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The Madison Historical Society Newsletter is published four times a year in September, November, February, and April. You may receive a copy by email when you subscribe or belong to the Society. Please sign up through our newsletter subscription form, below.
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Headline: New Edition of Madison History Book to be Available in January
Spotlight on History: Confronting the Demon Rum: Temperance and Prohibition in America and Madison
Headline: MHS Presents William Kidder Speaking on “Washington Crossing the Delaware — the Story that inspired the Painting”
Headline: MHS Presents Brian Armstrong on the “History of US Presidential Elections and New Jersey’s Role in Them”
Spotlight on History: Sam Gordon: Madison’s Indomitable Businessman
Headline: Annual Meeting on May 16, 2024
Spotlight on History: The Writers of Madison
Headline: Our New Look
Headline: March speaker Stephen Whitty on “The History of New Jersey’s Movie Industry” and April speaker Mallory Mortiliaro on “Madison’s Lincoln Portrait”
Spotlight on History: Madison’s “Dark Horse” of a Different Color
Headline: Portrait of the Rose City: A History of Madison, New Jersey
Headline: The Madison History Museum
Spotlight on History: The Curious Presence of the Door in the Woods - Part 2
Headline: September: Anne Dimock speaking on Madison's Barbershop Controversy: Local History Through the Lens of Historical Fiction and Imagination
Headline: October: Rick Feingold speaking on Cornelius Vanderbilt -- First Gilded Age Tycoon
Spotlight on History: The Curious Presence of the Door in the Woods
Headline: May: Susan L. Simon speaking on The Lathrop and Gibbons Families: The Civil War Through the Gilded Age
Spotlight on History: The Runaway Nun and the Madison Riot
Headline: March: Jack DeStefano speaking on Paterson: The First Planned Industrial City
Headline: April: Peter Wosh speaking on Murder on the Mountain: Crime, Passion, and Punishment in the Gilded Age, New Jersey
Spotlight on History: Harold Buttenheim and the Centennial of Zoning in Madison 1922-2022
Headline: 100th Anniversary of the Madison Historical Society
Spotlight on History: Madison's Oldest Continuous Business: And No End In Sight
Headline: September: Joel Farkas speaking on "Remember the Ladies: Women During the American Revolution
October: Erin Feith speaking on "When Millionaires Came to Morris County"
Spotlight on History: The Last Picture Show: The History of Cinema in Madison
Headline: Museum Finds a Home!!! and Celebration of Our 100th Anniversary
Spotlight on History: Mark Twain in Madison
Headline: February: Dr. Walter D. Greason speaking on " The Enduring and Evolving Dynamics of Racial Segregation in New Jersey: From Redlining to Mt. Laurel, and Beyond"
March: Robert G. Langford speaking on "Lincoln's Commanders: Battles Fought and History Made"
April: Dr. Lawrence Hogan and Kevin Kane speaking on "Before You Can Say Jackie Robinson: Black Baseball in America in the Era of the Color Line"
Spotlight on History: The Burnets of Madison: Ten Generations and Going Strong
Headline: John C. Maloney, Jr. and Tom Hildner speaking on "Black Suffrage and the Fifteenth Amendment: A Short Historical Perspective"
Spotlight on History: Don Newcombe Revisited
Headline: Dr. Raymond Doswell speaking on "The Negro Baseball Leagues" and Louis Picone speaking on "Grants's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon"
Spotlight on History: Drew University, Madison, and Rock Music: Perfect Together
Headline: Meridoc Burkhardt speaking on "The Battle of Connecticut Farms and the Death of Hannah Caldwell"
Spotlight on History: Four Houses of Enos Wilder
Headline: Rick Geffken speaking on "Stories of Slavery in New Jersey" and William (Larry) Kidder speaking on "Revolutionary Princeton 1774-1783"
Spotlight on History: A Unique Madison Story
Headline: Plaque Program Huge Success
Spotlight on History: Madison's Master Theologian and Teacher: Dr. George D. Kelsey
Headline: Ray Williams speaking on "To Counterfeit is Death and Dr. Robert Butts speaking on "The History of Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey"
Spotlight on History: Madison During the Times of Spanish Influenza
Spotlight on History: Madison's Oldest Living Resident
Spotlight on History: The Great Mead Hall Fire
Historic Personal Profiles of Madison: Madison's Soft-Spoken Olympian: JoJo Starbuck
Headline: Ray Williams speaking on "To Counterfeit is Death" and David Hanna speaking on "Americans Who Joined the Foreign Legion in 1914 to Fight for France and Civilization"
Spotlight on History: Mayor of Madison and "Father of the Skyscraper"
Headline: The Madison Historical Society Plaque Project is Underway
Spotlight on History: "Transistors, and Nobels, and Madison, Oh My! Madison's Most Controversial Former Resident"
Headline: Robert Dunne Speaking on "The History of the Madison Fire Department" and Dr. Herman Huber Presenting "Lt. Samuel S. Coursen, Madison's Medal of Honor Recipient"
Spotlight on History: "D-Day and Madison" by Dr. Herman Huber
Headline: Linda Barth Speaking on "New Jersey Originals: Technology Marvels, Odd Inventions, Trailblazing Characters & More"
Spotlight on HIstory: "Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, a Personal Profile"
Headline: MHS Presents Mr. David Veasey "New Jersey's Colonial Architecture Told In 100 Buildings" in March and Linda Barth in April, "New Jersey Originals: Technology Marvels, Odd Inventions, Trailblazing Characters & More"
Spotlight on History: "Lt. Samuel S. Coursen, Madison's Medal of Honor Recipient" by Dr. Herman Huber
Headline: New Databank Available on Madisonians in WW I by Jim Malcolm
Spotlight on History: In addition to helping to found the Madison Golf Club ......
Headline: MHS Presents Dr. Barbara Oberg "Reading Thomas Jefferson's Mail" and Dr. Salvatore Presico "Who Really Discovered America - The True Significance of Columbus's Voyages
Spotlight on History: 1968 - One Incredible Year for the Nation and For Madison
Headline: MHS Presents Dr. Brian Regal Speaking on "“The Secret Life of the New Jersey Devil”
Spotlight on History: "A Very American Story" the evolution of the Waverly Tavern to the PS Pub to Four Seasons to Shanghai Jazz,
Headline: "MHS Presents Alan Siegel Speaking on "19th Century Disasters in New Jersey"
Spotlight on History: "The Great Madison Disaster of 1877"
Looking Back in Time: "The Eightieth Anniversary of Friends of the Madison Public Library"
Headline: "Then and Now"
Spotlight on History: "Images of Past and Present Madison"
Headline: "MHS Presents Mark Di Ionno Award Winning Columnist for the Star Ledger"
Spotlight on History: "The Birth and Early History of the Madison Eagle"
Headline: "MHS Presents Pat Sanftner Speaking on "Alexander Hamilton, the Little Lion"
Spotlight on History: "A voice from Madison's Past, Arthur Buttenheim"
Headline: "MHS Presents Professor James Carter Speaking on 'America's Entry into World War I”
Spotlight on History: "America and Madison in World War I"
Looking Back in Time: "Downtown Madison in 1967"
Headline: "The Anniversary of America's Entry Into World War I"
Spotlight on History: "America and Madison Prior to World War I"
Headline: "MHS Presents Dr. Jude Pfister Speaking on "Becoming James Madison"
Spotlight on History: "How Madison Got Its Name"
Headline: "MHS Presents Marta McDowell Speaking on "the White House Gardens"
Spotlight on History: "The Garden Club of Madison"
Headline: "MHS Presents Rich Rosenthal on: The Precedents of the *President - George Washington
Spotlight on History: "The Underground Railroad in New Jersey, Morris County, and Madison"
Headline: "Annual Holiday Wreath Sale and Benefit"
Spotlight on History: "Did Washington Have an Encampment in the Madison Area?"
Headline: "MHS Presents Dr. Bruce Chadwick Speaking on ;The General and Mrs. Washington'"
Spotlight on History: "The 'Nurse of the Century' Was a Long Time Resident of Madison"
Headline: "MHS Presents Vincent N. Parrillo Speaking on 'The Ellis Island You Don't Know'"
Short Articles: "Dinner to Feature Sojourner Truth Reenactment"; "Who Was Sojourner Truth"; and "Society Museum closer to Reality"
Headline: "MHS Presents Linda Barth: Inventing in New Jersey"
Spotlight on History: "March is Women's History Month"
Headline: "Annual Holiday Wreath Sale and Benefit"
Spotlight on History: ""TWAS the night before Christmas..."
Headline: "The Madison Historical Society is pleased to present two marvelous programs this fall"
Spotlight on History: "Madison in World War I"
Headline: April Program: "The History of Grace Episcopal Church of Madison”
Spotlight on History: "The High School Scrapbook Project"
Headline: First Spring Program: "Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life"
Spotlight on History: "The Founding of New Jersey, A Brief History"
Headline: Annual Holiday Wreath Sale and Benefit
Spotlight on History: "Remembering the Kennedy Assassination"
Headline: First Fall Program: "The Presbyterian Church of Madison, 266 Years of Christian Witness"
Short Articles: "History from the Dumpster" and "Tours of Hillside Cemetery"
Headline: "Madison, Methodism, and Global Outreach"
Spotlight on History: " Madison and the Post-WW II Housing Crises"
Headline: Spring 2013 Programs with Jon Gertner and Dr’s. Christopher Anderson and Vivian Bull
Spotlight on History: “Madison Heroine, Amabel Schraff Roberts”
Headline: "2012 Wreath Sale at the Hartley Dodge Memorial Building"
Spotlight on History: "Christmas in Madison and the Region Over the Years"
Headline: "The War of 1812 in Two Parts"
Spotlight on History: "Bottle Hill's Role in the War of 1812 and a Letter Home"
Headline: "Baseball in New Jersey, 1855-1870" with John Zinn
Spotlight on History: "The First Cy Young Winner"
Headline: "The Railroad: Key to Madison" with Carmine Toto
Spotlight on History: Madison's Architect
Headline: "Annual Wreath Sale to be Held on December 3rd at the House at Hartley Frames"
Spotlight on History: "Hartley Farms"
Headline: "Lincoln and the Larger Meaning of the Civil War" and "The Fighting 33rd: The Rebellious New Jersey Civil War Regiment" .
Spotlight on History: "A Most Remarkable Document"
Headline: "Programs Announced for Spring"
Spotlight on History: "Well Known and Less Known Facts About the Hartley Dodge Memorial"
