CREATOR: Various creators

EXTENT:  Linear Feet: .5 linear feet, number of containers: 1 box

COLLECTION SUMMARY: Research files and exhibit notes created for the Rampaough Lenape Museum exhibit which was mounted from 2021-2024. 

RECEIVED FROM:  Diane Stripe, 2024

LANGUAGES: English 

PROCESSING ARCHIVIST:  Mumtahanah Ansari-Williams and Cathy Moran Hajo, 2024-2025.  

Collection Details

Biographical / Historical Note:  The exhibit Ramapough– Legacy and Heritage, opened in October 2021 and closed in June 2024.  Spanning 300 years of Ramapough Indian legacy in this region, we present early artifacts, Indian folklore, land contracts & the Bayard Trading Post, lost identity during the Industrial Age, education history, the establishment of the Ramapough Lenape Nation, and today’s heritage work.

Collection Description: The collection includes research notes on various aspects of Lenape culture, the history of the Ramapough in Rockland County and Mahwah. It 

Arrangement Description: How is the collection arranged – chronologically, topically, in series, etc. 

Separated Materials: What materials were removed from the collection and placed elsewhere in the Museum. 

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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], Ramapough Lenape Exhibit Collection, Mahwah Museum, Mahwah, NJ.

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Exhibit Materials

• Blandina Bayard Land Grants
• Exhibit Notes, 2022-2024
• DeFreese Family
• Hillburn School Segregation
• Lenape Medicines
• William Mann 
• Maps
• Munsee Language
• Newspaper Clippings
• Joyce O’Blennis
• Oral Histories and Interview Notes
• Original Inhabitants of Bergen County and Ramapo Mountains by Claire Tholl, 1975
• Marcella Perano History of the Ramapough People
• Photographs
• Potack Deed, 1737
• Pow Wow Themes, 1982-2022
• Stories of Ramapough Mountain People
• Shirley Van Dunk
• What’s In a Name by Louis West, Sr. from Spook Rock

Series 2: Video

Two Schools in Hillburn CD – Joe Allen documentary