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Nutley Historical Society - COVID-19 Notice: To all our loyal members, families, and friends: We are all facing the repercussions caused by the coronavirus. In compliance with the State regulations in keeping everyone safe from potentially being exposed to the virus, all events at the Nutley Museum have been cancelled. We appreciate your understanding and wish you all good health. Thank you.
Did you
know Annie Oakley lived in Nutley NJ?
"Annie Oakley: Little Sure Shot" by Gary Erbe NUTLEY MUSEUM ONLINE TOUR Nutley Museum Director John Simko's online tour of the Nutley Museum, recorded December 5, 2020. Simko spotlighted the Annie Oakley collection and other select items featured throughout the Nutley Museum. Projects by the Nutley Historical Society were also highlighted. Nutley Museum Has Big Plans, New Exhibits, for Our Reopening By Barry Lenson The Nutley Museum has been quiet over the summer. We didn’t have our annual Ice Cream Social. John Simko, our Museum Director, didn’t lead his annual “Walk in the Park” history tour of our parks on Memorial Day. We cancelled an evening of sports films that was part of the Gary and Zeny Erbe Film Festival. And we have just learned that we will not be permitted to rent out our first-floor meeting/party space until autumn at the earliest. Like you, we have been through a tough time. But we’ve been making huge plans for wonderful new things for the people of Nutley to enjoy when we open our doors. ■ WE’RE PLANNING A BLOCKBUSTER EXHIBITION TO HONOR NUTLEY’S FIRST RESPONDERS AND VETERANS The Nutley Museum owns a large collection of photographs and memorabilia that are related to Nutley’s long history of public servants and veterans from years past – firefighters, policemen and women, Red Cross volunteers, and more. And we’re planning to put our collection on display at a special event and exhibition. Stay tuned after we open our doors again. ■ WE’RE OPENING A PERMANENT ANN TROY EXHIBITION Ann Troy (1890-1983) is best known to Nutley people as the author of the “bible” on Nutley History, a book called Nutley: Yesterday and Today. She was also principal of the Park Street School from 1919 until 1934 and later, principal of Washington School until 1952. And back in 1945, she was one of the founders of the Historical Society and Museum. Museum Director John Simko (and his family too) have been working hard to create an area in the Museum where a collection of Ann Troy’s possessions will be on permanent display. And there will be a big surprise. John Tiene, a longtime friend of the Museum, has given us the desk where Ann Troy wrote her book. It will be the centerpiece of our new permanent display. ■ WE’RE POLISHING UP OUR DISPLAY OF WORKS BY NUTLEY ARTISTS Thanks to a grant from Essex County, we have been able to restore a painting we own by Frank Fowler, who founded the Enclosure Artists’ Colony nearly 150 years ago. We plan to display it when we reopen, alongside works by Nutley’s other great artists. We’re also hoping to invite today’s Nutley artists to lend their work to the show. ■ WE’RE UNVEILING THE VINCENT METHODIST CHURCH GATES Silas Mountsier, the Nutley hero who is best known to Nutleyites as the cultivator and developer of the gorgeous Mountsier Garden, has underwritten the cost of restoring and reinstalling the impressive wrought iron gates that once stood at the entrance of Vincent Methodist Church. They are now being professionally restored. We plan to reinstall them as a grand entrance to the Nutley Museum, or nearby on museum property. Stay tuned. It will be a grand event and a major addition to our beautiful town. ■ AND THAT’S NOT EVERYTHING … We’re unveiling lots of artifacts from our history … class trips will come again and fill the museum with fun and laughter … we will host our annual Pumpkin Festival, Holiday Party and other events … we’ll hold lectures and special exhibitions … and we can hardly wait to see you at the Nutley Museum! ■ JOHN DEMMER HAS GIVEN US HIS NUTLEY SUN ARCHIVES John, our Town Historian, has donated an extensive collection of old issues of The Nutley Sun. While the Nutley Public Library has its own digitized collection too, we are thrilled to add this resource to our research tools.
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Nutley History, from General George Washington's Retreat Route to Annie Oakley to the Morris Canal on Our Western Border to Quarry Town and Speed Racing Velodrome to our Golfer's Heaven and Old Military Hall to Presidential Visits and Professional Wresting to Cold Ice Cream to our Cold War Anti-Aircraft Radar Camp to the Arrival of Route 21 ... Marking Time During War: Sun Editorial Paints 1918 Year of Shortages, Disease It was estimated that there were 300 [influenza] cases here [in Nutley in 1918]. Nutley Velodrome
Nutley Author Frank R. Stockton
Nutley Writer: Frank R. Stockton wrote The Lady, or The Tiger, and Rudder Grange; Nutley Library ‘Lady or Tiger’ Room Is Opened for Youngsters, Named for Frank Stockton, Noted Local Author Read more about Nutley Museum Dedication Program
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Nutley Historical Society
Founded 1945
65 Church
Street, Nutley N.J. 07110 Copyright & Reprint Information Contact Room Rental, via phone, not email, Call 973-667-1528
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NUTLEY Yesterday - Today - Ann Troy
& Vivian Noyes Fikus
Where
all great study of Nutley history begins
The importance of history in general cannot be doubted. It sets
before us striking instances of virtue, enterprise, courage,
generosity, patriotism and, by a natural principle of emulation,
encourages us to copy such noble examples. History displays the
dealings of God with mankind. It often leads us to view with awe His
darker judgments and again it awakens the liveliest emotions of
gratitude for His kind and benignant dispensations.
In 1945 the founders of the Nutley Historical Society wrote into its
constitution the statement that:
“It shall be the purpose . . . of this association to do all in its
power to collect all the available historical material connected
with . . . the history of Nutley and carefully to preserve the same.
. . . This shall mean ultimately the writing of the history of the
town. . . Down through the years, work on this project continued
until the present volume has been prepared.
So now, since History never stops, we in the Nutley Historical
Society in 1961—like those who wrote the first History of Nutley in
1907— pass on the torch to those coming generations who at some
future time will feel the need to once again issue a . . .
“HISTORY OF NUTLEY”
Robert F. Heald
First President 1954 to 1961
March 5, 1961 The Nutley Historical Society From the Foreword
As
a member, you and your family are welcome to participate in any or
all of our upcoming events.
When you join or renew your membership, the Nutley Historical
Society will be able to continue and expand our work to bring
you interesting, informational and fun programs throughout the year.
By making our history available and known to those who visit the
museum, we continue to move forward by knowing about and
appreciating our past. We can only accomplish this with your help.
Join Now Now is a
great time to join or renew your Nutley Historical Society membership.
Thanks to all our members who supported the Nutley Historical Society’s
events and activities.
Thanks to all
who joined
us to raise a toast in celebration of the seventy-fifth
anniversary of the founding of the Nutley Historical Society on
March 5, 2020. Events included cake cutting and a birthday toast, an update
on recent museum acquisitions and activities, and a special tour of
museum highlights by the museum director. Nutley Historical
Society Cancels 2020 ‘Picturing
Nutley’ Photo Contest
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