Archives Day 2012
125 SYMMES DRIVE
MANALAPAN, NEW JERSEY
ARCHIVES AND HISTORY DAY
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2012
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Time |
Room |
Event |
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8:45-10:00 |
5 |
Morning Refreshments
|
| 9:00-5:00 |
Library Gallery
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Exhibit: Archives 25th Birthday Exhibit: Windows to the Past: Forty Documents from the Collection
|
| 9:00-5:00 |
NJ History Room |
New Jersey History Room: Local and State History Reference Books |
| 9:10-9:55 |
Hall |
Exhibition Tables: Archives and History Organizations |
| 10:00 |
Hall |
Color Guard & Pledge of Allegiance Greetings from Renee B. Swartz, Chair, Monmouth County Library Commission |
| 10:05-11:30 |
Hall
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Exhibition Tables: Archives and History Organizations |
| 10:15-11:00 |
7 |
Videos: Old News: Selections from the Monmouth County Archives TV 34 News Video Collection
|
| 11:30 – Noon |
Hall |
Plenary Session M. Claire French, County Clerk, Monmouth County Jane G. Clayton Award: Theodore “Ted” Bell Greetings from Freeholders, Monmouth County Gary D. Saretzky, Monmouth County Archivist Ronald Becker, Head, Rutgers University Special CollectionsRoger McDonough Award: Joseph DaRold, Director, Plainfield Public Library |
|
12:00-1:00 |
Exhibition Tables: Archives and History Organizations |
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|
12:00 12:10-12:55 |
7 |
Box lunches delivered to participants (by prior arrangement) Monmouth County History Forum, conducted by Monmouth County Historian Randall Gabrielan with featured speaker Michael Adelberg. Discussion of Monmouth County history with an emphasis on the Revolutionary War. |
| 1:00-1:45 |
Hall |
Featured Speaker: Michael Adelberg. “Tumbling in a Mass of Flaming Ruins”: The Razing of Tinton Falls, June 10, 1779 |
|
1:45 – 2:30 |
Hall |
Exhibit tables open |
|
2:00 – 3:15 |
7 |
Seminar: National History Day. Presenter: Margaret Renn. National History Day is a well-established and popular program designed to encourage young people to learn more about history. Margaret Renn will explain how NHD works, including the judging process for National History Day contests. |
|
2:00-2:30 |
Archives |
Tour of the Monmouth County Archives (Reservation Required) |
| 2:30 |
Hall |
Exhibit tables close |
| 2:45 |
Hall |
Drawing for New Jersey History Game Prize Winners |