Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-10
WOMAN's BRANCH
Of THE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY ELECTS
Miss Mary Mckeen Again
Chosen President--Dr.
Dawson Speaks.

Miss Mary McKeen, of Moorestown,
president of the Woman's Branch Of
the New Jersey Historical Society, pre-
: sided this morning at the annual meet
ing of that organization in the rooms
of the Historical Society in West Park
street. All of the officers were reflect.
ed. Besides Miss McKeen, they are.
First vice-president, Mrs. Carrot A.
Hobart, of Paterson; second v~iee-pres-
ident, Mrs. Thomas j. Craven. OF
Salem; third vice-president, Mrs. Sid
Eey n. Ogden, of Miliington; record
ing secretary, Mrs. Arthur H. MacKie,
of Newark; treasurer, Miss Rosa Muir
ray. of Paterson, and corresponding
secretary, Mrs. James j. Bergen, of
Someryille.
Board of Managers.
Those elected to serve on the board of
managers are: Miss r. S. Thompson,
Atlantic City; Mrs. w. H. Westervelt,
Hackensack; Mrs. Isaac H. Hutchin-
son, Jobstown; Mrs. Henry-D. Moore,
H~addonfield; Miss Josephine Leaning,
Cape May; Mrs. Howard Hancock.
Greenwich. Those representing Essex
county are Mrs. Nelson Wright, Mrs.
Samuel C. Howell. Miss Condict, Miss
Florence Cougar, Mrs. e. S. Campbell,
Miss l.. Cotheal Smith, Mrs. w. e.
Ward and Miss Elizabeth Weeks, of
this city; Miss Geneva Freeman, of
Orange; Miss Gail A. Treat, of East
Orange; Mrs. A. V. Van Fleet, of
Pennington; Mrs. John Moses, of Tren-
ton; Mrs. Fred NJ Pearce, of Metuchen;
Mrs. Henry S. White, of Red Bank;
Mrs. Julia Reese Coles, of Morristown;
Miss Mary B. Jenkins, of Boonton: Mrs.
Edward p. Holden, of Madison; Mrs.
George w. Holman, jr., of Toms River;
Mrs. Robert Nelden. of Paterson; Mrs
Andrew S~innockson. of Salem; Mrs.
Ellen Mecum, of Salem; Mrs. NJ. ..
Korff, of East Milestone; Miss Frances
A. McMurtry. of Newton; Miss Dora
Smith. of Hoboken; Mrs. c. w. Parker,
of Jersey City; Mrs. E. G. Putnam, of
Elizabeth, and Mary w. Kellogg. Of
Elizabeth.
The treasurer's report showed a bal
ance on hand of S411.31.
The woman's branch of the New Jer-
sey Historical Society was organized in
1901. The late Miss NJ. Antoinette
luinby was requested by the trustees
of the New Jersey Historical Society to
be the first president of the woman's
branch and to appoint it's first board
OF managers, Previous to this women
had been members of the society and
had vot | at its regular meetings.
Four or five women members were
asked by the president to address the
society at it's annual meetings, among
them Mrs, Martha J. Lamb, the we'll
known historian, at the society's an
nual meeting at Trenton.
The woman'a branch consists of all
women patrons, life and contributing
members of the Historical Society and
"a either women elected by the board
"a managers and known as associate
memher1. 1t is controlled by a board
Of management. consisting of its OH
Hcers and OF at least one member from
eNerN county in the state. 1t takes
charge of the social functions of the,
seciety, and at its annual meeting IN
May it provides q lecture and a lup-
cheon at which it most cordially in
Nites all members of the society to be
resent.
Much Accomplished.
Through tho Woman'9 branch hun
bred, OF books, pamphlets. manu-
scripts, pictures, historical relics ana
curios have been added to the collec-
NiOhS VI lhG Hb1itINs iiNo pOoA'N
scores of volumes and has rebound and
repaired hundreds OF others. 1t has
provided glass cases n swinging
frames. for the exhibition Of objects
III interest and a cabinet for maps.
The woman's branch has added one
thousand dollars to the society's cspl-
tai fund, collectively, and a consider
able amount individually. This is only
1hA aoo;nFafno Df tic 1xhcL md a. 40
hoped that much more may be accom-
pushed IL the future towards the for
nation OF q collection that shall inter-
est the casual visitor, and crafty the
special student by its extent and its
completeness. Perhaps nowhere else
are there gathered together so many
things to suggest the varied life of orr
commonwealth during the past three
centuries, and yet much remains to be
done.
We have Fenwick's copy of the first
English patent, leases signed by Eng
ilsh kings. an original copy of the con-
cessions of Berkeley and Carteret. In
dian deeds, own books of early settle
ments. provincial congress papers. por-
traits diaries. letters and newspapers
OF Revolutionary times, Fulton's draw
ings of early steamboats,, Seth Boyden's
letters patent. etc. etc.
1t is the desire of the woman's branch
OF the New Jersey Historical Society to
increase its membership, to collect more
historical material, to broaden and
deepen the scope of it's work. and to
this end it seeks further help from the
women of the State.
The Rev. William J. Dawson made an
address this afternoon on THE Build
ing of a City"
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