If you've missed any of our History at Home programs, Montclair history articles, blogs we've posted, or additions to our digital collections this past year, check out the complete list below.
Read moreThe Echoes of Montclair: Unveiling Centuries of Stories
Posdcast Series Launch!
Read moreNew Oral Histories from the Many Voices of Montclair Oral History Project
The next round of oral histories from the 2018 oral history project are now available.
Read moreA Magickal Conjuring Wand
Did you know that the Montclair History Center houses a magick wand in its collection?
Read moreMontclair High School Football Collection
William Robert Valentine, esteemed early 20th century educator with strong Montclair connections
William Robert Valentine, Harvard yearbook 1904.
Read moreMontclair History Center's 2024 Archeological Dig
Dr. Mathews and students discuss results of the excavation pit.
Read moreFrom Loudoun to Montclair: One Woman’s Experience of the Great Migration
Classroom photo of Carver Elementary School, Thomas Balch Library
Read moreCelebrating MHC's Summer 2024 Interns
Meet our Summer 2024 Interns!
Read moreNew Digital Collection Alert!
Check out the latest addition to our Digital Collections!
Read moreMontclair’s Secret Walkways
Mid Park Lane cutting across Toney’s Brook, Montclair Public Library Local History Collection.
Read moreHonoring Our Heritage: One Stitch at a Time with the Nubian heritage Quilters Guild
Honoring Our Heritage: One Stitch at a Time
Read moreMontclair History Center’s 2024 Hortense Tate Scholarship Awarded to Katharine Baney-Giampoala
On behalf of the Montclair History Center, Trustee Dr. Davida Lindsay-Harewood, presented the 2024 Hortense Tate Scholarship to Katharine Baney-Giampoala at the Montclair High School Awards Night in June.
Read moreCollege Heights at Montclair State University
The village of College Heights, at Montclair College, circa 1948.
The Historic Herb Journal
Between 1936 to 1939, the Herb Journal was published by a woman named Rosetta Elizabeth Clarkson providing gardening tips, to recipes, to information about ancient pagan uses for herbs.
New Addition: Robinson's Atlas of Essex County from 1890
Explore one of the newest donations to the MHC collections!
Read moreCelebrating Preservation Month at the Crane House & Historic YWCA Museum
Let’s take a look back in our history and understand what prompted the interest in historic preservation in America.
Read moreMHC Tips Its Hat to the Spring 2024 Interns
Meet the Spring 2024 Interns!
Read moreGrace your Garden with Historic Herbs
It’s that sweet-smelling thyme of the year again!
Read moreThe “Edith Bogue” Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora has a unique history on how one of its varieties earned its name as the “Edith Bogue” Magnolia, a history that flourishes in the heart of Montclair to this day.
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