The Metuchen-Edison Historical Society

The Metuchen-Edison Archives contains thousands of items.  Our on-line archive contiues to grow.  Click on the item number to take a look at the file.

Item #                               Title                                                       Date Posted

001                    Metuchen Historic Marker                                               3/2010

002                    Grimstead's History of Metuchen 1939                          3/2010

003                    Veteran's Buried in Metuchen 1930                               3/2010

004                   History of the Telephone in  Metuchen                            3/2010

005                   How the Clara Barton School got it's Name                      3/2010 

006                   Piscatawaytown Burial Ground                                       3/2010

007                   Hoopar Brother's Headstone                                           3/2010

008                   General Thomas Swords                                                3/2010

009                   Metuching 1799 map                                                      3/2010

010                   1799 Map                                                                      3/2010

011                   How Menlo Park Derived it's Name                                  3/2010

012                   African Americans and the Klan in the 1920s Metuchen    3/2010

013                   How to Pronounce Metuchen                                          3/2010

014                   Why is a High School Named for John P. Stevens Jr.       3/2010

015                   John Basilone Bridge NJ Turnpike, between Edison,         3/2010

                        and East Brunswick NJ.  1950s.

Oral Histories & Tanscripts

 016                  List of Oral History Tapes                                             2/2011 

017                   Rutgers Oral History Project.  Transcripts of Edison

                        and Metuchen residents.  Lewis Bloom, Richard Hale,

                        Lloyd Kornbaltt, David Robinson, Roland Winter.           3/2010

Transcripts from the 1970's CETA Program

MEHS in the 1990's:

016                        List of Oral History Tapes                                                              2/2011

17A                 J. Lloyd Grimstead 1975                                              2/2011

17B                 Eleanor Bloomfield 1977    Teacher                               2/2011

17C                 Charles Carmen    1973                                               2/2011

17D                 Franklin Buchannan   1977  Boro Engineer                    2/2011

17E                 Paul Dorf  1978  Metuchen Inn                                     2/2011

17F                 Ruth Eby    1977                                                         2/2011

17F2               Ruth Eby II  1977                                                         2/2011

17G                Gardenia Emanuel   1978                                             2/2011

17H                Paul Fenton             1974                                            3/2011

17I                 Nathan Gross       1978                                                3/2011

17J                Grace Halsey        1976                                               3/2011

17K               Roger Johnson  1995 (MEHS)                                       3/2011

17L               Charles Butler 1997 (MEHS)                                         3/2011

17M              Pete Kramer  1995 (MEHS)                                          3/2011

17N               Perry Letsinger  1977                                                  3/2011

170                Litterst Sisters  1976  "Ramble Inn"                             3/2011

17P               Dr. Myra Biggs Interview (2000)                                   1/2012

018                  Information about Ezra Ayres Carmen,

                       Civil War General, buried at Arlington Cemetery.            3/2010

018A               More information about Ezra Carmen                             1/2012

019                 Mark Polansky.  Plaque in Polansky Park                      4/2010

020                 Stanhope Wood Nixon grave in Piscatawaytown.

                      Burial Ground.  Son of Lewis Nixon.                               4/2010

021                 St. James Church 2009.                                               4/2010

021A              St. James Church HABS                                              1/30/2011

022                 Henry James Memorial at Stevens High School               5/2010

023                Gas Stations of Metuchen 1965                                     12/2010

024                Governor Silzer's House on Graham Ave.                       12/2010

025                 Piscatawaytown Burial Ground Fact Sheet 2004              1/5/11

026                 Piscatawaytown Burial Ground Tour Map 2004                1/5/11

027                 Raritan River Interpretive Panel #1                                  1/5/11

028                 Raritan River Interpretive Panel #2                                  1/5/11

029                 Raritan River Interpretive Panel #3                                  1/5/11

030                 Raritan River Interpretive Panel #4                                  1/5/11

031                 Metuchen Police Chief Badge (date ?)                           1/22/11

032                 1839 Burr Map.  Malochin                                            1/29/11

033                 Map of Terminal Moraine South of Plainfield 1900           2/19/11

034                 The Dummy Line.  A song about the Trolley                   2/25/11

035                  Col. Joseph Lafayette Moss (Civil War)                        3/12/11

036                  Metuchen & Her History 1870 By Dr. EM Hunt              4/3/11     

037                 WPA History of Metuchen 1941 By L. Grimstead           4/3/11

038                 The Big Inch Pipeline Map  Built during WWII                5/23/11

039                 Metuchen 1900 Map                                                   5/25/11

040                30 Clive Hills Rd. Edison, 2011.  Childhood home

                     of Nancy Shevell, fiance of Paul McCartney                 

                     (Photo credit:  cartoongoddess)                                    6/4/11

041               Edison Memorial Tower under restoration 2011               6/18/11

042               Map of north of Metuchen 1950.                                    10/1/11

043               Map of Radio District in Metuchen                                 11/17/11

044               Revolutionary War Soldiers buried in Edison                   11/17/11

045              Edison Zoning Map 2004                                                11/17/11

046               Dismal Swamp Cultural Resources Survey (1986)            1/13/12

047               Old Dwellings in Oak Tree (1927)                                    1/20/12

048              Gustave Lindenthal, the bridge builder.                             1/21/12

049              New Petrograd 1925                                                       1/22/12

050              Lehigh Valley RR Coal yard Fire SP 1929                        1/27/12