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Newsletters

The Newsletter is published four times a year, September, November, February, and April.  You may receive a copy by email or regular mail when you belong to the Society.
Click on the Newsletter you would like to read:
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November 2020 Newsletter
            Headline: Plaque Program Huge Success
            Spotlight on History:  Madison's Master Theologian and Teacher: Dr. George D. Kelsey

2020 September Newsletter

           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
April 2020 Newsletter

​           Spotlight on History: The Great Mead Hall Fire
           
Historic Personal Profiles of Madison: Madison's Soft-Spoken Olympian: JoJo Starbuck
2020 February Newsletter
           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" 
2019 November Newsletter
          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"
2019 September Newsletter
          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
2019 April Newsletter
        Headline: Linda Barth Speaking on "New Jersey Originals: Technology Marvels, Odd Inventions, Trailblazing              Characters & More"
         Spotlight on HIstory:  "Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, a Personal Profile"
2019 February Newsletter
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        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

2018 November Newsletter
       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 ......
2018 September Newsletter
      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
2018 April Newsletter
      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,
2018 February Newsletter
      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"
2017 November Newsletter   
      Headline: "Then and Now"                                                                                                                               
      Spotlight on History:  "Images of Past and Present Madison"
2017 September Newsletter  
      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"
2017 April Newsletter   
​     Headline: "MHS Presents Pat Sanftner Speaking on "Alexander Hamilton, the Little Lion"                      
     Spotlight on History:  "A voice from Madison's Past, Arthur Buttenheim"
2017 February Newsletter  
​     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"
2016 November Newsletter
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     Headline:  "The Anniversary of America's Entry Into World War I"                                                                    
     Spotlight on History:  "America and Madison Prior to World War I"
2016 September Newsletter
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     Headline:  "MHS Presents Dr. Jude Pfister Speaking on "Becoming James Madison"                                    
     Spotlight on History:  "How Madison Got Its Name"
2016 April Newsletter
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     Headline:  "MHS Presents Marta McDowell Speaking on "the White House Gardens"                                
     Spotlight on History:  "The Garden Club of Madison"
2016 February Newsletter
    Headline:  "MHS Presents Rich Rosenthal on: The Precedents of the *Prefident - George Washington        
    Spotlight on History:  "The Underground Railroad in New Jersey, Morris County, and Madison"
2015 November Newsletter
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     Headline:  "Annual Holiday Wreath Sale and Benefit"                                                                                    
     Spotlight on History:  "Did Washington Have an Encampment in the  Madison Area?"
2015 September Newsletter
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    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"
2015 April Newsletter
    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"

2015 February Newsletter
    Headline: "MHS Presents Linda Barth: Inventing in New Jersey"                                                                    
    Spotlight on History: "March is Women's History Month"

2014 November Newsletter
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    Headline: "Annual Holiday Wreath Sale and Benefit"                                                                                        
    Spotlight on History:  ""TWAS the night before Christmas..."
2014 September Newsletter
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    Headline: "The Madison Historical Society is pleased to present two marvelous programs this fall"      
    Spotlight on History: "Madison in World War I"
2014 April Newsletter
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    Headline: April Program: "The History of Grace Episcopal Church of Madison”                                      
    Spotlight on History: "The High School Scrapbook Project"
2014 February Newsletter
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    Headline: First Spring Program: "Beatrix Potter's Gardenling Life"                                                                
    Spotlight on History: "The Founding of New Jersey, A Brief History"
2013 November Newsletter
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    Headline: Annual Holiday Wreath Sale and Benefit                                                                                
    Spotlight on History: "Remembering the Kennedy Assassination"
2013 September Newsletter
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    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"
2013 April Newsletter
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    Headline: "Madison, Methodism, and  Global Outreach"                                                                      
    Spotlight on History: " Madison and the Post-WW II Housing Crises"
2013 February Newsletter
    Headline: Spring 2013 Programs with Jon Gertner and Dr’s. Christopher Anderson and Vivian Bull
    Spotlight on History: “Madison Heroine, Amabel Schraff Roberts”

2012 November Newsletter
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    Headline: "2012 Wreath Sale at the Hartley Dodge Memorial Building"                                             
    Spotlight on History: "Christmas in Madison and the Region Over the Years"
2012 September Newsletter
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    Headline:  "The War of 1812 in Two Parts"
    Spotlight on History: "Bottle Hill's Role in the War of 1812 and a Letter Home"
2012 April Newsletter
    Headline: "Baseball in New Jersey, 1855-1870" with John Zinn
    Spotlight on History: "The First Cy Young Winner"
2012 February Newsletter
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    Headline: "The Railroad: Key to Madison" with Carmine Toto
    Spotlight on History: Madison's Architect
2011 November Newsletter
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    Headline:  "Annual Wreath Sale to be Held on December 3rd at the House at Hartley Frames"
    Spotlight on History: "Hartley Farms"
2011 September Newsletter
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    Headline:  "Lincloln and the Larger Meaning of the Civil War"  and "The Fighing 33rd: The Rebellious New Jersey                          Civil  War Regiment" .
    Spotlight on History:  "A Most Remarkable Document" 
2011 February Newsletter
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    Headline: "Programs Announced for Spring"                                                                                                                                            Spotlight on History: "Well Known and Less Kown Facts About the Hartley Dodge Memorial"

Madison Historical Society

​the Madison Public Library
39 Keep Street
Madison, New Jersey 07940


Hours

Tuesday,
​10:30 am to 3:30 pm
​and by appointment

Telephone

 973-377-0722 ext(4228)
EMAIL
historicalsociety@rosenet.org
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