Local History Room

The Edwin S. Spinning Local History Room is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00 to 4:30 pm, and upon request and with prior approval of the Local History Chairman or the Library Director. It is staffed by volunteer members of the Local History Committee.

The Local History Room houses bound copies of the Bernardsville News (1932 through current year), books by local authors, minutes of local governing bodies and boards, as well as books of local interest, i.e., Somerset County, Bernards Township, Bernardsville, and other towns in the Somerset Hills, as well as parts of Morris County. A file of photographs of local houses, scenes and events, old and current, is constantly being added to. There is also an extensive collection of postcards (circa 1905) consisting of local and state views, as well as holiday cards, the nucleus of which was the collection of Edwin S. Spinning. A card file containing information on local marriages, engagements and deaths is maintained. The vertical files contain information, articles and clippings on local and state happenings and locations as well as biographical material.

Thanks to a $5,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and donations to Friends of the Bernardsville Public Library, the unique items in the Local History Room are properly preserved and available for public use.

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