Mahwah Township Calendar Collection (1979-2010)
CREATOR: Mahwah Township
EXTENT: Linear Feet: 1 linear foot, number of containers: 1 box
COLLECTION SUMMARY
A collection of township calendars from 1979-2010 that document town government, events and local businesses.
RECEIVED FROM: Initial collection was gathered from calendars stored in the John Bristow and Janet Brown Papers; additions will be made from other collections.
LANGUAGES: English
PROCESSING ARCHIVIST: Cathy Moran Hajo, November 2016
Historical Note: Township calendars were distributed to all households with town-wide events marked.
Collection Description: The collection starts with a 1979-80 calendar sponsored by the Mahwah Savings and Loan Association, other local businesses sponsored calendars in other years. They feature photographs of people, events and locations. After 1988 most calendars are printed in color. Calendars covered from April to March until 1988, then September to August until 1996, thereafter they cover January to December. Many of the calendars feature photographs of town officials, information on town organizations, including the library, historic sites commission, and fire and ambulance services.
Some of the calendars had themes, including: Public Safety (1981-82), Environment (1983-84), Volunteer organizations (1984-85, 1996), Then & Now (1990-91), Public Land Use (1994-94), Trees (1997), Bergen’s Parkland (2001), Planning in Action (2003), Yesterday and Today (2005), Favorites (2006), March to Victory (2007), Community in Action (2008), Highlights (2009)
Arrangement Description: The collection is organized chronologically.
Separated Materials: Duplicates found in the compilation of this collection have been discarded.
Subject Headings: Government, Education, Business, Township of Mahwah, History
ACCESS STATEMENT: Collection is open and available for use.
RIGHTS STATEMENT: The Mahwah Museum owns the materials, but researchers wishing to publish or reprint materials need to secure permission from the copyright holder.
PREFERRED CITATION: [ITEM DESCRIPTION], Mahwah Town Calendar Collection, Mahwah Museum, Mahwah, NJ.
Collection Inventory
Box 1
Folder 1. 1970-1979
1979-80
Folder 2. 1980-1989
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84
1984-85
1986-87
1988-89
1988 (Apr-Aug)
1988-89
Folder 3. 1990-1999
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Folder 4. 2000-2009
2000
2001
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009