CREATOR: George A. Garnes, Jane Garnes, Ellen S. Garnes and other photographers.

EXTENT:   Linear Feet: .3 linear feet, one photo box.

COLLECTION SUMMARY: Photographs and 35 mm. slides depicting the Mahwah High School Class of 1961, Mahwah Library Groundbreaking, and George A. Garnes’s receipt of thee First Friend of Education Award.  

ACCESSION INFORMATION / RECEIVED FROM: Jane Garnes, December 2015 (Accession 2015.16).

LANGUAGES: English.

PROCESSING ARCHIVIST:  Renae Grippo, January 2024.

Collection Details

Biographical / Historical Note:  George A. Garnes (1913-2010) was born in Liverpool, England on October 13, 1913. He married Ellen Stockslayer in 1941. They had two children. Garnes worked as an advertising manager for North American Phillips Company, and supervised consumer products and professional and scientific divisions. He was the managing editor of a magazine specializing in the field of crystallography, and was a member of the Association of Industrial Advertisers. He lived at 740 Wyckoff Avenue in Mahwah, and was an active community member, serving on the Parent-Teacher Association, the Mahwah Citizens for Good Schools, and the Board of Education. He was also a member of the Ridgewood Singers and served as President of the Mahwah Public Library.

Collection Description: This small collection contains three sets of photographs depicting his daughter Jane Garnes and the graduation of Mahwah High School on June 22, 1961, Garnes’s award of Friend of Education on November 3, 1995, and the groundbreaking for the Mahwah Public Library on December 3, 1995.

Arrangement Description: Chronological

Separated Materials: Duplicates have been discarded.  

Subject Headings:

• Garnes, George A.
• Garnes, Jane
• Mahwah Public Library
• Mahwah High School

Using the Collection

ACCESS STATEMENT:  Collection is open and available for use.  If used in a publication, the Museum expects to be credited.

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], George A. Garnes Photograph Collection, Mahwah Museum, Mahwah, NJ.

Collection Inventory

Box 1

Folder 1.    Mahwah High School Graduation Color Slides, June 22, 1961

Folder 2: Garnes’s Friend of Education Award, November 3, 1995

Folder 3: Mahwah Public Library Groundbreaking, exterior photographs, December 3, 1995

Folder 4: Mawhah Public Library Groundbreaking, interior photographs, December 3, 1995

Folder 5: Mahwah Public Library Architectural Designs, December 3, 1995

Folder 6: Mahwah Public Library Groundbreaking Photograph Negatives, December 3, 1995