January 27—Virtual
Time: 7:02
PM.
North Jersey Civil War Round Table
STONEWALL JACKSON IN THE SHENANDOAH
Presented by
GARY ECELBARGER
The 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign is a world-famous military endeavor that is often discussed but not well understood. In January and February of 2022, a leading authority of the campaign will present the heart of the spring of 1862 to the New Jersey Civil War Round Table in a series of two lectures as we approach its 160th anniversary. Gary Ecelbarger will discuss Stonewall Jackson, Nathaniel Banks, John C Fremont, James Shields as well as Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis's roles during the closing three weeks of maneuvers and battles in the in inimitable corridor formed by the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains.
Gary Ecelbarger is a quarter-century veteran of American history symposia and tours. He is the author of seven books on Civil War personalities and battles, co-author of two Time-Life Books, and has also published more than two dozen articles and monographs of 18th and 19th-Century personalities and events. He is the only author of a book-length treatment of the Battle of Atlanta--The Day Dixie Died--which won the Albert Castel Award for top western theater book and was recently cited as one of the top eight Civil War battle/campaign books recommended by the American Battlefield Trust. Born and raised eight miles upriver from Niagara Falls, Ecelbarger obtained his M.S. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and had lived nearly 30 years in Northern Virginia with his wife and three children. He is currently writing a campaign biography of George Washington in 1777-1778.|
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Thursday, January 27—Virtual
19th Century New Jersey Women Photographers:
Exceptional Artists in a Mostly Male Profession
January 27 @ 6:30 pm -
7:30 pm -- $10
On January 27, 2022,
Gary Saretzky will discuss female photographers of the 19th century on Zoom at
6:30 pm.
In the 19th century,
of more than 3,000 professional photographers in New Jersey, only about 3%
were women. Like their male colleagues, they provided their communities
with daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, cabinet cards, and other types of photographs.
In this slide program, the successful careers of selected women
pioneer photographers active in New Jersey will be highlighted, including
Charlotte Prosch in Newark, Jessie Carhart in Phillipsburg, Hannah Flanagin in
Woodstown, and the partners Amelia Van Buren & Eva Watson in Atlantic City.
This program is
virtual and will be presented through Zoom. This program is free for members;
$10 for nonmembers. Pre-registration is required for access to the Zoom Link. Register
here.
Gary D. Saretzky, archivist, educator, and photographer, was Archivist of Monmouth County (1994-2019) and Coordinator, Internship Programs, Rutgers-New Brunswick History Department (1994-2016). Saretzky taught the history of photography course at Mercer County Community College from 1977 to 2012 and has been researching 19th century New Jersey photographers for more than thirty years. He has published more than 100 articles, reviews, and exhibition catalogs on conservation of library materials, history of photography, and New Jersey history and has lectured regularly through the Public Scholars Project of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and under other auspices. More information can be found on his website:
http://www.saretzky.com/
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