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THIS COMING WEDNESDAY! Join us for iWalkParkside ‼️
Meet Up & Ending Location: The Camden County Historical Society
●6pm
○Wear Your Good Walking Shoes!
Please Contact Sheilah for more information:
[email protected]
Library Research Reminder: We are currently in the process of digitizing several of collections, including microfilm, newspapers, cemetery records, photographs, and maps. During this process, some collections will not be available to researchers. The materials should be accessible again by the fall, through an online accessible catalog. If you need access to specific collections, photographs, or maps over the next few months, leave a note when you schedule a library visit or reach out to Josh Lisowski at
[email protected].
Another collection update! This week, about thirty boxes (containing about 8,000) photographs were packaged up and sent off to a scanning vendor. By the fall we should have our photograph collection fully scanned and accessible online! Next up: Maps and More Microfilm. (I should also mention that if you need to do some photograph research this summer, we still have reference scans for most of our photograph collection available. If you have any questions about this project, you can contact me (Josh) directly at
[email protected] )
Staple Removal Update: Hello, Josh here, with a quick update about last month's newspaper staple removal project. Last month, a total of six volunteers helped our staff remove over 7,000 staples from stacks of local newspapers (like the Civic Press, Haddon Gazette, the Suburban, and the Community News) from the 1940s-1970s. (Once I get the approval from each volunteer, their names will be included in a "special thanks" section of the collection catalog.) These newspapers will be a great resource for genealogists and local history researchers. The physical papers are now with the scanning company and should be accessible through an online catalog this September/October! Throughout the rest of the spring and summer, other images, maps, and documents from our collection will be digitized too! There will be other ways to volunteer for this digitizing project over the summer, so make sure you sign up to get notifications when our page updates!
Do you have a staple remover? Want to help preserve some 1930s-1970s Camden County history? We are trying to remove staple bindings from 1930s-1970s local newspaper titles so they can be scanned and made available online. If you would like to volunteer to remove some staples (even an hour would be helpful!), please call or email Josh at 856-964-3333 or
[email protected] for more information.
On Saturday, April 2, 2022, The Camden County Historical Society staff, members of The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation, Penn Treaty Museum board members, and other guests gathered at the CCHS Castle on the Hill Rain Garden for the dedication of a sapling descendant of the Treaty Elm, the tree that once stood in Shackamaxon under which William Penn made a pact of unity with the Lenni Lenape Nation in 1682. Words of remembrance and commemoration were shared by Jack O’Byrne, Executive Director of CCHS; Rev. John Norwood, Chief Mark Gould, & Gail Gould of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation; and Nancy Gibbs board member of the Penn Treaty Museum. The event also celebrated the Lenape artisans who created items for the Camden County Historical Society’s new exhibit “Native Americans in Camden: We Are Still Here” designed by CCHS staff Josh Lisowski and Penny Dwyer of the Penn Treaty Museum, which was also open for tours.
Greetings everyone! Over the next few months, we are planning to digitize a large portion of our archive, and we could use some help to get things ready for scanning! Currently, we are trying to remove staple bindings from 1930s-1970s local newspaper titles. The staples must be removed so the newspapers can lay flat for scanning. If you would like to volunteer to remove some staples (even an hour would be helpful!), please call or email Josh at 856-964-3333 or
[email protected] for more information.
The newspapers we are scanning include titles like The Civic Press, the Suburban, The Black Horse Suburban, and Community News, many of which have not been microfilmed or scanned by other organizations. They contain a wealth of local news stories, photographs, and advertisements that have will help local history and genealogy researchers.
Come celebrate the Camden County Historical Society's new exhibit, Native Americans in Camden: We Are Still Here, with the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation artisans whose work is featured in the show. The event will be held on Saturday, April 2nd from 1pm-3pm. The Penn Treaty Museum's gift of an elm sapling descended from the original 1682 Treaty tree in Philadelphia will be dedicated on the grounds as well at 1:30pm.
The Camden County History Alliance will be hosting the next meeting of the League of Historical Societies of New Jersey on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at the Camden County Historical Society. The day will include presentations on an Overview of Camden County History, the Camden County Heritage Tourism Plan, and tours of Camden County History Alliance Partner Museums & Historic Sites. To register, please visit
www.lhsnj.org/news-events
The Camden County Historical Society will be exhibiting at A Celebration of Black History at the Kroc Center - Camden on Friday evening. See the flyer below for details!
