Time

Room 

Event

9:00-10:00

5

Morning Refreshments for Exhibitors and Speakers

9:00-5:00

Lobby

New Jersey Archives and History Organizations Information Display, Alice Paul Exhibit, and Fort Hancock Exhibit (On view entire month of October)

9:00-5:00

NJ History Room

Exhibit on Governor Franklin Fort (1851-1854)

9:30-10:00

Archives

Tour of the Monmouth County Archives (Reservation Required)

9:30-11:00

7

Intermediate/Advanced Workshop on Using the Internet for Historical Research. Thomas J. Frusciano, Rutgers University Archivist, assisted by Nicholas Saretzky, Lawrence High School.

10:00-11:00

Hall

Exhibition Tables of Archives and History Organizations

10:15-10:45

4

Videos: Reflections of Union Beach

10:45-10:50

: Iraseeke of Wickatung (early history of Monmouth County)

10:50-10:55

: Opening of the Monmouth County Archives, August 17, 1994. With Jane Clayton, Theodore J. Narozanick, Gary D. Saretzky, et al.

 
11:00

 Hall

Welcome, Proclamation, and Awards

Presentations

M. Claire French, County Clerk, Monmouth County
Jane G. Clayton Award: Wesley V. Banse
Theodore J. Narozanick, Freeholder, Monmouth County
Renee Becker Swartz, Chair, Monmouth County Library Commission
Maxine Lurie, Chair, New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance
Author Awards: Meredith Arms Bzdak & Douglas Peterson; Mark DiIonno; Michael Immerso; Troy Messenger; Penelope Scambly Schott
Gary D. Saretzky, Chair, NJ/MARAC Caucus

Caucus Award: Joint Free Public Library of Morristown & Morris Township (Korin Rosenkrans, Head, Local History Department)

11:30-12:00

Hall

Keynote Address: Dr. Louise Maxwell, Associate Historian, The History Channel: “Making the Past Come Alive: Television and History”

12:00-2:00

Hall

Exhibition Tables of Archives and History Organizations

12:00-1:00

5

Box lunches available for participants (by prior arrangement)

12:00

NJ History Room

Advocates for New Jersey History Meeting

12:00-1:00

6

Monmouth Librarians Association: Luncheon Meeting

12:00-12:30

4

Video: Monmouth County: Rich in History

12:30-1:30

Hall

“A Visit with Alice Paul” (Taylor Williams)

12:30-2:00

7

Intermediate/Advanced Workshop on Using the Internet for Genealogical Research. James Raleigh, President, League of Historical Societies of New Jersey

12:50-1:00

4

Video: Ground Breaking, Monmouth County Library, July 19, 1984. 

1:00-2:00

4

The History of Jazz in Monmouth County. John Livingstone, Jr., NJ State Librarian 

2:00-4:30

4-5

Symposium on “The Crossing”

Dr. Louise Maxwell, Chair

W. Clay Craighead, Historic Preservation Specialist, Washington’s Crossing State Park

Dr. Stuart Leibiger, History Department, LaSalle University

Richard Patterson, Executive Director, Old Barracks Museum

Dr. Daniel Traister, Curator, Research Services, Annenberg Library, University of Pennsylvania

Mystery Celebrity

4:30

Hall

Drawing for History Game Prize Winners