Lathrop Building
100TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR!
Madison Historical Society
Until further notice there will be no visitors to the office on Tuesdays. Appointments must be made for visiting the office on Thursdays. Email for an appointment.
You need to wear a mask to visit. We are unable to social distance as we are located in a small space.
Two new links have been added in the link section: Past Madison Fire Department Members Grave Sites and Madisonians Lost During War Grave Sites!
Dr Lawrence Hogan and Kevin Kane April 19 at 7:00 on Zoom
"Before You Can Say Jackie Robinson: Black Baseball in America in the Era of the Color Line"
"Before You Can Say Jackie Robinson: Black Baseball in America in the Era of the Color Line"
Dr. Lawrence Hogan is Professor Emeritus of History from Union County College in New Jersey, author of The Forgotten History of African American Baseball, and principal author and editor of Shades of Glory published by National Geographic, as well as several other books on the history of Blacks in America. He is Executie Director of the documentary Before You Can Say Jackie Robinson: Black Baseball in America in the Era of the Color Line. His exhibit on the history of Black baseball has been shown at sites throughout the country.
John Thorn, Official Historian of Major League Baseball has written, "Historian Larry Hogan basks in baseball's shadowed fields. He is a national treasure. And with The Forgotten History of African American Baseball, he culminates decades of inspired investigation, and, best of all for readers, great tales too long untold. My cap is off to him"
John Thorn, Official Historian of Major League Baseball has written, "Historian Larry Hogan basks in baseball's shadowed fields. He is a national treasure. And with The Forgotten History of African American Baseball, he culminates decades of inspired investigation, and, best of all for readers, great tales too long untold. My cap is off to him"
Kevin Kane has made the better part of his living as a writer, musician and playwright. His Negro League version of Casey at the Bat, called "Breaking the Line with the Mudville Nine" was written for and first performed at the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame, where he presented a program of readings with NPR essayist/sports writer Frank DeFord, who read the original Casey, and then introduced Kevin. Since then, Kevin has done readings of his poem at New York City's 92nd Street Y, at the Society for American Baseball Research's national conference and at many libraries, historical societies and colleges in New Jersey and New York. His play, A Love of the Game, developed from this short story of his of the same title, was first developed at the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference where he had worked previously as a actor. He has had many plays produced in New York City and in regional theaters, performs often as a singer/songwriter, was a performance representative for August Wilson, taught theater for ten years at Wagner College on Staten Island, and has received several significant grants for his writing, for both play writing and nonfiction, including one from the New York Foundation for the Arts. He is now teaching music and performance arts at the Paul Lawrence Dunbar public school in the Bronx.
Kevin Kane has made the better part of his living as a writer, musician and playwright. His Negro League version of Casey at the Bat, called "Breaking the Line with the Mudville Nine" was written for and first performed at the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame, where he presented a program of readings with NPR essayist/sports writer Frank DeFord, who read the original Casey, and then introduced Kevin. Since then, Kevin has done readings of his poem at New York City's 92nd Street Y, at the Society for American Baseball Research's national conference and at many libraries, historical societies and colleges in New Jersey and New York. His play, A Love of the Game, developed from this short story of his of the same title, was first developed at the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference where he had worked previously as a actor. He has had many plays produced in New York City and in regional theaters, performs often as a singer/songwriter, was a performance representative for August Wilson, taught theater for ten years at Wagner College on Staten Island, and has received several significant grants for his writing, for both play writing and nonfiction, including one from the New York Foundation for the Arts. He is now teaching music and performance arts at the Paul Lawrence Dunbar public school in the Bronx.
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We are collecting personal stories of Madisonians during the covid-19 pandemic
This is certainly a stressful time and it is our wish that everyone be careful and take good care of themselves. Many of us have been confined to our homes since the middle of March or 2020. Others of you may have been working outside of your homes, perhaps as front line workers. How has the covid-19 period been impacting you and your family? Your work? Are there anecdotes about things in the borough that might be of interest to future generations? As an example, I found it interesting that during the 1918 flu pandemic, Madison had to use the YMCA building on Main Street to house the sick due to overcrowding of the hospitals. The society invites you to write about your experiences during the current pandemic. Keep a journal and send a copy of it to the society at your convenience.
You can send it through our contact page (see top of this page). Or you can send to our email historicalsociety@rosenet.org
You can send it through our contact page (see top of this page). Or you can send to our email historicalsociety@rosenet.org
Slideshow of historic sites in Madison
Madison Historical Society is located in the Local History Center of the Madison Public Library
39 Keep Street
Madison, New Jersey
Office Hours: Tuesday, 10:30 am to 3:30 pm and by Appointment
Office Phone: 973-377-0722 ext. 8