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Subject Files
The Museum has a series of small collections, organized by subjects, where we store ephemera –photos, newspaper clippings, brochures, loose documents, maps, and more. Below is a partial listing of the folder titles.
| CATEGORY | TOPIC |
| Affordable Housing | |
| Affordable Housing | Ramapo Mountain Development |
| Archaeology | |
| Archaeology | Arie Laroe-Sheffield Farm House |
| Archaeology | Laroe Sheffield Farm House |
| Archaeology | Mahwah Historic Preservation Commission minutes |
| Art/Architecture | |
| Art/Architecture | John Bristow art and architecture notes |
| Bergen County | |
| Bergen County | Historic sites in Bergen County |
| Bergen County | Bergen County Department of Parks |
| Bergen County | Bergen County Police & Fire TraIning Center |
| Bergen County | Campgaw County Park |
| Bergen County | Campgaw Mountain Reservation |
| Bergen County | Map of Ho-Ho-Kus |
| Bergen County | Hohokus fiscal reports |
| Bergen County | George Washington Stayed Awake Here |
| Bergen County | Ramsey Historical Association |
| Bergen County | Historic homes of Upper Saddle River |
| Buildings | No accession for this in PastPerfect |
| Business | |
| Business | Banks in Mahwah and Suffern |
| Business | Bellgrove Store |
| Business | A&P Food Market, Secor’s Farm, and Gypsy Women Beauty Salon |
| Business | Bellgrove Store |
| Business | Hopkins and Dickinson |
| Business | The Loft |
| Business | Mahwah Bar and Grill |
| Business | Mahwah Valley Medical |
| Business | McKee Bros Inc. |
| Business | Mahwah Savings and Loans |
| Business | Smith’s Grandview Lodge |
| Business | Buildings owned by John Winter |
| Business | Miscellaneous photographs of homes and businesses |
| Cemeteries | |
| Cemeteries | Guide to the Mahwah Cemetery |
| Cemeteries | Moffet Road Cemetery |
| Census | |
| Census | 1980 and 2000 census |
| Churches and Religious Institutions | |
| Churches and Religious Institutions | Carmel Retreat |
| Churches and Religious Institutions | Bergen County and Suffern area churches |
| Churches and Religious Institutions | Cemetaries located on church grounds |
| Churches and Religious Institutions | Jewish cemetery |
| Churches and Religious Institutions | Holy Cross Church |
| Churches and Religious Institutions | Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church |
| Churches and Religious Institutions | Immaculate Conception Church |
| Churches and Religious Institutions | Immaculate Conception Church centennial anniversary |
| Churches and Religious Institutions | Immaculate Conception Seminary |
| Churches and Religious Institutions | Immaculate Heart of Mary Church |
| Churches and Religious Institutions | Jehovah’s Witnesses |
| Churches and Religious Institutions | Jewish life in Bergen county |
| Churches and Religious Institutions | Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints in Fardale |
| Churches and Religious Institutions | Ramapo Reformed Church |
| Community Celebrations | |
| Community Celebrations | Tricentennial |
| Community Celebrations | Memorial Day |
| Community Organizations | |
| Community Organizations | Boy Scouts |
| Community Organizations | Chamber of Commerce (3) |
| Community Organizations | Elk’s Club |
| Community Organizations | Garden Club |
| Community Organizations | Girl Scouts |
| Community Organizations | Lion’s Club |
| Community Organizations | North Jersey Highlands Historical Society |
| Community Organizations | Rotary Club |
| Community Organizations | Small Town & Fancy Players |
| Community Organizations | VFW |
| Community Organizations | Women’s Club |
| Emergency Services | |
| Emergency Services | Mahwah Ambulance Corps |
| Emergency Services | Mahwah Fire Department |
| Emergency Services | Police |
| Farming | |
| Farming | Mahrapo Farms |
| Farming | Kraus’ maple syrup |
| Farming | Morgan Farm |
| Farming | Mountain Side Cow Barn |
| Farming | Secor Farms |
| Farming | Sheffield Farm |
| Farming | Sun Valley Farm |
| Floods & Natural Disasters | |
| Floods & Natural Disasters | 1987 and 1989 floods |
| Floods & Natural Disasters | Hurricane Andrew |
| Geography | |
| Geography | Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Mahwah and Ramapo Rivers |
| Geography | Landscape of Mahwah |
| Geography | Mahwah development maps |
| Geography | Environmental Commission of a Natural Resources Inventory |
| Historic Houses | |
| Historic Houses | Ackerman House |
| Historic Houses | Card to Tom Dunn from John and Dorothy Tirpak Fersch |
| Historic Houses | Crocker Mansion |
| Historic Houses | Degroat/Christie House |
| Historic Houses | Kemp House |
| Historic Houses | Mahwah Inn and Boarding House |
| Industry | |
| Industry | ABEX see alsoAmerican Brake Shoe |
| Industry | Curtis-Wright Corporation |
| Industry | Ford Motor Company |
| Industry | Ford (3) |
| Industry | MacPherson Switch and Frog Co. |
| Industry | Otis Elevator |
| Industry | Stryker |
| Industry | Western Union |
| Labor Organizations | |
| Labor Organizations | United American Mechanics |
| Mahwah Authors | |
| Mahwah Authors | Beatrice, Yvonne |
| Mahwah Authors | Kilmer, Joyce |
| Mahwah Authors | Kilmer, Joyce (Trees) |
| Military Installations | |
| Military Installations | Nike Base |
| Neighborhoods | |
| Neighborhoods | Darlington |
| Neighborhoods | Cragmere |
| Neighborhoods | Deerhaven |
| Neighborhoods | East Mahwah |
| Neighborhoods | Fardale Community Association |
| Neighborhoods | Stag Hill |
| Neighborhoods | West Mahwah steamship |
| Newspapers | |
| Newspapers | Miscellaneous newspaper articles/photographs related to Mahwah |
| Newspapers | Mahwah Public Library information |
| Newspapers | Obituaries |
| People and Families | |
| People and Families | Banta |
| People and Families | Ramapough Indian Deed |
| People and Families | Birch |
| People and Families | Bischoff |
| People and Families | Blefary |
| People and Families | Bogert |
| People and Families | Bristow |
| People and Families | Brown, Janet |
| People and Families | Buehlmeier |
| People and Families | Campbell |
| People and Families | Chapman |
| People and Families | Christie |
| People and Families | Copeland |
| People and Families | Dater |
| People and Families | Dater |
| People and Families | Dater |
| People and Families | Ellis |
| People and Families | Garibedinn |
| People and Families | Goodman |
| People and Families | No record for object 2014.03.022.020 in PastPerfect |
| People and Families | Hagerman |
| People and Families | Havemeyer (4) |
| People and Families | Hazlewood (1) |
| People and Families | Heldebrant |
| People and Families | Heidgerd |
| People and Families | Herlihy |
| People and Families | Holman (1) |
| People and Families | Hopper (3) |
| People and Families | Jaeger |
| People and Families | Kohler (1) |
| People and Families | Kraus (1) |
| People and Families | Levine (1) |
| People and Families | Lewis (1) |
| People and Families | MacPherson (1) |
| People and Families | Makely |
| People and Families | McCutchen (1) |
| People and Families | Messengers |
| People and Families | Miesse (1) |
| People and Families | Miller (1) |
| People and Families | Nugent (1) |
| People and Families | Oakley (1) |
| People and Families | Pagels |
| People and Families | Paul, Les (8) |
| People and Families | Paul, Les – Mahwah Museum magazines (1) |
| People and Families | Peck |
| People and Families | Pelz (1) |
| People and Families | Plumb |
| People and Families | Price (1) |
| People and Families | Purdy (1) |
| People and Families | Quackenbush (2) |
| People and Families | Ransom |
| People and Families | Repkey |
| People and Families | Reuhl (1) |
| People and Families | Ruddick |
| People and Families | Seberry (1) |
| People and Families | Schommaker |
| People and Families | Shuart |
| People and Families | Smith (3) |
| People and Families | Spear |
| People and Families | Storms |
| People and Families | Swickle |
| People and Families | Timko |
| People and Families | Titko (1) |
| People and Families | Valentine (1) |
| People and Families | Vandenberg |
| People and Families | Van Gelder |
| People and Families | Vilmas (1) |
| People and Families | Wall (1) |
| People and Families | Wanamaker (2) |
| People and Families | Warhol |
| People and Families | Wehram (1) |
| People and Families | White (1) |
| People and Families | Wojciechowska (1) |
| People and Families | Young (1) |
| People and Families | Zabriski (1) |
| Places | |
| Places | Bear Lake Club (1) |
| Places | Houvenkopf (1) |
| Places | Lake Henry (1) |
| Places | Wyckoff Avenue pond |
| Places | Williams Observatory (1) |
| Photos and Photographers | |
| Photos and Photographers | Mahwah |
| Photos and Photographers | Lee Vold |
| Photos and Photographers | Bristow photographs (30) |
| Post Office | |
| Post Office | Mahwah Post Office (1) |
| Railroads | |
| Railroads | Accidents (1) |
| Railroads | Birch Locomotive |
| Railroads | Erie Railroad |
| Railroads | Erie Railroad (5) |
| Railroads | Various railroads in Mahwah (10) |
| Railroads | Various railroads in Mahwah (4) |
| Railroads | Various railroads in Mahwah (5) |
| Ramapo College | |
| Ramapo College | Ramapo College (5) |
| Ramapo College | Ramapo College |
| Ramapough Indians | |
| Ramapough Indians | Ramapough Indians (3) |
| Ramapough Indians | Ramapoughs/Ramapough Indian Deed (1) |
| Real Estate Development | |
| Real Estate Development | Apartments |
| Real Estate Development | Brookside Manor (1) |
| Real Estate Development | Development Rights (1) |
| Real Estate Development | Houses in Mahwah |
| Real Estate Development | Lethbridge (1) |
| Real Estate Development | Mall at Mahwah |
| Real Estate Development | Ramapo Ridge (1) |
| Recreation Facilities | |
| Recreation Facilities | Polo and Hunt Club (2) |
| Recreation Facilities | Sunset Lake Club (1) |
| Schools | |
| Schools | Board of Education (3) |
| Schools | Darlington Shool |
| Schools | Darlington Shool (1) |
| Schools | Mahwah High School/Misc. schools (7) |
| Schools | Mahwah High School/Misc. schools and events (2) |
| Schools | Misc. schools (2) |
| Schools | Mahwah High School sports (1) |
| Schools | Oral History of Mahwah High School (1) |
| Schools, Other | |
| Schools, Other | Ballet School in Mahwah |
| Rockland County | |
| Rockland County | Hillburn |
| Rockland County | History of Rockland County |
| Rockland County | Suffern |
| Township Government | |
| Township Government | 1968 audit reports |
| Township Government | Board of Education audit reports |
| Township Government | 1970 audit reports |
| Township Government | Mahwah’s Bicentennial Committee (2) |
| Township Government | Bikeways (1) |
| Township Government | Board and commisions lists (1) |
| Township Government | Township of Mahwah’s calendar |
| Township Government | Charter Study (1) |
| Township Government | Town committees (1) |
| Township Government | Mahwah Township Employees |
| Township Government | Enviromental Commsion (3) |
| Township Government | Health Board of Mahwah (1) |
| Township Government | Mahwah Historic Preservation Commission (1) |
| Township Government | Mahwah Public Library |
| Housing Programs/Building Projects | |
| Housing Programs/Building Projects | 1955 Mahwah Housing Program |
| Housing Programs/Building Projects | Highways and housing construction plans (2) |
| Housing Programs/Building Projects | Mahwah municipal buildings (2) |
| Newsletters | |
| Newsletters | Various newsletters (3) |
| Mahwah officals/Offical jobs | |
| Mahwah officals/Offical jobs | Municipal information |
| Mahwah officals/Offical jobs | Mahwah’s planning board (2) |
| Mahwah officals/Offical jobs | Mahwah recycling (1) |
| Mahwah officals/Offical jobs | Mahwah soil removal (3) |
| Mahwah officals/Offical jobs | Mahwah Subdivison Regulation (1) |
| Mahwah officals/Offical jobs | Mahwah swimming pools |
| Mahwah officals/Offical jobs | Mahwah taxes and budget programs (1) |
| Mahwah officals/Offical jobs | Mahwah entertainment industry (1) |
| Mahwah officals/Offical jobs | Mahwah government (1) |
| Mahwah officals/Offical jobs | Mahwah traffic and road conditions (3) |
| Mahwah officals/Offical jobs | Vetrans Memorial Park |
| Mahwah officals/Offical jobs | Mahwah water system (1) |
| Township elections and politics | |
| Township elections and politics | Citizen Action Committee |
| Township elections and politics | Democratic Party in Mahwah |
| Township elections and politics | Mahwah elections (6) |
| Township elections and politics | Bergen County elections (1) |
| Township elections and politics | Republican Club (4) |
| Township elections and politics | Republican Club |
| Township elections and politics | Republic Party Files from 1975-1977 (1) |
| Township elections and politics | Mahwah voting procedure |
| Township elections and politics | 1860-1865 Farmers Almanacs/Civil War stamps |
| United States History | |
| United States History | Civil War |
| United States History | Florida (1) |
| United States History | Gold Rush (1) |
| United States History | Richard Nixon |
| United States History | Twin Towers |
| United States History | George Washington (1) |
| United States History | World War 2 (1) |
| Utilities | |
| Utilities | Mahwah natural gas line |
