2021 Archive

Archives Committee Annual Report 2021

Documenting our Place in NJ History

Collecting by the Archives Committee has been very limited this year due to the closure of the Rutgers University Special Collections department. The closure was triggered by the double whammy of Covid followed by flooding from Hurricane Ida. Therefore, I've been unable to donate materials to our existing collection at Rutgers and am currently organizing and storing several boxes in my apartment.

One bright spot this year was the surprise recovery of one of our photo albums covering the years 1988 – 1993. It had been saved from a landfill by a man who used to work for a junk removal company. He thought the album might have historical value so he reached out to me through the Folk Project website. What a welcome gift!

Everyone with Folk Project records and photos: please hang onto them. If you need to get rid of materials, please contact me. Especially if you are moving or know a member who has passed on and may have records, please let me know.

Here's a list of the types of materials we're seeking:

• Board minutes prior to 2006 (subsequent minutes are on our wiki)

• Newsletters

• Financial papers

• Venue and event documents

• Bylaws : Documents and emails relevant to the 2016 - 2017 changes

• Written history (history by Laurie Riley, Mike A., et al, is already in the collection)

• Printed emails related to policy and event development. Example: the Friday concert series name changes

• Photographs

• News articles

• Posters

Submitted by Lindsey Meyer

Archives Committee Chair

Committee members: Joanne Cronin, Bobbie Rosengarten