Did you know that the Montclair History Center houses a magick wand in its collection?

Game against Bloomfield in the 1940s. Star player Bill McGurk makes a great catch.

William Robert Valentine, Harvard yearbook 1904.

Dr. Mathews and students discuss results of the excavation pit.

Classroom photo of Carver Elementary School, Thomas Balch Library

Check out the latest addition to our Digital Collections!

Mid Park Lane cutting across Toney’s Brook, Montclair Public Library Local History Collection.

Honoring Our Heritage: One Stitch at a Time

On behalf of the Montclair History Center, Trustee Dr. Davida Lindsay-Harewood, presented the 2024 Hortense Tate Scholarship to Katharine Baney-Giampoala at the Montclair High School Awards Night in June.

The village of College Heights, at Montclair College, circa 1948.

Between 1936 to 1939, the Herb Journal was published by a woman named Rosetta Elizabeth Clarkson providing gardening tips, to recipes, to information about ancient pagan uses for herbs.

Explore one of the newest donations to the MHC collections!

Let’s take a look back in our history and understand what prompted the interest in historic preservation in America.

Meet the Spring 2024 Interns!

It’s that sweet-smelling thyme of the year again!

Magnolia grandiflora has a unique history on how one of its varieties earned its name as the “Edith Bogue” Magnolia, a history that flourishes in the heart of Montclair to this day.

Our Hortense Tate Scholarship for graduating seniors is due April 30, 2024. Download the application here.

The next round of oral histories from the 2018 oral history project are now available.

Hahne and Company Budget Shop, Exterior at 50 Church Street in the 1950s