A very big THANK YOU to all who showed up this afternoon to Zoom with me through tips and musings on the value of talking to our… Read more “Additional resources: family storytelling”
Author: Liz Lynch
Talking up past history
Giving talks at the Montclair Women’s Club always evokes a strong connection to the generations of members who have gathered there. So it was a great pleasure… Read more “Talking up past history”
EVENT: ‘Fefu And Her Friends’
Remember when we told you that the Montclair Women’s Club was getting all theatrical? The curtain rises later this month on “Fefu And Her Friends,” an imaginative… Read more “EVENT: ‘Fefu And Her Friends’”
Opinion, Noted
Newspaper databases, as I’ve said, are the archive detective’s best friend. But that doesn’t mean the discoveries are always sunshine and roses. Some are just … irritating.… Read more “Opinion, Noted”
Newspaper Searches: The Detective’s Best Friend
There’s an intoxicating new superpower for discovering more forgotten details about the Women’s Club’s past members and activities: Digitized editions of the Montclair Times, 1877- 2018, on… Read more “Newspaper Searches: The Detective’s Best Friend”
History Hits The Stage
History meets theater in an innovative project by students from Montclair State University.
The Invisible Woman
An ongoing challenge here at Archive Project HQ is finding out who our club members were in the most basic sense. As in, their very names. I… Read more “The Invisible Woman”
Welcome to the Archives
In 2015, the Montclair (NJ) Women’s Club marked its 100th anniversary. The following year the process began of organizing the considerable amount of paperwork and memorabilia… Read more “Welcome to the Archives”